ebf

5 ms·

1.
by ebf 13y ago
There are 450 million Snapchats sent a day. Their engagement is insane and so is their month over month growth. Snapchat has created a new form of communication that a lot of people enjoy using. If we use other startups as benchmarks (Tumbl
2.
by ebf 13y ago
There are plenty of people who graduate from top universities and end up in low-paying sales jobs.
3.
by ebf 13y ago
Facebook already tried to acquire Snapchat and obviously was not successful. I would assume that's would spurred them to make Poke.
4.
by ebf 13y ago
They removed the screen images and changed the copy so it says >The ASUS VivoTab Smart is lighter than the iPad, has more ports, works with more printers, lets you see two apps at once, and runs Microsoft Office and other desktop progra
5.
by ebf 13y ago
TechCrunch Disrupt Winner Shaker tried to do something similar. Never took off, however. https://www.atshaker.com/
6.
by ebf 13y ago
> Yahoo has a ton of services, a ton of engineers and apps that could do better if they were made better. Does buying Tumblr take away focus from their other services? I don't think Yahoo engineers working on those projects will be tran
7.
by ebf 13y ago
Seems like the OP's sentence has a sexist undertone to it.
8.
by ebf 13y ago
There's a Google Search app on Win8.
9.
by ebf 13y ago
That app is built by YouTube.
10.
by ebf 13y ago
Black History Month may have not been the best example, but I think there is value in highlighting success of minorities in a field where there aren't as many minority models to look up to.
11.
by ebf 13y ago
I don't think your argument holds weight. Do feminist activists make themselves complicit in sexism? Does having a Black History Month encourage racism?
12.
by ebf 13y ago
Maybe because there is a lack of girls in engineering due to many reasons, including sexism?
13.
by ebf 14y ago
>The real ultimate feature that's missing here though - the one that no one else has and would make go out and buy 3-4 of these things is the ability to sync audio and video playback across multiple devices throughout my house. That see
14.
by ebf 14y ago
I know publishing through Amazon, authors have access to that type of data.
15.
by ebf 14y ago
How is PayPal being unreasonable? A person without a SSN has received $200,000 in their PayPal account. I would be surprised if PayPal didn't freeze that account.
16.
by ebf 14y ago
You had me nodding until >4. Also, yes, touchscreens are on laptops are stupid. This is a stupid idea. Sure, touchscreens aren't going to be your main form of input in a laptop, but I wouldn't say they are stupid. Once you start playing
17.
by ebf 14y ago
I wonder if the same commentators who disagree with the author's usage of "privilege," also believe Silicon Valley is a meritocracy.
18.
by ebf 14y ago
>An advantage is like having a secret television in North Korea or living near the northern Chinese border. I think one could argue that your example is a privilege.
19.
by ebf 14y ago
What is the basis for helping Americans over others? I think having the biggest impact you can is the "noble" thing to do.
20.
by ebf 14y ago
>This is definitely not normal. I don't know if it was because I was running out of disk space, but taking photos and texting became absolutely terrible on my iPhone 4. iOS 6 made it even slower.
21.
by ebf 14y ago
VC:Seed Accelerator::Record Label:Hipset The payment is just acting as a low level barrier for initial contact.
22.
by ebf 14y ago
I wouldn't recommend that approach for every startup, but if you are a small team, it's a huge plus if your engineers have great product sense (and and some design sense too). It all depends on on this: >The engineers who build our prod
23.
by ebf 14y ago
Those are daily active users. Monthly active users are around 43.6 million. Source: http://www.appdata.com/apps/facebook/124024574287414-instagr...
24.
by ebf 14y ago
Number of steps is not necessarily and indication of the speed and ease of the action. Steps != a good metric to judge a UI by. Would you really say that a double click is equivalent in cost two a single click then finding the app icon and
25.
by ebf 14y ago
To continue using the iPhone as an example, I realized that after two years, my Dad never realized that double clicking brings up the app switcher. I agree that it is better if you don't need a walkthrough, but I wouldn't say that you "blew
26.
by ebf 14y ago
My point is that these types of posts are always upvoted on HN because they latch onto the latest general sentiments of the community. They are intellectually lazy posts that are not backed by anything besides some analogy the author has dr
27.
by ebf 14y ago
> It is always intellectually lazy, in the same way that blindly accepting provided claims is intellectually lazy: it allows the reader to avoid thinking about the claims in question. I did think about the statement, and I thought it wa
28.
by ebf 14y ago
I would like for you to provide evidence for your statements, more than just a single screenshot. >Put everything on the same plane, and you make it harder to focus on a specific section of the page. How does a person draw a conclusion
29.
by ebf 14y ago
And I would say that the use of whitespace and typography is enough to differentiate it.
30.
by ebf 14y ago
Good points, but a lack of examples does not necessarily mean that it isn't possible. I think Bing has down a good job of having a flat design with high usability. http://www.bing.com/search?q=hello+world&go=&qs=n&#3...

More ›