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1. 541.▲
   by redorb 18y ago

   I have been drinking his kool-aid since I read bootstrappers bible http://www.changethis.com/8.BootstrappersBible
2. 542.▲
   by redorb 18y ago

   If this leads to being able to have a "Streamable" song at a real rate of .10 - and is the new barrier for buying for other services (apple, yahoo music, napster) etc. then yes revolutionary -
3. 543.▲
   by redorb 18y ago

   I thought they would be talking about a cut in options or something , slow hiring doesn't end gravy. Better title "google hiring slows"
4. 544.▲
   by redorb 18y ago

   can anyone here actually visualize the chess notation? I always have to set up a board <feeling dumb>
5. 545.▲
   by redorb 18y ago

   74signals is a low blow, I respect the people who at least setup a decent blog and make 'real points'
6. 546.▲
   by redorb 18y ago

   guessing a search for site:www.wsj.com would reveal all indexed pages (probably pretty recently crawled too) for us to view now, thanks goog!
7. 547.▲
   by redorb 18y ago

   handing out 100 dollar bills seems like something that pets.com would do.
8. 548.▲
   by redorb 18y ago

   Always good to see someone get out while the getting is good ...
9. 549.▲
   by redorb 18y ago

   nice 'hack' on cooking bacon and waking up (mashup?)... guessing a lot of people will have more free time to hack around - after some job cuts :(
10. 550.▲
    by redorb 18y ago

    i agree nice service, but not chargeable ....
11. 551.▲
    by redorb 18y ago

    if you're going to make a living at it, it helps to find a niche where money flows as a regular consequence of the success of your idea as soon as you focus on your art and leave the money behind, you may just discover that this focus turns
12. 552.▲
    by redorb 18y ago

    I agree FB is a winner, but I wouldn't bet what MSFT did on it, and they wouldn't of either if it didn't lock them into prime buyer spot (and lock others out)
13. 553.▲
    by redorb 18y ago

    I swear if anyone but Jobs - tries asking "Why are you here?" in a interview with me I'm out...
14. 554.▲
    by redorb 18y ago

    I liked DuckDuckGO - and SocialMention the most - SM offered a way to find out about obscure websites mentioning your business genre' -- Also the one that helped with plagerism is nice..
15. 555.▲
    by redorb 18y ago

    <Idea> why don't more companies have sit down and write a customer day </idea>
16. 556.▲
    by redorb 18y ago

    another version: Set timer on email, then receive a text message and you can reply (1) to send (9) to not send.
17. 557.▲
    by redorb 18y ago

    The problem with dreamIT is the name of the companies it founds, all 2.0 :( scvngr.mobi vuzit.com phrazit.com beanstockd.com anthillz.com trendient.com * I know you can't just the by their name, but the truth is a lot of people do. (and yes
18. 558.▲
    by redorb 18y ago

    no, they own a construction company. Its funny cause I asked to build them a website and 'modernize' their business. My uncle then told me about how he hasn't had to bid a job in years because of his reputation.. (a whole nother business le
19. 559.▲
    by redorb 18y ago

    I do think the days of "shit"-free-mium services are over, I.e. forums that are turned static and filled with ads.
20. 560.▲
    by redorb 18y ago

    "whether you’re an individual or a manager, your job is to scale at what makes you great" Great quote from the article, I have always wondered about scaling what I'm good at.
21. 561.▲
    by redorb 18y ago

    my aunt and other rich people i know always shared 'pay yourself first' , my aunt and uncle used that money (after 5 years) to get bonded in order to build their first stadium.
22. 562.▲
    by redorb 18y ago

    Just for note google used to pay 1-3 cents per a search sent its way from any site (I used a homestead page) to get me $300-500 checks /mo during highschool. (from the new 2001 index) http://www.google.com/search2001/search?hl=en&q=goo
23. 563.▲
    by redorb 18y ago

    I agree, ;) .... wonder if that is just an urban dictionary entry gone wikipedia.
24. 564.▲
    by redorb 18y ago

    On these types of submissions I think the message is not aided by the site... so..... "Wish more startups focused on what can we be AWESOME at rather than what can we be FIRST at . "First-mover advantage" can be a trap" doesn't this co
25. 565.▲
    by redorb 18y ago

    Chess hold a special place in my heart, to bad that place isn't near rap ;) - on the other hand I think it would be a great motivator for the black community to pick up and play some chess.
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    by redorb 18y ago

    pretty cool, seems to use wikipedia to seem semantic... which works most of the time. I just don't see how its possible to break into google's market share or for that sake, Yahoo's or MSN's ... - I think companies like octopart, that are d
27. 567.▲
    by redorb 18y ago

    I just recently went 100% FF again, after using chrome for 2 weeks or so. Chrome crashed and made pandora stutter, plus the lack of add ons.... I'll give it another shot when it gets out of beta
28. 568.▲
    by redorb 18y ago

    To combat piracy you have to deliver a better product. This is just delivering the same product.
29. 569.▲
    by redorb 18y ago

    in some weird way, he seems even more about himself now.
30. 570.▲
    by redorb 18y ago

    I have a hard time reading 'only' and '145mm' in the same sentence, much less right next to each other! - but I guess all things are relative. In this case its relative to the MSFT 15b valuation which of course makes everything look small.