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by zashapiro 14y ago
Facebook has been around for 8 years, it's one of the most heavily-used web properties in the world. I just had an IPO and nearly a billion people have an account. It's staying power revolves around the web of photos and collective memory t
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by zashapiro 14y ago
Can you imagine how helpful diffs would be in the legislative process? Instead of combing through hundreds of pages to find new changes, losses, amendments, etc., it would all be right there. Let's open source the law.
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by zashapiro 14y ago
No it didn't. There are a million photo-sharing apps out there. Just because Instagram was the most popular doesn't mean it was the only one.
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by zashapiro 14y ago
Well said.
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by zashapiro 14y ago
Glad to see this is available for Chrome. Thanks for posting it!
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by zashapiro 14y ago
Enjoyed the post, Jason. Along your comment of life after college being a uniquely challenging time, I wrote this post a few weeks back that seems relevant - http://zackshapiro.com/post/22010015010/9-things-i-wish-some... I don't mean to
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by zashapiro 14y ago
I'm surprised you didn't you mention geometric means. Seems like that would also be a relevant way to look at performance data.
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by zashapiro 14y ago
I'm so excited to give this a spin. Something simple and turnkey was absolutely needed. Nice work guys!
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by zashapiro 14y ago
Gumroad's advantage is the obnoxious ease of use compared to similar players in the space. For anyone currently using Paypal, Amazon or Google's comparable services, Gumroad's simplicity makes it a no-brainer.
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by zashapiro 14y ago
You should add a link to yourself somewhere on the site so people can email you, follow you on Twitter, etc. Again, great work!
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by zashapiro 14y ago
Kateray, this is awesome. I'm probably at the same place as you learning how to code and loving every minute of it. I couldn't agree more, everyone should know how to code - at least enough to be dangerous and prototype something up. Great
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by zashapiro 14y ago
Fascinating. Thanks for posting this. Great for a Sunday
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How the history of Alcatraz inspired The Shawshank Redemption(zackshapiro.com)
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by zashapiro 14y ago
How to steal killer sales copy - copy and paste
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by zashapiro 14y ago
There's a point you make in the article that I think will get overlooked: Thanking people. I'm fascinated with the human psychological flaw looking at short term vs. long term. We tend to optimize for short term without giving much thought
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by zashapiro 14y ago
Great question. Just off the top of my head, I can think of two for me: - Color (taught us to lead with your product, not your fundraise or domain name price) - Eventvue (a TechStars 2007 company that taught me the importance of A/B testing
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by zashapiro 14y ago
Can someone build a version of this that prints snarky descriptions of certain pictures? Give it a libertarian political slant and a vegan diet. Only good things can come of this.
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by zashapiro 14y ago
I really love this story. It's so incredibly hard to see the forest for the trees when you're that age. I love PG's notion that some kids are playing the popularity game and others are playing an entirely different game, because they're bei
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by zashapiro 14y ago
That's pretty nifty