xinroman

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   by xinroman 19y ago

   "You Tube is responsible for about 10% of all internet traffic." What? This can't be true.
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   by xinroman 20y ago

   For us, this was just a small step towards seeking out more funding. While it would have been faster and easier to develop and launch with some money coming in (read, one less contract job necessary to get through the summer) that's no reas
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   by xinroman 20y ago

   fingers crossed
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   by xinroman 20y ago

   NYC, 26, 29, 32, 35
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   by xinroman 20y ago

   Thanks SO MUCH for this...As a "green" company that (ohmygod!) doesn't actually have the word "green" in the title, we're constantly being asked "why the name?" Meanwhile, we're sitting there talking to VCs about sites like "Etsy." I hate b
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   by xinroman 20y ago

   Yeah, but I think Joel's main point was not to outsource customer service people. There's definitely something to be said for working for someone who gives you the trust and freedom to make independent decisions, even when that means losing
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   by xinroman 20y ago

   Yep, I knew I should've looked that up before shooting my mouth off: http://cse.stanford.edu/class/cs201/projects-99-00/software-patents/amazon.html Regardless, I still stand by my point. I also believe that most software patents are ludi
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   by xinroman 20y ago

   To be honest, our answer was pretty vague. We do believe that somewhere down the road we may come up with some new tool or way of doing things that is patentable (heck, if Amazon can do it with "1-click"...) and will pursue that as it comes
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   by xinroman 20y ago

   "Is the hassle of adding your friends to the site going to be far smaller than the benefit?" Good point. If it's more useful to you to have more of your friends on the site then you will try to recruit them. But if it's still not vauable at
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    by xinroman 20y ago

    I've had this discussion several times with one of the early developers of del.icio.us. It is by far one of my favorite web tools, and I think one of the most useful things about it is the way that it encourages a sort of conversation betwe