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by phil 19y ago
I think this is a really important point. Here: http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?site0=twitter.com&site1=jaiku.com&site2=&site3=&site4=&y=r&z=1&h=300&w=610&range=6m&size=Medium&url=twitter.com http://snapshot.compete.com
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by phil 19y ago
Unfortunately, the link is not to full text (anyone have this?) This is well worth reading though - a profile of one of the world's finest guitar makers. It's got some great discussion that's worthwhile for anyone who is making something. H
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Guitar craftsman: "You don't get there by secrets"(newyorker.com)
1 points by phil 19y ago|1 comments
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Jonathan Schwartz: "You would be wise to listen to the customers you're threatening to sue - they can leave you"(blogs.sun.com)
10 points by phil 19y ago|0 comments
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by phil 19y ago
See also http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=22277 ;)
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by phil 19y ago
despite a number of attempts!
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Only half of Bubble-era companies out of business(venturebeat.com)
7 points by phil 19y ago|1 comments
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by phil 19y ago
That means they're not at the stage yet where they can just throw machines in to handle growth. Hmm, why do you say that? They've already got the DB off on other machines, and it sounds very much like they are doing all the things you do
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by phil 19y ago
Here's Schneier on why not: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/05/1933_antispam_d.html
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by phil 19y ago
That was 2005 though. Wordpress.com now has quite a few paid premium services.
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by phil 19y ago
Has been greatly exaggerated.
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by phil 19y ago
I agree. Obscurity is fine in this case, because if abuse becomes a problem, it will be new accounts that are the problem. So you can just add confirmation, captcha, etc. on the fly when the time comes.
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by phil 19y ago
worksforme
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Mac share of surfers doubles in 8 months(computerworld.com)
2 points by phil 19y ago|0 comments
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by phil 19y ago
+1. Anything will do, but a pigma Micron pen and a stack of 11x17 paper are optimal. The paper gives you enough room to draw several ideas on a page but fits on a desk or table. The pen makes a clean, fine line that approximates 1px black o
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by phil 20y ago
They use Akamai to serve up the downloads.
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by phil 20y ago
Now this is exactly the kind of criticism we like to see. Thanks so much for your comments, bootload. Thanks for the compliments on the parts you liked. We're with you on the blogging - it's a big part of writewith, but we're making a too
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by phil 20y ago
I think it's actually not a bad review of us if you filter the anger out. The only part of their post that actually stung was the bit about spellcheck, because it's not done. I wanted to have it finished for launch, but we felt it wasn't wo
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by phil 20y ago
seems to be down, though the server is pinging.
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Colorblind Web Page Filter(colorfilter.wickline.org)
4 points by phil 20y ago|1 comments
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by phil 20y ago
it's funny that the quote got reported as "we're not doing a mobile phone," when in his second sentence he pretty much says "because handsets suck right now and we'd rather replace them with something completely different."
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Daring Fireball: Deal With It (more ui simplicity stuff)(daringfireball.net)
4 points by phil 20y ago|0 comments
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Designing on the grid(subtraction.com)
2 points by phil 20y ago|0 comments
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Bruce Sterling on death of "blogs"(blog.wired.com)
8 points by phil 20y ago|2 comments
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by phil 20y ago
far33d, I think you're right about the y-axis. Here's a relevant page from Cambridge Associates (the source for this data): https://www.cambridgeassociates.com/Indexes/ I couldn't find the exact stuff Kedrosky graphed but most of their stat
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Fixing Venture Capital - Joel on Software(joelonsoftware.com)
6 points by phil 20y ago|0 comments
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by phil 20y ago
No prob, now I just need to find time to use it myself!
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y combinator news bookmarklet(writewith.com)
85 points by phil 20y ago|12 comments
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New AOL Email Beta Cannot Compete With Google, Yahoo(techcrunch.com)
2 points by phil 20y ago|0 comments
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Techcrunch Destroying Sites on Launch Day(crunchnotes.com)
9 points by phil 20y ago|2 comments

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