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by tbgvi 17y ago
So this is what happens when you decide to hold the line, rather than scrapping something that's not working for the next iteration. 11 years and counting on this one...
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by tbgvi 17y ago
That's an interesting idea. I saw that thing earlier today where someone built a Wikipedia Trends. Anyone know of other interesting uses of Wikipedia?
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by tbgvi 17y ago
I feel for the guy. At least he tried to put a spin on the "argument" that your startup should use metrics to make decisions. We're gonna beat that horse 'til its dead.
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by tbgvi 17y ago
That's impressive, but it seems like more of an exercise for the developer. Its probably something I'd look at once and forget about.
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by tbgvi 17y ago
Adding a whole new level to the creepiness of Chatroulette. Exactly what it needed! If only those dudes knew their location could be pinpointed, maybe it would make it a bit more bearable.
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by tbgvi 17y ago
If you're really good, your boss is going to do everything they can to get you to stay. This is great advice on how to leave as quickly and painlessly as possible. I usually thought that if someone is interviewing with you they probably mad
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by tbgvi 17y ago
I have a feeling this writer has no idea who 37signals is. He's probably realizing right about now that he's stepped on a land mine with exploding 37signals fanboys. Edit: No offense to fans of 37signals (I read svn). This guy is about to g
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by tbgvi 17y ago
The best I've seen is Icon Factory, I have a feeling they're pricey though :) They've done the icons for Coda, Windows XP, and others I believe. http://iconfactory.com/design/icon
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by tbgvi 17y ago
Seems interesting, it reminds me of delicious but for products. That to me is the best use case, like their example "Scan a cereal box barcode and attach your best treats recipe". The other ones, like putting a barcode on a birthday card, I
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by tbgvi 17y ago
Getting new users to stick is key, and very difficult. But there's a lot more too it than your registration pages and marketing videos. All that stuff guides a user to try it out, but its when they log in for the first time when the challen
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by tbgvi 17y ago
Out of curiosity, did he ask for equity? I didn't catch that in your summary, it seemed like he's willing to give you ~10 hours a month. Either way I'd see if he could make those introductions first, proving that he's good partner. If he ca
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by tbgvi 17y ago
Agree with the others, buying links isn't worth it. Google will eventually catch on and devalue it, so it's a waste in the end. Focus on sites/bloggers where your potential users are. The most useful links are the one's that actually drive
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Three lessons from the Chipotle iPhone app(radar.oreilly.com)
1 points by tbgvi 17y ago|0 comments
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Does the Cloud Need a Specialized Chip(gigaom.com)
1 points by tbgvi 17y ago|0 comments
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by tbgvi 17y ago
Interesting thoughts on reputation management. I'm not at this level, but I have a similar reaction when I've been interviewed or had someone writing a review of what I'm working on. The first thing I do when it's posted is read it hoping t
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Candid Camera: Reputation concerns with posted video(avc.com)
1 points by tbgvi 17y ago|1 comments
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by tbgvi 17y ago
Not sure how conclusive that really is. To me their heat map tells me that people are blind to results that aren't at the top of the page. If the real-time results were at the top I'm sure people would pay more attention to them.
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by tbgvi 17y ago
While I think this is correct, I'm not sure how practical it is. For example, with my startup I'm trying to be as cost conscious as possible. Sure it would be nice to have one person in charge of UX and one person doing the graphics (people
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by tbgvi 17y ago
Look at the other recent articles this guy has written. http://www.businessinsider.com/nicholas-carlson Are 3 articles about Facebook in one day really necessary? I guess if you throw enough stuff up there something will eventually stick.
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by tbgvi 17y ago
It all depends on your transaction volume. If you don't run that many transactions then all you have to do is fill out a form saying you're complying. If your transaction volume is high, for example let's say Walmart, then the level of scru
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by tbgvi 17y ago
It isn't. Storing CVV is not allowed under any circumstances.
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by tbgvi 17y ago
I've thought about this a lot as well, its a tougher problem to crack than meets the eye. I started working on something like this that I ended up scrapping to solve the payment tracking part first. That is also a really tough problem :)
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by tbgvi 17y ago
I think that's the idea behind http://www.flattr.com as well
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by tbgvi 17y ago
Can an investor in this situation force someone to work? Can they sell their share of a particular worker to another investor? Sounds like something we abolished a while back...
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by tbgvi 17y ago
I see Amazon, eBay, etc.. it would be cool if they added something like Milo for local search. Might be a better use case (save money by finding a lower price for something locally)
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by tbgvi 17y ago
That would make sense - I've seen some strange ads on TechCrunch that could be explained by that.
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by tbgvi 17y ago
Any idea what their business model is? If not commission based, is it a subscription? Based on page views?
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by tbgvi 17y ago
Seems like a slightly different way of doing things. You can already submit an XML sitemap via Google web master tools, in a way it's accomplishing the same thing (telling them what to crawl). It's not real time but the premise is the same.
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by tbgvi 17y ago
I've noticed that new things they've indexed perform extremely well for a day or two, then fall like a rock if they're not from an authoritative source. After the couple days that fresh results are towards the top, Google seems to put more
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by tbgvi 17y ago
Interesting, I always thought reCAPTCHA randomly combined words for each instance. These guys were able to get around it because each CAPTCHA has an id. Have some people from mechanical turk build a database of responses and you're set. Ass

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