tcarnell

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by tcarnell 17y ago
...well the amount of code 'snippets' developers copy from the Internet (tutorials, QA forums, tech websites and blogs) - I would argue that almost all software contains 'open source' code :-) - which again makes a farse of this type of leg
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by tcarnell 17y ago
AWESOME TALK (thanks for posting)
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by tcarnell 17y ago
...Be careful: Are you sure this is something people need? Is this something YOU believe web designers want? What problem does this solve? Ultimately, how will get get money from it? I think maybe the 'eye candy' has taken up more time than
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by tcarnell 17y ago
Hey, it's available: buffalobuffalobuffalobuffalobuffalobuffalobuffalobuff.com :-) ...but I think I prefer BadgerBadgerBadger.com
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by tcarnell 17y ago
Is your comment in reference to Femtoo? Femtoo can notify you of any new comments.
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by tcarnell 17y ago
Actually, the purpose of Femtoo is to inform people of new website content so they return to the site to read it - thus, it is in the site owners best interests to allow Femtoo to poll it. Femtoo will ultimately drive more traffic to your s
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by tcarnell 17y ago
Yes, exactly. Femtoo uses the cQuery.com Content Selection Engine, which itself has some fancy content caching mechanisms to reduce the amount of actual 'polling'
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by tcarnell 17y ago
at the momment, every 30 minutes.
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by tcarnell 17y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1077411
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by tcarnell 17y ago
Femtoo.com - works everytime - it's how I track comments etc. I also use it to track new answers for 'StackOverflow' questions. You can even 'publish' a tracker and anyone can subscribe without requiring an account. Just created a Femtoo Tr
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by tcarnell 17y ago
Absolutely. Most people just go about their lives without continuously looking for new ways to do things. Find these people and extract their domain knowledge.
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by tcarnell 17y ago
Well at least number 3 can be fixed...
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HN: How can I contact Google?
30 points by tcarnell 17y ago|11 comments
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by tcarnell 17y ago
Keep notified of the latest designs - Public Femtoo Tracker available: http://femtoo.com/index.php?action=TrackerLibraryLoad (snitko - you can create your own Femtoo Tracker and add a 'Track this page' button to the site to keep people up
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by tcarnell 17y ago
http://trends.google.com/websites?q=newsday.com&geo=all&...
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Wanna know when someone has commented on your post?
11 points by tcarnell 17y ago|6 comments
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by tcarnell 17y ago
yes, this is a good point - I dont want to risk a low conversion rate because users don't have confidence in my payment system.
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by tcarnell 17y ago
Thanks! That's a great idea - Google Checkout completely skipped my mind - I'll look into that.
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Ask HN: I've built a product - how do I take payments in the UK?
42 points by tcarnell 17y ago|33 comments
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by tcarnell 17y ago
Apologies - I didn't mean to sound aggressive, thanks for sharing the info !!! :-)
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by tcarnell 17y ago
? but that's kinda like saying 99.9% MacBooks use MacOS - Mac have created this market, and for some reason people seem obsessed giving money to the iStore for 'apps' that are either second-rate games/novalties or that give access to inform
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JQuery 1.4 released(jquery.com)
2 points by tcarnell 17y ago|0 comments
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by tcarnell 17y ago
thanks!
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Other sites like Hacker News?
4 points by tcarnell 17y ago|2 comments
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by tcarnell 17y ago
1. Do some market research, actually having some competition will make market research much easier - phone their clients and simply ask them which new features they would like and what things do they have trouble with, then target clients w
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by tcarnell 17y ago
This will make essential reading: http://businessofsoftware.org/ebook.aspx Although it's primarily concerned about pricing, the process of pricing requires consideration of your product placement with regard to the competition. Enjoy!
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by tcarnell 17y ago
ha ha!!! brilliant. ? but you can't instigate a x-domain attack externally - so the 'hacker' would either had direct internal access to the site, or the ability to remotely change a 3rd party library already embedded in the site, no?
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Technology publicity from the 50's(mundogeek.net)
1 points by tcarnell 17y ago|0 comments
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by tcarnell 17y ago
The comment I left on his site: I think this is a pretty one dimensional view on the world of innovation. You say "dont build an operating system", but you also say "do build cloud computing technologies" - but what if the operation system
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by tcarnell 17y ago
The solution is very simple. Pricing. Give your client two prices: one with IE6 support, the other without. Give honest prices based on the genuine overhead of working with IE 6. If the client is willing to pay for IE6 support, fine, do the

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