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by zach 16y ago
To me, this is a way better link for local businesses than the usual dumping visitors on a Google Maps page for their address. They can make their business name prominent, add notes (and a link back to their website), and the content is all
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by zach 16y ago
Hey all, my co-founder and I got our first quantum of utility for this project. The basic idea is a no-registration-or-app-required way to make a link to an address that you can actually customize. Overall, we'd like to explore the territor
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by zach 16y ago
That's what I used to do but this is more convenient plus there's something nice about creating a content page with notes about linking into a maps application. And yes, I'm bringing .cx back. Too soon? It was either that or Libya.
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Show HN: LocalGo - bit.ly for addresses(localgo.com)
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by zach 16y ago
When you put it that way, The Social Network seems a lot like Spider-Man with computers.
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by zach 16y ago
That's how you reach out to inexperienced devs. And frankly, if they're posting on Reddit, they know what they're getting into. They have to set up a pretty serious mediocrity filter. If your resume identifies you as a badass programmer,
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by zach 16y ago
As I see it, although it's essentially the same product, it's a significantly different outlet. The comparison I'd make is between Blockbuster and Redbox.
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by zach 16y ago
Makes a lot of sense. My friend and I worked on a hyperlocal news concept with some journalists at the LA Daily News in 2008 but just couldn't see a way to make a business model work. We joke now that we should have realized that the only
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by zach 16y ago
I prefer the 37signals advice, "build a kick-ass half, not a half-assed whole." As I've mentioned, they seem like better advocates for "finish-ups."
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by zach 16y ago
"We need more finish-ups" is a nice turn of phrase but it seems more like a 37signals message than a Google message. Is failure okay or do you want to prioritize survival -- "finishing up" into a mature company? We all know the startup mod
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by zach 16y ago
Totally fun way to window shop for new cool stuff startups are doing that I haven't heard about before. LaunchRock is killing it.
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Patrick McKenzie (patio11) on Japan Aid: Help for the Well-Prepared(nytimes.com)
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by zach 16y ago
We had a Ruby user group meeting at MySpace HQ here in LA after the redesign but before the troubles. The reception desk, the signs, everywhere I was confronted by their new logo. And I literally couldn't believe it. My mind was blown and
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by zach 16y ago
Awesome find! I'm sure the Appleseed Project evangelist will drop by to mention they were also founded in 2004 in 3, 2, 1...
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by zach 16y ago
Since we're talking about giving feedback, I think a more apt analogy is what happens when people with Honda Civics want to race . Australian billionaire Kerry Packer was a notorious gambler. A legend about him is that at a poker tourname
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by zach 16y ago
Congratulations on having a sense of shame in the first place. That's the difference between you and someone who reacts by being excited that their "mixing it up" got the attention of the CEO. However, I think many folks, myself included,
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by zach 16y ago
Did they begin every sentence with "Silence!" as well?
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by zach 16y ago
This is excellent advice, but I note that you ignore the advantages a chainsaw has in defending against brain-hungry zombies.
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by zach 16y ago
The Smart Cover is far more damaging to the revenue potential of accessory vendors than the in-app subscription policy is to content publishers.
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by zach 16y ago
Howard Schultz protests too much that he avoided Starbucks "losing its soul" while introducing sorbet, smoothies and Starbucks-branded instant coffee. In 2011, Starbucks has as much soul as Seattle has an NBA team.
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by zach 16y ago
Wow, a game layer. Imagine if those dowdy old airline frequent-flyer programs implemented one of these. If you flew more, you could get some kind of "level up" that would enhance your abilities to increase your score. Maybe there would be
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by zach 16y ago
It's like Weeds meets The Guild!
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by zach 16y ago
They're hardly new hardcore gamers, as anyone who's played Gin on Pogo.com in the last ten years knows. In fact, they were 40 then; now they're 50!
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by zach 16y ago
Thank you so much for the correction. I had somehow read only the part about the sequence of food reintroduction having no association but missed the conclusion from that, which now of course seems obvious. That really is something differen
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by zach 16y ago
I wonder if the IgG test they used is that reliable, though. It might be that their results are limited by the accuracy of the ImuPro test, which would be a shame.
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by zach 16y ago
In general, sure it's safe. But once you admit a prior probability of a suspected allergic reaction to food, things change. I think the concern is that completely eliminating a previously-regularly-consumed food due to potential hypersensi
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by zach 16y ago
Dan Benjamin recorded a 40-minute interview with Josh three months ago. He talked about his experience becoming Engadget's editor-in-chief, coming from a background as a music producer: http://5by5.tv/pipeline/33
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by zach 16y ago
That's what makes this study interesting. Instead of a "hey, maybe this works" regimen, the foods excluded from the diet in this study are individualized according to the patients' measured allergic response. It would be interesting to loo
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by zach 16y ago
So, typically there's a split between creative, project-based leadership and productive, people-based management. In games these creative leaders are (in the west) lead designers, Microsoft calls them "program managers," movies call them d
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by zach 16y ago
The researchers did a food allergy panel to determine what foods were individually eliminated according to the subjects' Immunoglobulin G (IgG) response. Interestingly, IgG is the longer-term response compared to the more immediate Immunogl

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