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by matthiaswh 16y ago
While I'm still a big fan of Stack Overflow (and a couple others), I find Quora to be more... friendly, useful, and usable. Usable in the overall layout is cleaner, less cluttered, more intuitive. Also, the question suggestions are incredib
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by matthiaswh 16y ago
Presumably following the right topics and people will allow you to filter out the senseless and inane questions. They also are trying to do a better job of monitoring them than many other Q&A sites, incorporating also crowd monitoring.
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This article is pretty old and a little outdated. However, it is a creative free alternative to a paid reputation monitoring service and it works really well.
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by matthiaswh 16y ago
As others have pointed out, the term "must read" is often times thrown around very loosely. I'd probably be more satisfied with this if it were labeled "256 Articles for Starting Entrepreneurs That Might Help You Out" but that just isn't as
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by matthiaswh 16y ago
They addressed this in a recent blog post: http://www.osqa.net/2010/04/20/dont-panic-stackexchange-is-n... The impression I get is they want to create a platform that matches the SE system, and then advance it above and beyond what SE is.
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by matthiaswh 16y ago
Even better: http://tpdsaa.tumblr.com/post/2731266235/submitted-by-adamle... That silly call center woman that's on millions of websites.
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by matthiaswh 16y ago
Based off several interactions I have had with people who are not in a technical industry, I don't think the concept of the Cloud has hit mainstream. The fact that Microsoft is driving the first real advertising campaign for the Cloud is bo
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by matthiaswh 16y ago
Not all spam is so obvious, both in email and search results. These are all assumptions, but I think it's safe to say the average person identifies the email 'Grow your Pe Nis like a Woman' (true story) as spam. However, the less obvious 'E
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A little disorienting at first, but after I adjusted to it the concept is pretty cool. I just built an egg-timer using JS/CSS, but plan on translating it onto an HTML5 canvas as I work my way through the learning process (via Dive Into HTML
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I've experimented with literally dozens of project management tools. Probably 75% of them make the claim you did - that it is "simpler and easier than any other out there." That's a pretty bold claim and a lot to live up to. 1. Have you tri
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by matthiaswh 16y ago
Wow. Can't wait to see what you have to say about 2011. I hope they're all positive predictions, because everyone knows what is coming in 2012. :)