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by waxman 16y ago
Social search is likely the next killer app. The tastes of my friends are far more relevant to me than the judgement of bots. The question is, who will do it better: Google or Facebook? The search engine or the social graph?
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by waxman 16y ago
A huge challenge for the big tech companies (Google, Apple, Facebook, etc.) will be how to offer unprecedented convenience without stirring up privacy concerns. The company that can best walk this tightrope will win. Some of the areas we'
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by waxman 16y ago
I've found MongoDB to be the perfect datastore for early-stage startups (which are presumably evolving rapidly) for exactly the reasons Mike mentions: - it's super flexible (and schema-less) - dynamic queries are fast and powerful - it'
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by waxman 16y ago
Most consumer web apps require many and frequent iterations before striking a chord with users. Therefore, the ultimate great "idea" is usually arrived at through a process of engineering and design tinkering, and not through a singular, in
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by waxman 16y ago
For these types of decisions (picking co-founders, hiring, etc.) you want no false positives, which means that any legitimate red flag should be a deal-breaker. The cost of passing on the right person is far less than the cost of saying yes
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A Simple Filter to Weed Out Non-technical Co-founders(blog.waxman.me)
40 points by waxman 16y ago|30 comments
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Bootstrapped, Profitable and Proud: Cloudal(37signals.com)
3 points by waxman 16y ago|0 comments
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Color is Surprisingly Innovative But Will Still Fail(blog.waxman.me)
18 points by waxman 16y ago|15 comments
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by waxman 16y ago
I'm looking forward to the further convergence of iOS and OS X. As the owner of a mid-2010 Macbook Pro and a first-gen iPad, I think the new Macbook Air, which is a significant step in that direction, could replace both devices for me. The
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by waxman 16y ago
iOS
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by waxman 16y ago
Summary: In 1996 some academics tried to re-imagine human-computer interaction, and they used the current Mac OS as a starting point (FYI: It was version 7.5). How Their Predictions Panned Out: First off, they got some relatively obvious th
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Ask HN: What are you favorite hacking mantras?
3 points by waxman 16y ago|4 comments
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The Age of Curation(blog.paperbuff.com)
3 points by waxman 16y ago|0 comments
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The Two-Way Prototype(blog.paperbuff.com)
13 points by waxman 16y ago|1 comments
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by waxman 16y ago
Whatever you want to say about the actual app, Luna, their new framework, looks awesome.[1] The idea is basically that complex web 2.0 design patterns (ajax/comet/memcache/sql optimization/etc.) require a lot of tedious effort to build and
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by waxman 16y ago
Ha fair. What's unique about The Beatles is the scale at which they transformed a simple foundation into such an unrivaled commercial and artistic success. Sure, there were earlier versions. But no other act went from shoestring to massive
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by waxman 16y ago
Whoops. Corrected. Thanks!
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by waxman 16y ago
This long-awaited arrival throws quite the wrench into the Android v. iOS platform wars. Google was obviously already on the iPhone (with search, its popular native app, gmail, etc.), but Google Voice is clearly different in that in compete
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The Beatles: The Original Lean Startup(waxman.posterous.com)
21 points by waxman 16y ago|22 comments
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by waxman 16y ago
This is an awesome idea! I owe so much to FOSS it's not even funny. It'd be nice to give something back (beyond bug fixes and my own, lame contributions).
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by waxman 16y ago
I think many (bad) startups suffer from this exact same mindset of "when we have [some external resource] we'll be able to do X." To quote Tony Robbins' TED Talk: "it's about resourcefulness, not resources." (1) Successful startups just mak
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by waxman 16y ago
These "must haves" will be challenged by the rise of super angels, who typically don't demand board seats, nor the same types of liquidation preferences. I think the board seat requirement, in particular, will be rendered obsolete soon. But
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by waxman 16y ago
This dynamic is rampant in the New York tech scene where the wannabes far outnumber the real hackers. It doesn't bother me, though, because the truth is, it doesn't matter how many times you've met Fred Wilson, or how many times your name
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Ask HN: How to get the most out of a programming conference?
8 points by waxman 16y ago|9 comments
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Voter Groupthink (2003 Yale study) [pdf] (faculty.kent.edu)
3 points by waxman 16y ago|0 comments
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by waxman 16y ago
Google's position is completely fair, but they should probably spend more effort trying to not suck at social, and less effort trying to undermine Facebook. It's pretty remarkable how poor their social products have been, especially compare
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by waxman 16y ago
So true. Although, I prefer pg's version: The only "competitor" you should worry about is the Back Button.* * http://www.paulgraham.com/startuplessons.html , http://mixergy.com/paul-graham-design/
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by waxman 16y ago
In one of my favorite startup books, Made to Stick ( http://amzn.to/ccF7X7 ), the authors describe the genius of Southwest airlines, which has been, by a long shot, the most successful airline company ever (with something like 37 consecut
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by waxman 16y ago
I completely agree with a the need for more fundamental research. What about another generational project akin to the space race or the Manhattan project? These efforts did an amazing job of mobilizing both students and professionals around
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by waxman 16y ago
Three, concrete steps Obama should to take to redeem himself with the tech crowd and revive the economy: 1) Immigration reform. If smart engineers from abroad want to study here or work here we need to let them, and let them stay as long

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