madanella

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by madanella 19y ago
I'd like to take this moment to thank my patient wife and her job at Oracle...
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by madanella 19y ago
I think the top post on this thread makes it more balanced. Think of pg as an independent label(like sub-pop or Dischord) founder and it all fits well.
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by madanella 19y ago
What if your idea will consolidate a fragmented industry and provide stiff competition to 'mom-n-pops'? Is it better if the small businesses tend to not serve the customer well?
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Is it bad to compete with small businesses?
2 points by madanella 19y ago|5 comments
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by madanella 19y ago
I am actually talking about providing the tools to a community of users that will create those things to share with one another. arXiv.org and YCombinator address completely separate needs.
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by madanella 19y ago
I think there's a lot of validity to this model, even outside of tech. I don't get the restriction on non-techies though, is the management afraid of competition?
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by madanella 19y ago
Looks like it's for existing businesses only and has a very long process... I can't imagine how any startup could reasonably expect to have the same information delivered over such a broad timeline.
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by madanella 19y ago
I met one in the post office by overhearing his conversation and recognizing a fit. Another I met through linkedin by searching for a specific skillset and a third I met by asking a friend if he knew any good matches for my project.
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by madanella 19y ago
Should be simply a port of existing software. I imagine a community of people sharing algorithms about many different subjects and at different levels of seriousness. My brother wrote a paper on Math Equations for the Socially Challenged in
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Idea: Online algorithm creation and sharing tool
2 points by madanella 19y ago|3 comments
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by madanella 19y ago
the Magic Ink article at worrydream.com/MagicInk is the best I've read on interface design.
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by madanella 19y ago
I hope my startup can someday make similar announcements about the open source tools we use.
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by madanella 19y ago
Would you pay 20K to be a part of an incubator?
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by madanella 19y ago
A lot like the VC game in many ways.
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by madanella 19y ago
This is satire, right?
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by madanella 19y ago
Interface = the part of the software application seen by the most common user of the application Best = Most optimal as in fastest or easiest to program, most flexible, has best support for visually appealing and easy to use designs
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by madanella 19y ago
Of course there's Java, Flash and javascript. What other options are there? Examples please.
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Best language for interface development?
1 points by madanella 19y ago|3 comments
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by madanella 19y ago
This issue is fundamental to the current web 2.0 startup approach of fast and cheap feature development. It becomes more and more about marketing, branding and user experience and less and less about engineering.
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by madanella 19y ago
I like the potential ability to enable a truly wireless home environment where electronic devices all use wireless tech in place of physical cables. Speakers would be the first thing I would want to receive wireless power in addition to the
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by madanella 19y ago
He might have disproved it as a complete axiom but I see the value of this quote in that things must be conceived and believed before they can be acheived.
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by madanella 19y ago
I'm looking for examples of great interfaces done with Ruby. I want to see visual/graphical stuff that goes beyond dropdowns. Maybe tag clouds taken a bit further?
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by madanella 19y ago
Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can acheive. - Napoleon Hill
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Best interfaces built with Ruby and/or RoR?
1 points by madanella 19y ago|1 comments
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by madanella 19y ago
Yeah, you're right. I would be interested in hearing the other side of the story. Why would so many people be willing to risk their jobs to get rid of her? Either it was an impressive conspiracy or there were some real problems with how she
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by madanella 19y ago
Wilson Sonsini has one. At least they did last fall. They gave me a package deal on incorporation and deferred payment for 6 months. wsgr.com
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by madanella 19y ago
B players get hired when A players make mistakes. B players also start the company sometimes. Look at Larry Ellison.
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by madanella 19y ago
If you watch the video closely the story is a little different from that. The hired management forced Sandy out by threatening to quit en masse if she didn't leave. I got the impression that Don Valentine actually wished she could have stay
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by madanella 19y ago
Yeah. I just think about this every time a VC or some pundit says "but it's just a feature". I think it would be interesting to see a combination of these 'features' become a major player. The goal is to get acquired and have a relatively
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by madanella 19y ago
"The founders started their company precisely because they didn't want their product to be averaged together with a bunch of others." I have never heard that as a reason someone started a company. People start companies because they want to

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