bill_rr

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by bill_rr 5y ago
Hey everyone. I'm Bill, CEO of Readup and Jeff's co-founder. FYI: We applied to YC and we're still waiting to hear back. They asked to provide a revenue update a few weeks ago. We grew a lot in September (50% increase in tota
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by bill_rr 5y ago
Excellent post, Jeff! Hello, hackers!
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by bill_rr 6y ago
Smart comments. I don't think you're being picky. I'm kinda shocked that this is the only thread about reading because that's what I think is wrong with the web: It's not good for reading. I'm 4 years into co-f
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by bill_rr 6y ago
As long as it doesn't feel like I'm over-posting (We'll see! And I'll write about that too!) I'll probably post to (1) Twitter (2) Facebook and (3) LinkedIn. I was def looking forward to the built in audience. Bac
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by bill_rr 6y ago
Omg the telegraph website is incredible. But what kind of new user experience is that? No About page or anything? What a stunt! write.as looks awesome. I also might use snap.as for a bunch of my photos. Thanks so so much. Exactly what I was
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by bill_rr 6y ago
I'm just realizing that Medium might not be the right spot for me to post these daily updates. It's nothing like it was before I disappeared a few years ago. When I went to hit publish, it gave me a lengthy explanation that, basic
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Returning to social media after ~4yr break. Starting from scratch everywhere(medium.com)
5 points by bill_rr 6y ago|5 comments
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by bill_rr 6y ago
Hiya folks. Bill here, CEO/co-founder of Readup. My co-founder and I are both going to be hanging around here all day today and we'd love to answer your questions and hear your feedback. Also, we recently applied to YC (corona bat
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Show HN: Readup, a social reading platform. Like HN but you must read to comment(readup.com)
7 points by bill_rr 6y ago|2 comments
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by bill_rr 7y ago
I knew nothing about Krugman before reading this piece, which I enjoyed, but in general I'd rather hear perspectives from people who are in the action, rather than just studying things from the outside. Plus, ranting and moralizing are
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by bill_rr 7y ago
This comment fascinates me. I hope you don't mind a very candid reply: You already know exactly what you need to do. You need to get away from the screen that you're looking at right now. Disconnect. Get to where you can see
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by bill_rr 7y ago
No, it's good. It stands alone as a piece of literature. Atlas Shrugged doesn't - it's skippable. The Fountainhead is about work, art and passion. It's also just a much better story.
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by bill_rr 7y ago
I've been wanting to read this.
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by bill_rr 7y ago
The Overstory PS Does anybody use Goodreads anymore?
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by bill_rr 7y ago
That first sentence took me a little while to wrap my head around and I don't think it's true or logical. In other words, even if it was true, I don't see why it matters. I'm building a company that plans to charge peopl
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by bill_rr 7y ago
Great post! I love this: "a social reading platform built around the central tenet that reading an article to completion should be an essential prerequisite for sharing, commenting on or rating it." In other words: "People ca
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by bill_rr 7y ago
I'm Bill, Jeff's co-founder. That recent New Yorker article about HN also appeared on Readup: https://readup.com/comments/the-new-yorker/the-lonely-work-o... Readup is still small. But even with just a f
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by bill_rr 7y ago
Well said! The New Yorker is indeed pretty solid, but it's funny that that's the standard because - as you say - it's still not quite as good as most "reader modes." The margins contain ads and I feel like I'm
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by bill_rr 7y ago
Hey folks - My co-founder and I have been working on this thing for over two years and we're just starting to get some traction. We applied to YC S2019 and we'd love your thoughts/ideas/feedback. Fire away!
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Show HN: Readup – A deep-reading platform that makes you a stronger reader(readup.com)
3 points by bill_rr 7y ago|1 comments
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by bill_rr 7y ago
Three cheers to this! I think you'd love what my best friend and I have been building for the last two years. It's like Hacker News except no commenting on articles you haven't read (and no skimming allowed!) Check us out: re
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by bill_rr 7y ago
Where did you hear that YC S2019 applications are due on April 12, 2019 (IST)? This information might confuse people. YC apps were already due.
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by bill_rr 7y ago
Did you read the article? No judgment if you didn't - just genuinely curious. Over the course of the last decade (I got a flip phone in high school, smartphone in college, facebook my freshman year, instagram right after college) I fee
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by bill_rr 7y ago
>> The internet and "tech giants" have given us the ability to put our thoughts out to a global audience, stay in touch with friends and family around the globe (for free). Take and store a near infinite number of photograph
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by bill_rr 7y ago
So do you think it's more about breaking down the (centralized) big dogs or supporting the (decentralized) smaller startups. This Iron Cage is full-on dystopia. I really can't believe we're letting it happen!
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by bill_rr 7y ago
Yeah - I'm with you. This is alarming. I've been reading and thinking about it for months. Some of the books and thinkers mentioned (especially Nicholas Carr) have really changed the way I see our current situation. It's quit
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by bill_rr 7y ago
you think? i feel like the unofficial rules of April Fools jokes is that they have to be on the exact day. Also, if the problem (height liars) is as bad as the article suggests (pretty bad!) I can see why they'd need to address it. And
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by bill_rr 8y ago
Hey! reallyread.it helps you read better stuff, more deeply. We aim to be a social media platform that's actually good for you. Backstory: Two years ago we set out to fix commenting by prohibiting people from commenting on articles a
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Show HN: Track and improve your reading with reallyread.it. **iOS is live!!**(itunes.apple.com)
3 points by bill_rr 8y ago|1 comments
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by bill_rr 8y ago
Epic.

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