thesethings

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by thesethings 14y ago
"Steve Newhouse, the chairman of Advance.net, decided very early on that his company would not be the blob that ate Reddit, and for the most part, left well enough alone. “We had some ideas about what would be good, but it might not have wo
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Ask HN- Wasn't there site for people consuming iTunes U to form ad-hoc groups?
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by thesethings 15y ago
That caught my eye too, and I guessed on Twitter that it might be a typo/under-explained. Somebody from Tumblr (though on a different team) was nice enough to respond and guessed that it was because all media on S3 was not counted. https:/
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by thesethings 15y ago
Dashboard is more like a "reader." Everybody you follow is found there. Also any tags you subscribe to are there. Interactions like replies are also found there. I'd compare it to your Facebook feed or Twitter.com stream. It's your base of
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by thesethings 15y ago
Kout doesn't really seem to be launched (you can only sign up for list). Whereas Gumroad lets you sign-up right now. Gumroad's design is also a bit more inviting. I hadn't heard of either of them until today, but one is definitely in a plac
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by thesethings 15y ago
I agree with your main point. But it's worth noting an interesting trend is developing. Amateur analysts are regularly outperforming professional analysts when it comes to tech stocks. http://seekingalpha.com/article/315207-apple-analysts-
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Have t.co links in your Google Analytics? Find originating tweets w/Tortilla.(johnholdun.tumblr.com)
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by thesethings 15y ago
Well put. I do marketing work on a few projects that have commercial blogs. In mose cases, we're able to get 1K+ Tumblr followers in < 3 months (not counting "regular" RSS subscribers). (And none of the projects are famous/have famous f
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by thesethings 15y ago
Cool to hear about your positive incubator experience. I'm a little confused though. The main vibe of the blog post was generally critical of the value of most incubators and you said you "tend to agree." Not that these opinions are technic
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This 24 year old Brazilian entrepreneur wants to disrupt image search(thenextweb.com)
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by thesethings 15y ago
I can't speak for him. But for me, "beautiful novelty" is often a site that impresses me, but doesn't convince me to use it (even if i am its target- so it's not like just because i don't have a dog, and it's a site for dog-owners or what
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by thesethings 15y ago
Ah, I just meant that things can seem like a straw man if nobody is arguing the other side... but it isn't a straw man just because nobody identifies with that side (but do actually live and breathe that side). "Beautiful novelty" is th
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by thesethings 15y ago
(I submitted this, but don't know the author personally, so there are some assumptions built into to the following.) [edit- regarding issue of straw man perception] The issue is that nobody who makes beautiful novelty thinks their own work
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Design is Horseshit(yongfook.com)
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by thesethings 15y ago
Thanks for posting this. Can't believe I missed it. Seems this guy is riding a wave of outrage/Internet meme fun.
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by thesethings 15y ago
Thanks so much for posting, checking it out.
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by thesethings 15y ago
Just wanted to clarify that this wasn't a joke. If you're not in G+, you can't share this/don't have this button. (Whereas non-G+ members could have shared in Google Reader.)
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by thesethings 15y ago
Thanks, signing up, and kicking the tires. You'll be hearing from me.
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by thesethings 15y ago
I don't think this button exists if you've resisted the G+ vortex (I know, I know, a separate discussion :D...).
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by thesethings 15y ago
Thanks for this cool idea :D I will set it up at least for now. But it doesn't solve the discovery part- having a place where I can see everything my friends are sharing- unless they do it too.
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by thesethings 15y ago
The no-sharing/discovery thing has hit me hard. If anybody out there has a social RSS reader start-up, feel free to reply to this and advertise your service. I will drag my friends to it along with me. (Yes, I use Twitter, Instapaper, new
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by thesethings 15y ago
One minute after posting time, it's up for me.
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by thesethings 15y ago
I was an early Posterous user (still active), long waiting for another shoe to drop. The missing social things (stream view, notification banner, having others' content be your Dashboard, not your own old posts) seemed to be just sitting
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by thesethings 15y ago
That does address one's own Tumblr Dashboard when logged in. And there has been one browser extension that's gotten quite popular- Missing-E. But it's gone through battles with Tumblr, and also doesn't solve the "global" issue: I don't ju
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by thesethings 15y ago
I love Tumblr and get a lot of value from it both personally and professionally. I also regularly recommend it. (I start off with with this endorsement because I'm about to point out some opportunities for improvement that I don't want anyb
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by thesethings 15y ago
This sounds like such a great idea. I travel in two circles that would love to check this out. Please do post it.
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by thesethings 15y ago
Thanks, this is quite nice.
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by thesethings 15y ago
I agree that spreadsheets are not optimal for reading tons of info, but I think they are easier than wikis for writing most stuff: Concurrent live editing w/out fear, no manual markup formatting, no Edit button, no Submit step... I thin
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by thesethings 15y ago
Perfect. And ... it seems your last link is the spreadsheet of spreadsheets! Great (and meta-great). :D
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by thesethings 15y ago
Done: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2772398

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