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An incomplete list of HN collaborative Google Docs/Spreadsheets
77 points by thesethings 15y ago|12 comments
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by thesethings 15y ago
Related: Many cool collaborative Google Docs/Spreadsheets have begun here on Hacker News. It regularly impresses me when I glance at my Docs list and see them constantly updated/floating to the top (recent timestamps), getting more orderl
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by thesethings 15y ago
Sincere request: Can somebody explain the dynamics of how Stumbleupon is so popular? I don't know anybody who uses it. I am friends with alpha-geeks, teenagers, senior citizens, native Spanish-speakers in Mexico, etc. Barely anybody I know
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by thesethings 15y ago
I asked a question (and got it answered :D), and saw lots of other questions in there. Were you expecting a bigger turnout?
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by thesethings 15y ago
But he has sold a tech company, and is in general an experienced entrepreneur (plus knows old school finance and wall st money management from experience ). This doesn't make him infallible, but i'd much rather read business tips from so
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by thesethings 15y ago
(You're probably getting all sorts of back-seat job-hunters giving you/her advice, so apologies if this is frustrating.) I highly recommend she network/attend events/meet industry people outside of a job hunting context. What technical to
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by thesethings 15y ago
Thanks for the thoughtful response. It's funny that we had thread right before Square dropped their reverse-CRM bombshell. Despite being a tool for the buyer more than the seller, the new app definitely incentivizes businesses to become par
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by thesethings 15y ago
Also, can anyone familiar with point of sale systems compare the two? I saw an interview with Jack once where he mentioned cool reporting without going into details. It seems possible that the value of Squares should also include the cost/f
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by thesethings 15y ago
You're totally right that it has a generational component. But it's not just the generation of the company, it's the generation of the employee. Consumerization (apologies for the buzzword) of internal business technology is an undeniable f
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by thesethings 15y ago
Word. Yeah, I wasn't doubting the power of LinkedIn profiles to be public, just how gatekeeper-y they tended to be ("in between you and an opportunity, stands LinkedIn") :D I have numerous thoughts about LinkedIn. I am kinda disappointed by
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by thesethings 15y ago
Are you saying it happens a lot, or that it doesn't happen that often? I have never seen that, myself.
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by thesethings 15y ago
You can import public JSON/XML/CSV/HTML(and other) data. You can connect/import private stuff with the Secure Data Connector, though I don't know all the types supported. http://code.google.com/securedataconnector/docs/1.3/overview... You
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by thesethings 15y ago
At this moment, there is no experience or feature parity. Many of the Live apps require IE + Silverlight to be collaborative (though I bet they do away with this, it seems MS is moving away from Silverlight for some things.) Often when I me
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Microjs. A directory of JavaScript micro-frameworks curated by Thomas Fuchs.(microjs.com)
15 points by thesethings 15y ago|0 comments
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by thesethings 15y ago
My point is that you might be measuring customer needs/migration path in a way differently than customers do (if you repeatedly see them move away to a 3rd party, especially one particular 3rd party). A common theme in this thread is that p
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Attachmate lays off Mono employees(blog.internetnews.com)
71 points by thesethings 15y ago|32 comments
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by thesethings 15y ago
Thank you for making an awesome product in Slicehost. You mention that "...control panels...are only ephemerally important..." Many in this thread disagree. You can see it getting brought up over and over as a reason we loved Slicehost, and
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by thesethings 15y ago
Thanks for the info on Intuit's unfortunate lobbying activities. That stuff does matter to me. I'll be reading into it. (Though sheesh, neither pre-filled out forms, nor free e-filing would be as radical as simpler tax policy. :D) As for Ta
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by thesethings 15y ago
I haven't used Square or the Intuit payment device, but here is a semi-relevant bit about Intuit: I randomly tried TurboTax (owned by Intuit) this year. My friends used it. I trusted their taste, but only that it was the best of mediocre op
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by thesethings 15y ago
Word. Food is a tougher than a lot of other p2p marketplace ideas because of legal FUD. I am very excited to use Munchery in Portland. Food delivery in general is good in Portland (in terms of selection), but stops early (10PM). A tweak on
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by thesethings 15y ago
I feel you, but in many cases a comparison can save a lot of work for both the explainer and understand-er :D "It's a peer to peer marketplace where both commercial entities and individual consumers can rent-" "oh, like airbnb?"
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by thesethings 16y ago
Exacto. I'm very excited about their program and totally supportive, but I just left a light-hearted comment/jab about the paradoxical geographical requirement in light of this blog post :D
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by thesethings 16y ago
Preso just ended, small update: there will be both free + pay service. For now, everything free. So we still don't have details, but we know the model they are pursuing.
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by thesethings 16y ago
It also supports multiple frameworks/languages.
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by thesethings 16y ago
For Photoshop, Pixelmator, a paid Mac app, has definitely undercut them. It's $60. And it's not just cheaper, it's less buggy and faster. Adobe CS isn't just unpopular because of its pricing, it's really inconsistent, painful software. To a
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by thesethings 16y ago
^^ Agreesies w/citricsquid. (Due to the fact that it's highly customizable, Tumblr gets compared to MySpace. But paradoxically, due to the fact that many of its early adopters are wburg hipsters w/great taste, it also has a rep for having e
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by thesethings 16y ago
Oh right, I remember that. Thanks for the link.
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by thesethings 16y ago
Sincere question: has anybody ever punked a journalist as an April Fools prank?
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Complete audio of Howard Stern interview w/Twitter co-founder Biz Stone [mp3](matthewkeys.net)
2 points by thesethings 16y ago|0 comments
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by thesethings 16y ago
Thanks for posting this. Portland + Seattle also have underground restaurants (which got so trendy they bore a legit manifestation, "Family Supper" ah, Portland...) I did some research about this since yesterday and found mostly informati

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