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by pxlpshr 18y ago
thnx! we're discussing a complete rewrite for 2009 but that's still on the table. our team is small and a lot of focus is on building the mobile app company right now. BreakkUp happened to... happen, and so we're going to use this holiday d
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by pxlpshr 18y ago
Yes. Mostly they are used as pranks against people, but a few serious ones here and there. You can monetize anything if you have a brand. My gf manages this service, and it's mostly for the press.
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by pxlpshr 18y ago
Well, when we originally built the site it was "suppose" to be a fun way to put your relationship on the internet chopping block. As of late, people use it for all sorts of relationship advice, and many times it has nothing to do with break
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by pxlpshr 18y ago
Could also have something to do with the combination fade fx. I use the Schiller snow if you're interested... http://www.schillmania.com/projects/snowstorm
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by pxlpshr 18y ago
Links http://breakkup.com http://saltlicklabs.com http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=285895
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Thank you HN: BreakkUp.com Story
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by pxlpshr 18y ago
I'd hate to sound like a digg-comment, but nice delivery there. It drew a nice lol from me. ;)
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by pxlpshr 18y ago
I had a friend who applied, it's not something I'd ever want to do. I think Seth is a great motivational speaker and writer, but there are far more people I'd want to give up 6 months with no pay to be mentored by from an entrepreneurial st
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by pxlpshr 18y ago
you're making a quick assumption without knowing more about his methodology and long-term strategy. I talked with him at length last night at a developer meetup, and he's now in a position to capitalize on the technology assets he had deve
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Financial realities of the iTunes App Store(appcubby.com)
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by pxlpshr 18y ago
Apple is the most secretive company in the world and have no need to publish unpractical prototypes on YouTube, lol. I assure you, they've been exploring alternative interfaces for quite sometime... their entire history encompasses the user
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by pxlpshr 18y ago
<fanboy> This is why I love APPLE!!!!!!!! </fanboy> But seriously, so impressive... I can't wait. This type of innovation and Apple's ability to bring it to the consumer market justifies a closed hardware platform, IMO. We d
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by pxlpshr 18y ago
It's funny that I had it set to Dec. 3rd and the app still showed up at Nov. 20th. After repeatedly telling Apple this, they refused to fix the problem.
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by pxlpshr 18y ago
I don't disagree with you at all, but... I have a problem with Apple taking 30% because the store is far too polluted now. I feel it should be scaled back to 20% due to the amount of marketing and press expenses people (read: indie develope
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by pxlpshr 18y ago
Just out of curiosity, when are they going to take Gmail out of beta? I mean seriously, it's been 4 years for crying out loud... And while they're at it, do something with Grand Central already cause it's freakin' great... but yet another s
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by pxlpshr 18y ago
I disagree with this blog article, and your response is dead on.
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by pxlpshr 18y ago
Nice! Lots of stuff on there I listen to. I have a growing appreciation for Yongfook... I'm using his Sweetcron script (which is brilliantly executed), his other projects are also really well done. It's just him and it amazes me that he has
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by pxlpshr 18y ago
So established players make the most money. Hardly a shock... Here's what bothers me now. During the Stevenote announcing the iPhone store, Steve specifically mentioned a portion of the 30% that Apple takes went to 'marketing'. Well, that
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by pxlpshr 18y ago
hahaha, woops... I thought it was a link to this article which I had just read. http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2008/12/02/apple-announces-top-1... :)
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by pxlpshr 18y ago
Kevin's techtv personality aside, I associate a lot of Digg's early adoption to his participation on TWIT. When iTunes first started accepting Podcasts, TWIT was the #1 show with ~250k+ subscribers... as far as market demographics are conce
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by pxlpshr 18y ago
You're right, it was for the get-it-done talent that so few people actually have... developers are a dime a dozen. Stop glorifying yourself.
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by pxlpshr 18y ago
Heck ya, you spend soo much time thinking and working on the business that remedial tasks are a great way to a) get out of the office and b) feel like you've made some progress by accomplishing small (but relatively important) goals. Things
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by pxlpshr 18y ago
Disclaimer re: #1: I'm jaded. If I had a penny for every time an engineer thought they were smarter than everyone else in the room -- I would have retired 2 years ago... and perhaps our startup would still be alive. What blows my mind is ho
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by pxlpshr 18y ago
Lots of great advice here. I was involved with a company that ran out of money which had a very high burn due to infrastructure. The server company was more than happy to work with us... that's an easy first start to minimize any additional
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by pxlpshr 18y ago
Sorry for late response - holiday weekend. I'm trying to setup the company very loosely to attract entrepreneurial developers. We have plain-english contracts in Google Docs that we jointly edit until we're both satisfied. Since I've been r
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by pxlpshr 18y ago
I'm not a developer but I've managed to lasso a few guys together through equity-based compensation on the profit from sales of version 1-1.x. At version 2, terms are open for renegotiation by either party. This clause is to protect myself
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by pxlpshr 18y ago
Not trying to sound like a fanboy but perhaps that's because -- aside from Apple's minor faults that any armchair critic can pick out in retrospect -- they are truly one of the few consumer technology companies driving the market forward ag
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by pxlpshr 18y ago
I love VALVE so much. If it wasn't for them, good old fashion FPS would be practically dead on the PC. To top it off, STEAM is amazing... so much cash generation. Even though I've been pinching my pennies, they took my $45 for Left 4 Dead.
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by pxlpshr 18y ago
A senior designer / creative director should take into consideration brand strategy, market demographics, messaging, product positioning, company culture, etc. A designer makes stuff look pretty.
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by pxlpshr 18y ago
good stuff, hits on a lot of important things we often overlook or push off till later, but we could benefit from by doing now. Most of his suggestions can apply to any startup. Every Friday I like to bring out the comb and not worry about

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