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How Apple works: Inside the world's biggest startup (tech.fortune.cnn.com)
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by stevenj 15y ago
>Here is the important, and game-changing, point: in order to participate in the great wealth creation taking place in this and future technology cycles, you will have to be a founder, an early employee or a private investor. The so-cal
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by stevenj 15y ago
Slightly off-topic: Sometimes I think TechCrunch and Michael Arrington could be a little more cordial. On the other hand, I respect it, and him, for being open and straight forward about things.
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“Inside Apple” Reveals Steve Jobs Anecdotes, Apple’s Little Known Facts(macstories.net)
172 points by stevenj 15y ago|43 comments
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by stevenj 15y ago
I just bought Ikea's Verksam Swivel Chair a couple days ago: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S59817085 and so far I'm loving it. Significant improvement in posture. Back (especially lower back) feels great. What I like about it
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by stevenj 15y ago
Hm, that's interesting. I submitted the Register article the other day and it only got 1 upvote: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2512559 I can't remember what time I submitted it though.
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by stevenj 15y ago
In my experience, few good UW CSE graduates want to give up an $80,000+ job offer at a reputable company to work at a startup. If you're a good engineer, who's also a recent graduate, deciding to do a startup comes at a cost (e.g. reduced s
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by stevenj 15y ago
>I think it's just more that people are focused on their own thing, by and large, vs. getting out with a small % of their time and building a community for the greater good. Ya, they're not enough "crazy" people. I think Seattle needs a
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by stevenj 15y ago
I may be wrong about this, but I sense that Seattle's startup scene is definitely lacking something important. I can't put my finger on it, but I think it's there. In my opinion, people here seem pretty risk-averse (ie few want to jump and
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Things that people don't actually want. But there are many examples of things and markets which at first didn't seem all that promising. But then someone made something slightly different (or radically different) and it actually made users
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So the gist of it is that I'll buy (or pay for) things online -- products and services -- using Bitcoins instead of my debit or credit card?
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What's Bitcoin?
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I'm guessing I heard someone call it "Dis-Kiss" or "Dis-qiss", and it stuck.
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by stevenj 15y ago
Disqus > "Discuss" Wow, that makes sense. But for some weird reason, I always thought it was pronounced "Dis-kiss".
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Amazon Announces MyHabit, a New Private Sale Site (businesswire.com)
4 points by stevenj 15y ago|1 comments
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Woz snubs Paul Allen, praises pea soup (theregister.co.uk)
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>This is a problem with job listings in general: They don't seem to describe an actual day's work. They're heavy on skills but not actions. Ya. Job listings should detail exactly the work that the person will be doing. I think part of t
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Why entrepreneurs make bad angel investors (finance.fortune.cnn.com)
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>What Groupon actually nailed was all the hard parts of the business model that don't look really freaking difficult on the napkin -- particularly "signing up local merchants" and "cost-effective customer acquisition." I may be misunder
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>I believe HN's plain design is actually an intended feature, not a bug. I agree. Though I've read several comments that suggest adding to it, and in general, I think doing that would make it less useful.
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I think that the "making something people want" at the right time is the hardest part, and maybe distribution as well. Execution is important. But I think many people have the skills to create what ends up being successful. Take Groupon for
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by stevenj 15y ago
Qomments: Quora for comments?
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Who was the designer?
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by stevenj 15y ago
Last activity on its Twitter account was a month ago: http://twitter.com/#!/joindiaspora
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Are you still actively working on this?
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You should be able to just edit your parent comment (for awhile longer at least).
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by stevenj 15y ago
Reading this made me think of these posts: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1996237 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2043613
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In my experience, an iPhone takes 2-4 weeks to get used to.
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Invest in what you understand. Also: "The key to investing is not assessing how much an industry is going to affect society, or how much it will grow, but rather determining the competitive advantage of any given company and, above all, the
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I think what Myspace needs most is a well-defined (and worthwhile) vision that its employees will want to work for, and that will also produce "what people want" (i.e. will make users happy). I wouldn't do anything to it until I was sure I

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