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by mrshoe 17y ago
In March I was shopping around for a new job. It was common to be asked why I was changing jobs (especially in this economy...). A big part of my answer was that I wanted to try something new. I wanted to make sure that my resume didn't pig
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by mrshoe 17y ago
The problem is definitely there, but, after using wave for a couple of months now, I don't think it's the right solution. I would echo a lot of other reviews: it's too complex and ambitious. This applies to the protocol/platform as well as
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by mrshoe 17y ago
First of all, the guys at Google have been padding this landing pretty well. At least for people who are paying attention. They're quick to stress that wave is a protocol and a platform with take-over-the-world potential and that this i
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by mrshoe 17y ago
Looks like a really small sample size, about half of which are bootstrapped startups with zero users. I'm not sure how useful this data is.
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I honestly can't tell. The confusing nature of the post leads me to believe it's FUD, especially since the call to action at the end encourages me to use their product to protect me from the supposed evil.
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by mrshoe 17y ago
This reminds me of all the clever kids in school during Black History Month who would ask, "And when is White History Month?" The canned answer is, "The other 11 months of the year are White History Months." This answer has become trite at
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by mrshoe 17y ago
> My book is actually written for just those teens: the ones who have attempted to diligently follow school’s path but have only met disillusionment and boredom in the process. (Middle school is usually when this sets in.) That was me
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by mrshoe 17y ago
To chime in from the ShopTalk team, I would echo a lot of what axod has said. As a Campfire user, I'm sure you understand how important persistent group chat is to your organization. Unfortunately, most people aren't like you (yet)! We thin
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We're on it!
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We agree, and we think http://shoptalkapp.com will be the one to do it. ;)
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by mrshoe 17y ago
jwz says this in the comments: An important point here is that Palm-the-company used to not be stupid in this way. The way this worked on PalmOS was completely sane. They went and fucked up their whole process when they switched to WebOS.
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by mrshoe 17y ago
The point of messages is that you can't see them, unless they're to/from you.
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I want a desktop OS that runs web apps so well that it obviates the need for a browser, not an app that runs in the browser that emulates my current desktop OS.
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http://dieselweb.org/ http://shoptalkapp.com/ Ah, the joys of bootstrapping a startup on the side...
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by mrshoe 17y ago
sama is at Infinite Loop right now? Cue the speculation about Apple buying Loopt or Loopt receiving special treatment on the iPhone.
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by mrshoe 17y ago
Nooooo all of the secrets of our vim cult revealed in one easy-to-read document! Vim is hard, people! Trust me. You're not smart enough to use it. :-P
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by mrshoe 17y ago
I wasn't attempting to dole out credit. I was highlighting the fact that dhouston was brave enough to start DropBox in the face of circumstances that would probably have deterred many of us. The whole team deserves a ton of credit for wha
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by mrshoe 17y ago
You know what's really cool about this? Microsoft and Apple have both taken stabs at this problem multiple times. The companies that make the operating systems on about 99% of PCs have both tried this. They've had some success at it, but it
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by mrshoe 17y ago
Or: Barack Obama Loves Green Tech/Alternative Energy Startups I don't think he cares about your social-video-sharing-for-cat-owners startup.
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> This is an unusual phenomenon I don't think that's unusual at all. I've found it to often be the case. Cache misses will kill performance.
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You mention a few strategic mistakes that Netscape made. Those were poor decisions. Netscape certainly went downhill when it moved from the quick and lightweight Navigator to the slow, bloated, and buggy Communicator. Shying away from stand
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by mrshoe 17y ago
Just remember that this principle applies doubly if you're a startup. And it applies doubly again if you're an early stage startup, because you're still deciding what to build at that point. Astronaut architecture is a complete waste of p
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by mrshoe 17y ago
What I learned from the comments (and comment voting) on the first version: surprisingly, the HN community is more passionate in their disdain for Mike Arrington than they are in their worship of pg. Hopefully this article will allow people
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by mrshoe 17y ago
I'm not going to turn down applause, but building something on the side isn't all peaches-and-cream. I realize that it's not supposed to be easy to build a successful business. But if it's so hard, why should we make it even harder by pur
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This presumes that Wave will be compelling enough to IE users that they will finally install a different browser. My prediction: it won't be. But I hope I'm wrong.
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That's probably why the title of the essay is "Persuade xor Discover". pg started out thinking about Arrington, but, since he was writing to discover, he explored other ideas. Those ideas became the main point of the essay.
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4) Talk to people and listen to them closely The world, collectively, is smarter than you are — pay attention to it. I feel like a lot of great companies would never have been built if the founders didn't ignore a bunch of naysayers. That
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I think a lot of hackers, myself included, have a hard time with persuasion. I've found that my first instinct is often to respond to a coworker's proposal with something like, "Here are 10 reasons why that's a horrible idea." That ends up
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by mrshoe 17y ago
Stackless Python is cool, but don't you wish there was a library that made coroutines clean and easy in vanilla Python? EDIT: whoops, I meant to say continuations, as camccann was kind enough to point out.

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