mikebo

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by mikebo 18y ago
I've had success with google and site news.ycombinator.com
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by mikebo 18y ago
Not to mention the music licensing fees. Do people realize that last.fm has to pay music labels every time a user streams a track?
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by mikebo 18y ago
seriously -- right now users have to confirm any short story posted to their stream by an app. As a developer I'd prefer auto publish with a throttle. You can also prompt user to auto publish short stories but defaults are what matter.
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The Collapse of the VC Ecosystem & What It Will Look Like Post Recovery(altgate.com)
7 points by mikebo 18y ago|0 comments
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by mikebo 18y ago
Yeah, I too know this feeling. I started out my career working at a BigCo making a nice salary/stock/bonus. After 3 years there I left to join a early startup (engineer #4) and took a 30% paycut so I could get more stock. 2.5 years later
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by mikebo 18y ago
I'm not sure I'd build anything more than a startup prototype on AppEngine. The biggest reason is that I don't like being dependent on one company for "cost of scale". With no hosting competitor for AppEngine apps, if google decides to ra
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by mikebo 18y ago
Write a blog post and they'll probably take you more seriously :P
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by mikebo 18y ago
Dropbox is great when you need realtime access to your files. I have a free account and use it for syncning some music and important files between home and work. If you're only using it for backup purposes, there are a lot of cheaper alter
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by mikebo 18y ago
I think in the current economic climate it will pass. Ticketmaster/Live Nation will say the only way they can be profitable is to consolidate.
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by mikebo 18y ago
Netflix, iTunes, amazon mp3, flickr
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by mikebo 18y ago
I agree with you in some ways. When it comes to online storage/sync, there is a significant element of trust involved. I wonder both about security of the data and whether or not the company itself will be around in several years.
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by mikebo 18y ago
Agreed. Was just thinking most about different possible outcomes and what they would have worked out like.
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by mikebo 18y ago
I actually chose this particular time frame since it when I as last changing jobs and trying to decide between a BigCo and a startup. I didn't choose a BigCo, but even if I had it probably wouldn't have been amazon.
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MSFT vs. GOOG vs. YHOO vs. AAPL vs. AMZN over 2 years(finance.google.com)
4 points by mikebo 18y ago|5 comments
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by mikebo 18y ago
I wouldn't say WebForms was meant to make it easier for Windows Forms developers to build web apps. I think it was intended to make it easy for Visual Basic developers (which is a huge market btw) to develop web apps.
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by mikebo 18y ago
Not sure if you're trolling or not, but I'll respond anyway. I'll give two reasons: 1) it's dishonest 2) if your mgmt does notice, this will burn bridges with both mgmt and your coworkers who have to pick up the slack.
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Bittersweet Trading Losses and Freedom At Last(fattyfatfat.com)
1 points by mikebo 18y ago|0 comments