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Here's a biography of Von Braun: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3D...

Von Braun was a chief rocket engineer of the Third Reich and later on became one of the fathers of the U.S. space program. His accomplishments in space technology are mindboggling.

is there a way to install/run it on mac?

read this thread on quora , very gud answer for getting ur first 0-100k users in stages, follow the links some great presentations there. http://www.quora.com/Startup-Traction/How-do-social-sites-ex...

I've had the same problem. try putting in the (http:\\ ) and attempt few times, it works :)

read guns germs and steel by jared diamond if you wanna know more about why history of mankind panned out the way it has.

read paul graham's essays, he specifically has an essay on writing. assuming you're a hacker yourself, should'nt be difficult to understand them. try rewriting them, helps immensely.

GGS is an amazing read. never found a more elegant and simple explanantion of the history of mankind. in hindsight it looks perfectly rational and logical.

"Shunya" - sanskrit word for zero/null/nothingness it also signifies existence(infinity/everything) is contained in nothingness. should work as a gud koan too :P

omnigraffle comes to my mind, you can use pencil maybe, try balsamiq and the like.... mindmaps is another thats very generic in nature and has got gr8 utility.

first things first, product needs to be really good. and when you're selling try to quantify the experience of your product in a simple way. As to what it is, what it does and how it does, in a non-tech,no jargon,no bulllshitting manner. this has always worked for me .period!

startup event conferences in india are a joke man! turn into networking and schmoozing sessions eventually.very difficult to meet people working on good product ideas and technologies. we're based out of mumbai and built a group around the IIT campus area. you might wanna try barcamp some rare gud showcases and people.

you should probably try guns germs and steel by jared diamond, it also is a different way to look at history and how and why it has spanned the way it has over different geographies.

Paul could you please publish it or if it's not suitable could you send via email. We're a startup from India, there's no ecosystem for startup's here unlike the valley.We've been looking for guidance mostly on the web and you're writings have been extremely helpful to us.In fact your writings have been one of the most important factors of inspiration for our belief that "it can be done !"

i guess the key is a combination of various factors,one probably is the no-nonsense design and features, it really is what they claim as social utility,next gud move was opening up to genral public..and then the media attention they've been receiving..