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by waleedka 19y ago
It's worth mentioning here that akkartik has built a really cool tool that shows the changes on any web page since the last time you visited it. And, it works automatically because it's a plugin, not a bookmarklet. Check it out: http://hy
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by waleedka 19y ago
Unfortunately, that's not possible with a bookmarklet because it doesn't execute unless you click it.
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by waleedka 19y ago
That would be really nice. I'm storing the thread IDs in cookies, so I have a list of them. But I'm not storing the thread titles. If I do, the cookie might get big if you track a lot of threads. And, since cookies are sent to the server on
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by waleedka 19y ago
Another proof that the first to market is not always the winner. In case Friendster wasn't proof enough.
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by waleedka 19y ago
It was fun to write. Ideas for improvement are welcome. As well as bug reports.
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YC News Tracker: A better way to read comments(selfdebugging.com)
12 points by waleedka 19y ago|19 comments
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by waleedka 19y ago
Good point. So, is there a way to tell Google to ignore specific keywords on a site?
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by waleedka 19y ago
Your calculations sound straight forward, but they obviously apply to you only. Each site is different. Google, for example, makes a lot more per user (I would guess) because people go there to look for specific things, and Google offers ta
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The world just got unbundled. Like it or not, there you are.(sethgodin.typepad.com)
19 points by waleedka 19y ago|5 comments
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by waleedka 19y ago
You have to have at least a skill in something. If you're good in marketing, then do what Kevin Rose did. He got the first version of Digg built by a contractor on elance for $1200. Then he worked really hard on marketing it. Once it starte
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by waleedka 19y ago
Nice idea. But allow me easy integration with my web site. For example, give me the option to get the utility inputs without any of the logos or text around them. This way, I can link to it from an IFrame on my site and it looks like it's p
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by waleedka 19y ago
Or, Microsoft employees hitting "Refresh" all day. With apologies to my MS friends :)
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by waleedka 19y ago
It was 52.8% for IE7 and 46.6% for IE6. And there was one single user still using IE 4.01 !!!
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by waleedka 19y ago
Interesting. Although, I would guess that among Google Reader users, a very high percentage are tech oriented people.
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by waleedka 19y ago
You got a good name and it matches the message you're trying to convey. I think that's very good. I'd suggest putting snapshots of the sample web sites so users get a real sense of what can be done on your site. Having the sample links as t
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Only 9.6% of YC News Readers Use IE(selfdebugging.com)
22 points by waleedka 19y ago|24 comments
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by waleedka 19y ago
What I found interesting was that he's been working on this startup for about 5 years now, and just recently made an "overnight" success. It enforces what I'm starting to realize that those companies that explode all of a sudden are not jus
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by waleedka 19y ago
I recommend "JavaScript: The Definitive Guide". I read a couple of pages in B&N to see if it was any good, and it paid for itself right there. edit: Get the 5th Edition. See nickb's comment.
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by waleedka 19y ago
Yes, I do realize that Web sites with ads are sometimes looked down upon, especially in the tech community. Because that's how I used to feel. But recently I started embracing the fact that ads are what makes the Internet free. Without them
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by waleedka 19y ago
On the server, ASP.NET and the free version of SQL Server. On the client, the Yahoo UI library, which I highly recommend, and a lot of hand written javascript. But I tried to avoid being too fancy with AJAX, so I used it only for things lik
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by waleedka 19y ago
I think it would be great if we have a community for low-budget startups to help each other. Getting new users is hard. And you don't get a real appreciation for how hard it is until after you launch. That I learned from my last project. So
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by waleedka 19y ago
This kind of feedback I can only get from someone seeing the site for the first time and reporting their first impression. Thanks a lot. I'll see what I can do about it.
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by waleedka 19y ago
They can't yet; but the plan is to allow it later. I need time to understand what's involved in building a community and maintaining it so I can put the right governance model in place. For example, if someone creates a community, do they g
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by waleedka 19y ago
I guess there might be a misunderstanding here. The idea behind Zooov is that you can join multiple communities at once, not just one. Then, your home page will show the communities you joined all in one page (but in separate sections, like
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by waleedka 19y ago
These are the ones I could think of. Hopefully, people more creative than I would suggest new subjects that are more interesting.
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by waleedka 19y ago
I believe (or hope) that it's not an either this or that situation. I read digg, reddit, and news.yc. Each has a different flavor. My favorite is news.yc because of the narrower focus and the quality of people, but I read reddit when I'm lo
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by waleedka 19y ago
Exactly.
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by waleedka 19y ago
Note: I had to put the description here because it didn't show below the title. So, this is my second attempt at building something people want. How am I doing? ZoooV is a social news site for niche subjects. Here is why I built it: With th
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Two months of hard work. What do you think of my startup? ZoooV.com(zooov.com)
31 points by waleedka 19y ago|43 comments
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by waleedka 19y ago
I've been searching for something like this. I wonder what happened to LinkExchange after MS bought it!! It was a good application.

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