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Ask HN: How a non-tech can start a tech startup
14 points by tyng 16y ago|43 comments
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"white space" finally open, WiFi 2.0 coming soon?(techcrunch.com)
6 points by tyng 16y ago|0 comments
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by tyng 16y ago
Well, the battle between media accusation of 'colluding' and super angels asserting they are doing good for the valley. Arrington definitely burned lots of bridges here to post this story out. While I'm not sure how credible his sources are
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by tyng 16y ago
This is pure rant, not much content. But at least McClure is coming out and identifying himself as one of the people attended the meeting. I wonder where and how this battle is going to end, both sides are equally powerful players.
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by tyng 16y ago
Rainbow colour looks a bit cheap imo - for Google, because all its services are free for consumers, it plays fine. If I'm starting a social media company though, I probably wouldn't want to venture out too far away from blue - simply becaus
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by tyng 16y ago
"Googlers seem to love to tackle hard problems (e.g. Wave and Instant search) but social networks are not a hard problem from an engineer point of view." So the mentality goes: there's no motivation to come up with the next best social netw
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by tyng 16y ago
Thanks for the extensive feedback (sorry didn't see it earlier), it's really helpful in thinking about how to design the form :)
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by tyng 16y ago
Perhaps a mixture of both. To me I made the switch when I got both an iPod and an iPhone so getting a Macbook was somewhat a natural next step when I needed to get a new laptop. Didn't care too much about what's inside the machine, the diff
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by tyng 16y ago
Digital/Web entrepreneurs really are the new cool, claiming 6 of the top 10 spots on Vanity Fair 100. Warren Buffet is only No. 11
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Zuckerberg claims top spot Vanity Fair 100, followed by Steve Jobs(vanityfair.com)
1 points by tyng 16y ago|1 comments
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by tyng 16y ago
What about Macs and Macbooks? they are making some serious progress over the last few years despite market domination by PCs for a long long time (almost everybody outside of design industry was using PCs). I think really great technology d
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by tyng 16y ago
I have mixed feeling about this.... yet another attempt by Google to get social. I read an article somewhere else that the reason Google doesn't get social is because of its "geek" culture (no offense to fellow geeks, I'm just quoting the o
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by tyng 16y ago
The article is a bit too one-sided while not taking in other factors that play in life. Still, I agree that Self-Control is absolutely important when it comes down to pursuing your dreams. The benefit (or destruction if you don't self-contr
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AppNation: Are the other app platforms dead?(phonedog.com)
1 points by tyng 16y ago|0 comments
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by tyng 16y ago
Android - good deeds fell in the wrong hands, nuff said. Welcome to Corporate America
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by tyng 16y ago
Good work!! I actually think this is more useful than Google Instant since search engines are much better built nowadays and a lot of time the first search result is the one we want (unless it's something really specific). The fact that we
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by tyng 16y ago
"The devil is in the details", they say, have you ever coded something that by changing just one line it improved the performance of an entire system? The interview question is designed to see whether you are the type of person that has lot
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by tyng 16y ago
For those of you don't know what an UnConference is, here's a wiki explanation: "An unconference is a facilitated, participant-driven conference centered on a theme or purpose. The term "unconference" has been applied, or self-applied, to a
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How to run a great unconference session(scottberkun.com)
1 points by tyng 16y ago|2 comments
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by tyng 16y ago
Totally agree, after all Android is just an OS, there's no guaranteed quality or user experience across different carriers and manufacturers are the same just because they are all "Android phones". This could totally ruin the Android brand
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by tyng 16y ago
If consumers aren't backing the Android phones it makes no difference if the developers are on the their side. Plus, now when you develop for the iPhone, you are almost also developing for iPad. Android still has a long way before catching
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by tyng 16y ago
With regard to tactile feedback, I think it's rather a learned experience. People who have never used phone-sized physical keyboards (like myself) won't care much about "losing" that experience.
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by tyng 16y ago
This failure of this article to predict iPhone's success echos well with another article posted on HN yesterday ("simplicity is overrated") that UX simplicity does not equate simple functionality or single-purpose device. The killer product
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Clustered Networks Spread Behavior Change Faster(wired.com)
2 points by tyng 16y ago|0 comments
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by tyng 16y ago
I wonder if HDR can be done digitally and automatically, so the whole process is just one click? Otherwise there's no real point putting the feature on a phone
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by tyng 16y ago
Yes we know Tom and Fenn from Adioso, and we are going to the next local HN meetup before the submission deadline - I think the biggest thing that anybody would get out of YC is becoming part of a community of very passionate people, which
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by tyng 16y ago
Thanks for giving the example on your other comment - I really liked the live feedback function which is just like giving instant reward to the user for every step he/she takes in filling out the form
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by tyng 16y ago
Thanks for the feedback. Would your feel "compelling" if the website provides you some kind of information for additional information? For example credit or voucher in an ecommerce website. And the additional info is totally optional, meani
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by tyng 16y ago
I had a similar experience a few years ago in London where the night clubs were well known for their strict enforcement of "no collar no entry" policy. I did remember to wear a shirt that night but forgot to carry my passport, and I was blo
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by tyng 16y ago
It's about having a special moment with your partner, a moment that's devoted to nothing but each other.

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