josephs

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Airbnb Tech Talk: App.net's Dalton Caldwell on App.net & How they did it(airbnb.com)
23 points by josephs 14y ago|4 comments
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by josephs 14y ago
As an Airbnb host I would add that there's more to renting out your home than just the money. You can really see how you're helping people travel or visit their family or company headquarters (we've had all of these and more). We can give t
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by josephs 15y ago
Yeah, I drafted the post a few weeks ago and was going to write a few more before I started the blog but figured I shouldn't wait.
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by josephs 15y ago
No, it's just renting out the rooms. I know the "CPM" analogy doesn't really fit perfectly but the point is that the Airbnb service is so effective at driving traffic it makes me more than a dollar per pageview on avg. Of course it's their
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by josephs 15y ago
Don't worry, we don't keep our Airbnb earnings under the mattress
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by josephs 15y ago
yes
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My Airbnb page generates a $1,129 CPM(josephsofaer.tumblr.com)
57 points by josephs 15y ago|30 comments
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by josephs 19y ago
Absolutely, it's not going to be easy and we are aware of the legal problems with privacy. But yes, the facebook app is just our first product. We are working on off facebook stuff as well.
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by josephs 19y ago
Yeah. UI designers especially. http://apps.facebook.com/courses is our first product and we are looking to build sweet tools for students and professors/teachers as we move forward. We have put a lot of thought into how to get our product
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by josephs 19y ago
I've had great experiences using processing. It's been sweet for prototyping multimedia stuff - live video processing, physical computing, data visualization, toys. The libraries make it quick and painless to get graphics floating around.