plaggypig

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by plaggypig 17y ago
Sage advice. If you haven't done it yet you need to own something authoritative about yourself, e.g. yourname.com, or better yet yourname.tel, which is like a business card at the DNS layer (with a window from the web of course). I also p
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2009: The Birth of a New Platform(telnic.org)
2 points by plaggypig 17y ago|0 comments
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by plaggypig 17y ago
This Bill is even worse than feared - see London based Telnic's (.tel registry) response to the government informing them that the statutory instrument to seize managerial control of domain registries applies to them: http://prnewswire.co.
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by plaggypig 17y ago
I'd like to see more libraries in more languages for .tel domains (reading and writing DNS records, i.e. NAPTR/TXT/LOC), and more mobile apps too. It's an open platform, see: http://dev.telnic.org/ I should also declare my interest: http
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Social networking federation: why not use .tel?(community.zdnet.co.uk)
1 points by plaggypig 17y ago|0 comments
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by plaggypig 17y ago
This is a really interesting discussion, spurred by Dave Winer's posts on the need for a global namespace for dispersing microblogging away from centralised services: http://www.scripting.com/stories/2009/08/06/anotherBrickInTh... http:/
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Thoughts on .tel and WebFinger(masonlee.wordpress.com)
1 points by plaggypig 17y ago|1 comments
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by plaggypig 17y ago
With a little bit of creativity you can do a lot with language, e.g. there are hundreds of millions of names in each of the biggest namespaces (AOL/Gmail/Skype/etc). One shouldn't assume that the John Smith you know has JohnSmith.tel, but t
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Quick comparison between Google's Webfinger and .tel(rikkles.blogspot.com)
1 points by plaggypig 17y ago|0 comments
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by plaggypig 17y ago
You're right, it doesn't, but see my other comment.
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by plaggypig 17y ago
Why are you so disparaging about a company that's trying to innovate and make money? You can use NAPTR/LOC/TXT records for any domain name you like, providing you have sufficient control over your DNS zone. However, many domain owners eithe
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by plaggypig 17y ago
.tel is about using existing infrastructure (the DNS) to resolve contact information. Will it make phone numbers as inconsequential to the experience of communication as IP address are to browsing the web? Discuss.
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Hornet for Blackberry, real-time address book (Will .tel kill the phone number?)(hornethub.com)
3 points by plaggypig 17y ago|9 comments
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by plaggypig 17y ago
Google Wave?
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by plaggypig 17y ago
This is totally contrary to what was said last year: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=682790 I'm very disappointed by their cack-handedness.
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by plaggypig 17y ago
This is ridiculous. On Nov 21st 2008 a representative from Twitter said this, "There are certainly many applications out there that include Twitter as part of their name, but we prefer that you not do so. Twit, Tweet etc. are all fine." ht
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HN's ideas for Twitter apps: which are worthy?(news.ycombinator.com)
1 points by plaggypig 17y ago|0 comments
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by plaggypig 17y ago
Interesting idea and I can think of a novel interface for this. I upvoted you, and that's where by influence will end.. for now :)
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by plaggypig 17y ago
There is an API so I believe your suggestion ought to be possible. Just to play devil's advocate though; wouldn't people overestimate Wolfram's capabilities and expect the bot to be able to answer all sorts of difficult questions that it ca
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HN: I'll run a marathon to build whatever you decide on tweet.in
10 points by plaggypig 17y ago|22 comments
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£100,000 prize for idea to shake up travel industry(ttgbigidea.com)
1 points by plaggypig 17y ago|0 comments
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by plaggypig 17y ago
Are there any grants available to entrepreneurs in the UK? If so, does anybody have any experience with the process?
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by plaggypig 17y ago
This forum post ( http://www.namepros.com/3416506-post4355.html ), and others posted it elsewhere. It's a 20% project.. 80% of my time writing the post, 20% setting it up ;) The people using it are .tel domain owners, performing searches to
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by plaggypig 17y ago
Why? It's version 0. The next release will be in the summer.
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by plaggypig 17y ago
General purpose search engines like Google aren't sufficiently appropriate for .tel, since its specific utility is for contact informaton, rather than content. You can find out more about it at telnic.org
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My new startup took 30 seconds to build, already has hundreds of users
3 points by plaggypig 17y ago|7 comments
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by plaggypig 18y ago
So then, if only Netflix had a checkbox on its registration form: [ ] Yes, I am a pretentious psuedo-intellectual scenester! Perhaps you've discovered the most important demographic unit of the century? I guess then, the greater problem wou
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by plaggypig 18y ago
I didn't downvote, I didn't upvote, I didn't vote sideways, and I didn't vote for the down-up-vote, etc. because I just don't care. You're thinking: what a jerk! Well, I care as much about this poor soul as I do about any of the other thous
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by plaggypig 18y ago
Can anybody share a video session that they themselves commissioned? I'd like to see how the quality of feedback compares with the "official" demo of tripadvisor. P.S. Somebody else mentioned eye tracking - I think commercial solutions for
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by plaggypig 18y ago
Because when they went under they took all of their depositors money with them, and left their creditors in the lurch. This point is really why his thesis is so important. I just want to say something about the banking crisis though, to get

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