thorpus

Re:Is Uber the Next Webvan? Will Uber Go Bankrupt? on Saturday January 23, 2016 @08:36AM (#10958341)

Man, I can't imagine a world without Uber but that math is tough.

Re:Sidecar: ‘We failed because Uber is willing to win at any cost’ on Saturday January 23, 2016 @08:32AM (#10958324)

Pretty impossible to compete with someone who's got $8B+ in capital to win with. That's like bringing a nuclear bomb to a knife fight.

Re:Apple made more revenue from iPhone in a single quarter than Google... on Friday January 22, 2016 @09:13PM (#10956876)

Bigger margins on hardware for sure.

Re:Apple Veteran Overseeing Electric-Car Project Leaving Company on Friday January 22, 2016 @09:11PM (#10956872)

Haven't seen any indication. Likely still too early.

Re:Blended Community is the next Facebook? on Friday January 22, 2016 @09:08PM (#10956866)

Next Facebook? Nope.

Re:Announcing the Kapor Capital Founders’ Commitment – Hacker Daily on Friday January 22, 2016 @05:00PM (#10955868)

They're asking their investments to make a commitment to "diversity and inclusion."

Announcing the Kapor Capital Founders’ Commitment – Hacker Daily

Posted by thorpus on Friday January 22, 2016 @04:59PM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/hacker-daily/announcing-the-kapor-capital-founders-commitment-b177ab0a6b70#.xlf3zby7k

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Only Good News … Is Actually Bad News

Posted by thorpus on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @09:37PM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/@cshapiro/only-good-news-is-actually-bad-news-3677517b8536#.13edgi14s

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Stop Hiding the Best Content on Your Blog

Posted by thorpus on Wednesday February 04, 2015 @02:06PM
from the medium.com dept.

https://medium.com/the-addthis-marketer/stop-your-blog-from-hiding-the-best-content-c6b910a49c46

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Re:Mixpanel (YC S09) Raises $65M to Build Predictive Data Tech on Thursday December 18, 2014 @12:43PM (#8768562)

MP is only ever going to be able provide you with analytics from on your site, so it's going to be able to miss the greater context. The greater context of user interests would give the motivation of why someone's engaging with something or not.

Re:Mixpanel (YC S09) Raises $65M to Build Predictive Data Tech on Thursday December 18, 2014 @12:40PM (#8768539)

2015 is so going to be the year of personalization and actionable analytics. Seeing this stuff everywhere.

2015: Personalization reaches newsrooms

Posted by thorpus on Thursday December 18, 2014 @12:17PM
from the niemanlab.org dept.

http://www.niemanlab.org/2014/12/personalization-reaches-newsrooms/

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Local Motors Creates The World’s First 3D Printed Car

Posted by thorpus on Monday June 16, 2014 @03:26PM
from the tech.co dept.

http://tech.co/local-motors-3d-printed-car-2014-06

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Founder Rachel Baker Opens Up about Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

Posted by thorpus on Thursday May 22, 2014 @05:52PM
from the tech.co dept.

http://tech.co/rachel-baker-imposter-syndrome-2014-05

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Female Programmers Make 90% of Male Programmers’ Salaries. Should We Celebrate?

Posted by thorpus on Tuesday April 29, 2014 @05:18PM
from the tech.co dept.

http://tech.co/women-in-tech-pay-gap-2014-04

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Our Work-Life Balance Obsession

Posted by thorpus on Wednesday April 09, 2014 @02:21PM
from the tech.co dept.

http://tech.co/work-life-balance-2014-04

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Sustaining attention is often more important than product value

Posted by thorpus on Wednesday April 24, 2013 @03:09PM
from the actiondesign.hellowallet.com dept.

http://actiondesign.hellowallet.com/sustaining-attention-is-often-more-important-than-the-value-a-product-provides/#.UXgsFLVQF8L

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Olympic Skater Sasha Cohen on Snoxx, Her New Startup

Posted by thorpus on Monday April 22, 2013 @01:44PM
from the tech.co dept.

http://tech.co/sasha-cohen-snoxx-2013-04

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Spending Innovation is Accelerating Our Potential Financial Demise

Posted by thorpus on Wednesday October 24, 2012 @03:19PM
from the hellowallet.com dept.

http://www.hellowallet.com/blog/accelerating-an-individuals-financial-demise/#.UIg6Wmlxvbo

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Re:The DC Startup Community on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @01:07PM (#2005051)

@JimboOmega - Of interest? - http://www.clearspring.com/about/careers/senior-ui-javascrip...

Re:The DC Startup Community on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @01:01PM (#2005032)

What do you wanna do? Any of this interest you? - http://www.clearspring.com/about/careers

If so, e-mail me - [email protected]

Re:The DC Startup Community on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @09:50AM (#2004309)

We've been using this FB group as a central point for community discussion. Join if you're interested. - http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_144795392232569...