thetylerhayes

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Ask HN: Best startups related to non-profits/charities?
7 points by thetylerhayes 16y ago|9 comments
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by thetylerhayes 16y ago
http://chartbeat.com and http://haveamint.com are great for real-time analytics. I'd recommend them to anyone who: 1) experiences spikes in traffic and needs to adapt any load-bearing or server settings, etc. on-the-fly; 2) and/or is lo
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by thetylerhayes 16y ago
Barry Schwartz: http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_ch... Richard Dawkins: http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_dawkins_on_militant_atheism... Martin Seligman: http://www.ted.com/talks/martin_seligman_on_the_state_of_
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by thetylerhayes 16y ago
OK. I'm impressed.
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by thetylerhayes 16y ago
While not strictly on the state of social games, Sebastian Deterding's (@dingstweets) presentation "Pawned. Gamification and its Discontents" has some very prescient thoughts on how to make a great game, as well as why so many social add-on
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by thetylerhayes 16y ago
I'd probably just hire Sir Ken Robinson to put a team together and come up with a solution. http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_crea...
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by thetylerhayes 16y ago
"Smart people can sometimes make stupid choices. Don’t let stupid choices be the foundation for your department, your company, your work environment, or your life." Words every founder should carry in their wallet.
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by thetylerhayes 16y ago
Marco Zappacosta, founder of Thumbtack, addressed this issue at some length in his interview with Jason Calacanis on This Week in Startups. (Sorry, I have no idea where it is in the interview. I believe Marco starts talking generally about
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by thetylerhayes 16y ago
Absolutely Douglas Crockford. His live presentations are the single most helpful and, more importantly, realistic/down-to-earth description of Javascript out there.
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by thetylerhayes 16y ago
Almost daily. I love it.
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by thetylerhayes 16y ago
How I'd never heard of this site before is beyond me. Thanks for sharing.
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by thetylerhayes 16y ago
Ditto on the classical music, though there are types with singing I can allow, such as Pavarotti's Nessun Dorma, Ridi Pagliacco, or any Ave Maria. Anything by the St. Olaf Choir is A-OK too.
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by thetylerhayes 16y ago
I say this (semi-)jokingly: http://bedposted.com
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by thetylerhayes 16y ago
While all of your thoughts are insightful -- thank you for that -- this one particularly stuck out to me: "Not getting sucked into group-think is the most valuable skill I have and probably the most offensive thing I do, socially." I think
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by thetylerhayes 16y ago
Chris Hughes, founder of Jumo and former Facebook co-founder/spokesman, is gay. Not a technical hacker, but a hacker nonetheless.
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What big problems would you like to see solved?
5 points by thetylerhayes 16y ago|2 comments
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by thetylerhayes 16y ago
Thanks for the compliment. Made it myself. As for feedback, you sound like you're in a good place mentally and emotionally so I'm not sure there's any feedback you need other than: go for it. You'll make plenty of mistakes and learn from yo
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by thetylerhayes 16y ago
I agree with most of the comments here: trim the fat. Hack away the unnecessary. Omit unnecessary words. And other such sage wisdom. An idea: if you have enough of a core user base who would be willing to help fund you, consider http://kic
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by thetylerhayes 16y ago
Good point. And not that Perez Hilton should by any means be a gauge for all websites' traffic, this is telling: "The analysts at Hitwise claim that celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton now gets more traffic from Facebook than from Google
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by thetylerhayes 16y ago
"Maybe that's why they become so good, because they're willing to acknowledge their imperfections and thus willing to learn." Motion seconded. Humility is often a component of self-assessment/reflection, and is a very important ingredient t
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by thetylerhayes 16y ago
My brain just shifted paradigms without a clutch.
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by thetylerhayes 16y ago
I'm assuming you're talking about web-based startups, to which I would have to answer "no." However, in the more general definition of startup, "yes." Before I moved to SF two months ago, I ran a "home IT" ( http://tylerthetechie.com ) comp
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by thetylerhayes 16y ago
I like the fact that you executed and completed, that's more than most people do. But. What problem is this solving?
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by thetylerhayes 16y ago
Love the questions. I really think this could a more useful app if it fulfilled both sides of the equation: let me enter movies I want to see, and remind me of when those movies are in theaters near me/released on DVD or Blu-ray. I don't se
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by thetylerhayes 16y ago
Ditto. Glad you like it. EDIT: Here's a direct Youtube link (to the actual performance, not the "flying typography" video in my original blog post): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCNIBV87wV4
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by thetylerhayes 16y ago
Worth watching; nice pick. Important note: the timing between each milestone will vary among businesses and even among founders in and among those businesses. In my experience, founders with "Let's Change The World" ideas -- as opposed to,
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by thetylerhayes 16y ago
Only one suggestion: turn off your computer and see what happens from there.
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by thetylerhayes 17y ago
Lots of sites listed so far, but not more than one vote for any. Doesn't inspire much :\ You're certainly not alone; too many of us suffer from this problem. Maybe it's time for you to invent something?
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by thetylerhayes 17y ago
Fever requires you to create a server from which to run it, pretty shabby for a service you pay for to not have dedicated servers.