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by varun 17y ago
4. Figure out browser caching - what to cache, how and for how long. Frequently changing code files - not a good idea to cache them for long, but images and other files, in most cases you only really need to download them once to the user's
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by varun 17y ago
For AJAX-based web applications, following is what I'd suggest in making things very zippy for the user: 1. Concatenate your JS and CSS files. Don't send out several files over the wire to the browser - the browser can only make 2 connectio
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by varun 17y ago
The race in real-time link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/16/ashton-kutcher-vs-c... Oprah hasn't even tweeted once and already has about 60,000 followers!
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by varun 17y ago
A RSS feed reader, pre-filled with top 1000 feeds covering various topics, from news to technology to gossip! I'd get the alien to spend the first half of his time reading these feeds, and the latter half I'd show him Google.com and ask him
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by varun 17y ago
This is a great article. And thanks to jey for posting this. On a side note, reading it I found out that Sanjay is based in Toronto currently, which is where I am, so I just reached out to him and would be chatting with him a bit more about
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by varun 17y ago
I loved the YC process. They asked the right questions on their application form - which helped us a lot in getting a clearer idea of the venture. The prospect of an interview also pushed us to develop a demo quicker than we would have (whi
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by varun 17y ago
It definitely is awesome. Just tweeted the founder of this Toronto-based startup for some comments from her in this discussion.
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by varun 18y ago
Thanks :) Btw, Alertle is a completely single page application - can call it '100% AJAX'. Demos still available at: http://varunmathur.net/post/83802002/alertle-current-status
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by varun 18y ago
I think you are right to some extent, but its fairly regular that when you are excited about something you are doing - time, sleep, etc take a backseat. You'll spend all your time thinking about it / building it. That is why it is important
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by varun 18y ago
"The reason you failed is because not enough people want your product." Never got to test that theory out, because even if enough people wanted the product, the business model around it is something which we haven't been able to figure out.
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Web 2.0 Startup Lessons - What I did right / where I screwed up(techvibes.com)
7 points by varun 18y ago|6 comments
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by varun 18y ago
Paul, a timely and encouraging article, thanks. - Varun www.homecamera.com