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811.
by mtw 18y ago
adhearsion is not a startup, it's an open source project.
812.
by mtw 18y ago
The Apple "platform" is not 100% free (you can't do yet voip or tethering), but for the first time, mobile software developers can deploy easily applications without asking permissions from carriers. Also, your web browsing experience on th
813.
by mtw 18y ago
"Either you have to let the carriers control things or you have to have regulation" Apple proved this wrong, and I expect Google's android to do the same (well if they deliver what they announced)
814.
by mtw 18y ago
quick math: $25m in revenues, 2.5m subscribers, which makes it $50 annual revenue per subscriber. So I am wondering is $50/year/user a high or low figure in web advertising? I am suspecting it's a high one because of the audience (hip, youn
815.
by mtw 18y ago
I would prefer a tool for entrepreneurs that would show them directly what factors they can focus on to get a higher valuation and/or higher chances of success. The page would be interactive and users would drag bars or change data such as
816.
If someone can do it for free, then it will be inevitably free(montrealtechwatch.com)
14 points by mtw 18y ago|14 comments
817.
by mtw 18y ago
i find suspicious that they backed away when doing due diligence. just recently, techcrunch reported about google trying to introduce digg-like features in its user interface. seems to me that either google wanted to either buy or have a cl
818.
by mtw 18y ago
I disagree. Journalism fuels newspapers. And newspapers/blog in themselves are essential. Without Techcrunch or ArsTechnica, you might have not been aware of "startups" at all. You wouldn't know about startup failures or successes, and migh
819.
by mtw 18y ago
it reminds me of the movie idiocracy. explosions and violence make more impression on short-term than litterature or culture
820.
by mtw 18y ago
another article showing that vmware might have been too successful for emc's ceo http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/08/tucci_costs_vmware/
821.
by mtw 18y ago
projections for 2008 was +50% growth. vmware didn't manage that, but it's not a reason to oust the ceo. this is a highly political move
822.
by mtw 18y ago
Isn't this a fanciful expression to label DRY programming?
823.
by mtw 18y ago
bustaname worked great for me
824.
by mtw 18y ago
we did the same thing earlier this year but with 11 different teams, who were challenged to make a working product in 48 hours. great experience. of course, we don't have a real company at the end of the event, but the goal is more about ge
825.
by mtw 18y ago
does someone know how much time it takes to start a new instance? and also the delay between 2 pollings? I'm asking since with websites like digg, traffic can 10x for your website in 60 seconds.
826.
by mtw 18y ago
thanks. http://techentreprise.comingsoooon.com
827.
by mtw 18y ago
interesting, although a list of "25 reasons users start paying for your product" would have been more useful. not sure about the % of hackers here who have recurring revenues from customers
828.
by mtw 18y ago
imho top management at nokia still have the same position. for me, this is just PR, they're still control freaks
829.
by mtw 18y ago
re: considering social network project i've used community engine, which is an out-of-the box RoR social network plugin http://missingmethod.brunobornsztein.com/projects/community_... mature and solid (vs insoshi or lovdbyless)
830.
by mtw 18y ago
it's http://www.founderscoop.com/ that you want to lookup a community of founders with equity interest in companies working with the coop
831.
by mtw 18y ago
imho, it's rails. rails (and any other ruby framework) is not suited for a real-time communication platform like twitter. also you forgot about messaging queues.
832.
by mtw 18y ago
www.standoutjobs.com is a great place to find this kind of job
833.
by mtw 19y ago
what's the algorithm? how do you select the items that appear on the frontpage? or is just a matter of selecting updates from tech elites from the like of techcrunch / pmarca?
834.
by mtw 19y ago
not scalable, look at their "stupid" and "non-stupid" data
835.
by mtw 19y ago
you can use defensio, they have an API for that sort of thing
836.
by mtw 19y ago
hey thanks for the comment. well, the menu is going to be corrected so people will have an easier time accessing the options. about the drupal listing, the description was written by an existing member of the website, who thought one sente
837.
Need early feedback for a website that matches entrepreneurs, developers and designers(blitzmaker.com)
6 points by mtw 19y ago|4 comments
838.
by mtw 19y ago
for me, it's not a war zone, it's a boxing match between Google and facebook. but Google was the heavyweight and facebook was young and arrogant. we all know waht happens next.
839.
by mtw 19y ago
for learning CSS, start with the basics tutorials http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp try to create a couple of pages, try a CSS framework like blueprint. your next step would be trying to customize the CSS of a wordpress template.
840.
by mtw 19y ago
I was lost though on how they decided to do a MRI scan of his skull while the man complained of weakness in his leg.

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