Pound6F

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8 Habits of Highly Motivated Startups(hackfwd.tumblr.com)
1 points by Pound6F 14y ago|0 comments
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by Pound6F 15y ago
Great points BUT I think saying "checking if the prospective users are already taken" is missing a large part of it. Before Google, I used Altavista. Before Facebook, I used MySpace. I thought those first services were great but then some
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by Pound6F 15y ago
Just so we are clear: Never actually do this. The point of the post is that the syntax for writing html is getting better (just using 'html' as a doctype is great). But in terms of application, there is none. If you want to write a web sit
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by Pound6F 15y ago
One of the biggest things that can get in the way of a useful debate, however, is pride. There are a lot of employees that love to argue and, even once it is clear they are wrong, they will still argue for their point and refuse to back dow
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by Pound6F 15y ago
This is a great idea and as they note its really beneficial to the power user, BUT I can't see it replacing traditional menus for novice users (and potentially some intermediate users). For novice users, discoverabiliy is extremely importan
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by Pound6F 15y ago
The last part should be stressed. If you are just out to make money don't join a startup. Even employee #1 (after the cofounders) in most startups will get next to nothing in a multi-million dollar buy out. I witnessed this first hand a fe
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by Pound6F 15y ago
Reducing ad ridden sites is great, but they are doing that in a roundabout way and taking down potentially useful sites in the process. The point is not that sites with ads at the top should be as high in the results as sites without ads, b
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by Pound6F 15y ago
I think google is going about this the wrong way. They are claiming its a bad user experience for the search term to be down on the page or not have any content at the top but (1) that is far too generic a statement to make and (2) it is n