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by mgl 15y ago
But what about your party then? You would have to buy these special cards to invite your friends, and with generic solution you can put these invite links on your custom made postcards, in your e-mails, etc. On the other hand I'm just curio
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by mgl 15y ago
It is deadly easy to be built, especially based upon text messaging. MVP would be: You register the event (name, date/time and final confirmation deadline), upload/insert the names and phone numbers of invited guests, the service generates
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by mgl 15y ago
I'm just afraid they will forget to press your button just as they forget to call you back with RSVP confirmation. I don't think the problem is with "RSVP transmission mechanism" but with procrastination and bad memory which is part of us -
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by mgl 15y ago
I guess that a quick follow-up from your side asking for final RSVP will always be more effective than any other solution located on the guest's side.
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by mgl 15y ago
Results from this paper seem to form twitter-driven hedge fund Derwent Capital Markets: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-22/hedge-fund-will-tra...
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Twitter mood predicts the stock market [pdf](arxiv.org)
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A Practical Way to Make Invisibility Cloaks(technologyreview.com)
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The Harder I Work, The Luckier I Get(businessinsider.com)
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by mgl 15y ago
There is another rather well-established solution to the problem of redeploying any Java applications (either web profile only or full blown enterprise edition) and it is JRebel from ZeroTurnaround - have a look, quite interesting: http://
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by mgl 15y ago
elance.com (and similar sites for freelance projects) would be a starter for many, many business people looking for technical execution of their idea. You can also "Ask HN" for any interested developers, presenting first your idea roughly.
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by mgl 15y ago
Actually I think it is crucial to: a) put a really interesting headline, b) additionally: list 1-3 top features that establish and differentiate your service/product, c) put a "leave your e-mail" text box with dummy "your@email.com" conte
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by mgl 15y ago
clickable: http://scavsite.com/
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by mgl 15y ago
I bet a similar trick was done to start sites like Digg or Quora. Any social-based site needs initial momentum and content to attract real users, so someone needs to provide it first... Can you present any other examples, especially re: mar
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by mgl 15y ago
+1
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by mgl 15y ago
Nice collection but this one with David Heinemeier Hansson on bootstrapping a profitable startup is definitely missing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CDXJ6bMkMY
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by mgl 15y ago
I think the key aim in such environment is to facilitate information exchange, not to structure & store the conversation as there is no time really - that makes notepad, post-its and just on-going verbal conversation ideal as everythin
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by mgl 15y ago
So some guy choked by his collar made a basic math mistake but the overall effect and its range clearly shows how fragile and artificial are modern financial instruments traded on markets everyday for billions - what affects the entire econ
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by mgl 15y ago
e.g. soundcloud.com
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by mgl 15y ago
Interesting. VMware with private clouds and Socialcast to make obsolete and replace Cisco with their IP telephony?
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by mgl 15y ago
So true, especially re: presenting your startup not as just another new service but as a facilitator increasing (or with potential to change) people's quality of life and/or in contrary to existing solutions, showing how it differs. One nee
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by mgl 15y ago
clickable: http://cvisual.me/ Interesting and I would like to see and understand more: - what is the meaning of this colorful plot? Especially, what is on the y-axis? - can you import data from linkedin? you should do, otherwise nobody wi