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by rantfoil 18y ago
I think widget embeds are a no-brainer -- we've got a few other big things ahead in the pipe, but I expect this to come later this year.
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by rantfoil 18y ago
In the age of open API's, do you need to ask? =) API's are coming, both for posting and retrieving. It's going to be one of the big tent pole features alongside theming we're excited about in the next few months.
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by rantfoil 18y ago
Whats bizarre CSS markup? like {block:Posts}{/block:Posts}?
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by rantfoil 18y ago
Theming is in our crosshairs right now.
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by rantfoil 18y ago
LJ doesn't really have any good rich media processing, especially over email. Also, LJ doesn't autopost to anywhere else. Though for public blogs, you can autopost from Posterous to your Livejournal. As for specific friends-only functionali
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Posterous (YC S08) launches private, password-protected blogs by email(blog.posterous.com)
58 points by rantfoil 18y ago|35 comments
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by rantfoil 18y ago
Just start working on it, and don't worry too much about tips, etc. It's easy to get paralyzed on doing it the best. The best is the enemy of the good. Always work on the most important thing. If it's not going to move the needle or if its
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by rantfoil 18y ago
If you're going to AJAX, what about just going all the way and never showing a 'loading' page? Just cache all the pages and all the item listings in memory so that its zero cost to browse around fast?
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by rantfoil 18y ago
Your observation about 6 types of content is fascinating -- it makes so much sense! The medium is the message, right? So content expands to fill the container it is given.
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Bill Gates TED talk live-blogged by TED fellow(tedfellows.posterous.com)
1 points by rantfoil 18y ago|0 comments
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by rantfoil 18y ago
Opera is barfing on asynchronous loading of the javascript when clicking the bookmarklet. I get "Script not loaded" errors with no way to better understand what's happening. If I load my bookmarklet.js file directly in cache, it works fine.
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by rantfoil 18y ago
Congrats Immad and Jude -- I knew you guys were on to something when I tried it and ended up spending a few hours playing an RPG game just totally randomly.
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by rantfoil 18y ago
Sorry, do you mind if I get a screenshot from you? Haven't seen that before on my own computer, but definitely want to resolve it asap. garry [a.t] posterous.com
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by rantfoil 18y ago
For those who might want to cut to the chase: http://posterous.com/help/bookmarklet/
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Posterous (YC S08) launches universal bookmarklet(venturebeat.com)
57 points by rantfoil 18y ago|16 comments
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How to update session cookies for Facebook Connect(vccv.posterous.com)
3 points by rantfoil 18y ago|0 comments
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by rantfoil 18y ago
This is actually true. Bad/mediocre VC's only make money on management fees and not on actual returns. So in order to maximize profit, they raise large funds (the bigger the better), and then pump valuations up. They're only interested in 1
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by rantfoil 18y ago
Our experience has been contrary to what others have said about minimal stickiness -- Techcrunch coverage has precipitated blog coverage and attention that each time has resulted in a new bar for traffic and retention. -- YMMV Regardless of
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by rantfoil 18y ago
How does this compare to twilio.com?
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by rantfoil 18y ago
Contracting is a date. Salary is going steady. Equity is getting married. You can get out, but not without a lot of pain and legal fees. Be careful who you give equity to.
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by rantfoil 18y ago
This is significant for entrepreneurs. Apple was absolutely on to something when it said: Think Different. Why think different? Because the masses are wrong. (In fact, the masses are asses. =) ) And this is why many startups and entrepreneu
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by rantfoil 18y ago
I was a PM for Microsoft around 2003, and remember taking a few great classes from Scott Berkun. In retrospect I wonder if the existence of the role itself is cause for so much of the slowness within Microsoft. The PM role became not so muc
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by rantfoil 18y ago
And this is why it's best to have both design and engineering skills when bootstrapping a startup. You don't have to treat yourself like a tiny god. But seriously, I'd like to see more being done to help people cultivate both. It's massivel
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by rantfoil 18y ago
a) They were first to market with a great game of this type on the iPhone. b) The realtime mobile nature of this game transcends knockoff status. Try it.
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by rantfoil 18y ago
My mob code is 100119202. The more mob members you have, the more powerful your mob, of course... so lets team up. ;-)
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by rantfoil 18y ago
Seriously, Gabe and the addmired crew understand gameplay and virality in a way that absolutely blows my mind. They're a team to watch in 2009.
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Addmired (YC W08) launches super addictive iMob Online on iPhone App Store(imobapp.com)
48 points by rantfoil 18y ago|61 comments
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Avid founder Bill Warner: How a dirt farmer made me an entrepreneur(masshightech.com)
21 points by rantfoil 18y ago|0 comments
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by rantfoil 18y ago
Was anyone else put off by "And, if you want to kill your ex-girlfriend, there's really no substitute for a ball-peen hammer"? I get it's a joke, but violence against women, when used in a semi-professional context in a community of softwar
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by rantfoil 18y ago
For pagerank update, I actually didn't see a significant change when that happened. And most sites see a big dip in December when everyone is home for the holidays and not really getting on the computer. But it's certainly possible that the

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