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by samg 6y ago
Not at the moment, but would love to hear more about what you're looking for.
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by samg 6y ago
Yes, coming soon! Email me at sgerstenzang@stripe.com if you'd like to try this feature out early.
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by samg 8y ago
Umbrella | Brooklyn, NYC | Full-time | Full stack engineer | https://www.askumbrella.com/ Umbrella makes it easy and affordable for seniors stay at home by connecting them to Umbrella Neighbors who want to give back with ev
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by samg 9y ago
Umbrella | Full-stack software engineer | NYC | ONSITE Umbrella makes it easy for seniors to continue living in their own homes, by connecting them to Handy Neighbors who want to give back with everyday tasks and home maintenance. Many Hand
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The next billion programmers (won’t use Git)(medium.com)
2 points by samg 10y ago|0 comments
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Developer tools: why it’s hard to build a big business(medium.com)
2 points by samg 11y ago|0 comments
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by samg 11y ago
I think you are oversimplifying "the idea". Google's idea wasn't that "people will want to search online." Google's insightful, interesting idea that was then well-executed was the PageRank algorithm. Geoc
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by samg 11y ago
This is the more common meme, and I think it is healthy to keep 'idea folks' away. Even great ideas, without execution, are worthless. But as you say, a great idea combined with a great execution is where things get really special
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by samg 11y ago
author here– agree with many of your points, except two: 1) I think great ideas are surprisingly rare, and are very difficult to recognize. It's especially hard because of how important execution is for 'uncovering' a great i
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by samg 11y ago
hey, author here! certainly didn't mean it that way at all– was telling a personal story and used specific examples from my experience to illustrate
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What happens when programmers don't want to program(medium.com)
21 points by samg 11y ago|12 comments
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No room for preachers in Deadwood(medium.com)
2 points by samg 11y ago|0 comments
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The Reddit rebellion and the challenge of commercializing communities(medium.com)
6 points by samg 11y ago|3 comments
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Seven things I learned in venture(medium.com)
1 points by samg 12y ago|0 comments
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by samg 12y ago
Imgur's default is also HTML5 video– we support both WebM and MP4
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by samg 12y ago
Imgur is hiring in San Francisco. We're the best place to explore, share and discuss the internet's images. According to Alexa, we're the 13th largest site in the US, with just 12 engineers today. We're hiring for growth
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Harvard’s CS faculty will grow by 50% via gift from Steve Ballmer(thecrimson.com)
4 points by samg 12y ago|0 comments
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by samg 12y ago
Alternatively, a creator can now build a product with fewer people and doesn't need to raise capital. This trend is extremely empowering of labor.
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by samg 12y ago
Why do you think enterprise development is different?
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by samg 13y ago
This article is a few months old: January 15th, 2014.
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Where Stanford software engineers want to work (Feb 2013)(blog.samgerstenzang.com)
2 points by samg 13y ago|0 comments
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by samg 13y ago
Please read the post with a heavy dose of sarcasm mixed with admiration :) I'd very much like to see formidable challengers arise. And I actually wrote this post a week before Bezos bought the WaPo, although I think it only underscores
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by samg 13y ago
He makes more than $8500 a week. That's just for the post sponsorship. He also makes money from the Deck network ad on the side.
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by samg 13y ago
check out http://peercdn.com
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Where Stanford software engineers want to work(sgerstenzang.tumblr.com)
1 points by samg 14y ago|0 comments
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by samg 14y ago
The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier by Howard Rheingold http://www.amazon.com/The-Virtual-Community-Homesteading-Ele...
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by samg 15y ago
What about exporting the Keynote to JPGs, and then putting the JPGs into a new Keynote and exporting as PDF?
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by samg 15y ago
Can anyone recommend any similar existing resources?
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by samg 15y ago
This bugs me too. I put the location in the Note section, which is tappable.
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by samg 16y ago
On the other hand, how passionate was pg about viaweb?

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