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I wrote the post above. I appreciate you thinking highly enough of it to re-post on HN.

Whether or not the job is getting done really remains to be seen. We're a little more than a month deep now and demo day is looming. What happens then and afterward will be the true judge of our success.

I will say this. There's been a lot of conversation on HN and elsewhere lately about accelerators that aren't called YC or TechStars and whether they will be as successful. Again, the answer to that question remains to be seen, but I can say with certainty that the benefit of programs like Seed Hatchery, Jumpstart Foundry in Nashville, and others is that the entire community is involved. There is a tremendous amount of pride in Memphis for the Seed Hatchery program, and our advisors and mentors have really taken all of the cohort companies under their proverbial wings and helped us along. I didn't expect that, to be honest, but I truly believe now that it is the great strength of our program here in Memphis.

No doubt YC is still the NY Giants. They've got access to amazing entrepreneurs and advisors and clearly attract the cream of the crop when it comes to talent, but we're okay with being the Green Bay Packers. There's so much pride in what we're doing here that we can still fill a stadium.
I think this is a good idea, but it's not obvious to me how and why I should be using it. A few case studies and examples would be excellent to show customers how valuable this service could be to them.

If you don't have any real customers using this yet, I would suggest making up some prototypes and get a real customers using it.
> For example, why should the first frame make a strong brand play (after all, this assumes the audience is paying rapt attention from the get go, which I find rare for a TV setting)?

Because the first few frames are what I see while I'm reaching for the remote to start hitting the +30 second skip to get through the ad block and back to the show I'm trying to watch. The non-Apple tablet ads are for the most part all pretty much indistinguishable from car ads and razor ads in their first few seconds--they aren't going to stop me from hitting the skip button.
That court case may not be a slam dunk defense. For a different perspective, I found this article interesting.

http://www.slate.com/id/2276592/
I think their intention is to not be sued if they need to redistribute your code in order to run the platform. This means they might need to copy it to other instances, send copyrightable assets (javascript, css, images) to users as is, etc.

But yes, it would also give them the right to change things as necessary to run the service. It could cover installing additional plugins like Heroku does, or munging config files, or even doing things like partially compiling source to some target.

By default, they really don't have the legal right to do a bunch of those things. Some of them are vague and arguable since hosting doesn't exactly fit into copyright law all the time, so companies will sometimes put in clauses like this that explicitly grant them rights that might otherwise seem like common sense. It may be obvious to you and me, but it's now spelled out in an agreement "just in case".
You often need to go through the discovery process to determine what is real and what isn't. To go through discovery, you need to file a suit.

Just because someone is a convicted felon doesn't mean they're not entitled to the same access to the judicial system as everyone else.
Awesome. I don't have anyone's address though. I assume I can use their email and the service will send them a 'someone wants to send you a postcard, give us your address email' ?
No price given. I'll keep using AppEngine until someone at least comes close to matching their freemium model.
That's why we carry flashlights :)
I am constantly amazed at just how many things Amazon is involved in. Though I do not work for them, I am pretty intimately involved with them, and have some insider knowledge, and it blows my mind how many different, random, and seemingly pointless things they work with.

I kinda have hard feeling against them because I feel like they go out of their way to stifle (external) innovation. However they certainly do their best to innovate within their own company. I literally can't think of any other company that throws their money around on experiments to such a degree as Amazon.

As for this project, It is an unique idea, and all it really takes is on home run for the world to take notice, and for them to disrupt the current system. Unfortunately I believe it is the writers' that are the most taken advantage of in Hollywood, and it doesn't seem like this does anything to remedy that. I think it would be better if they gave them $100k on the front end, and 10% on the back end. That way they still get the guaranteed money for their work, but they are compensated if it is a home run hit. That is a better deal than a lot of studios give writers, and so it would actually attract high quality scripts.
Why are you concerned about this specifically?

It appears they're gaining the authorization required to run your app.
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That hurts my retenal neurons just thinking about perceiving that.
Great idea, but if you don't use instagram (i.e. share your photos with the world) there is one alternative that I could find in 5 minutes of Googling: shoot it!

http://www.shootit.com/

They appears to send it from the nearest country you are in.
As someone who would like to give Heroku a bit of a twisting sometimes, I'm all for it (even if that's all it is). Having a company like VMware offer to run my Rack and Node apps side by side would be useful.
so if I did this (following from your example):

n = 35
a = foo(n)
a()
n = 42
a()

I would get 35 printed both times, despite n having changed. is that the idea?
I think it is correct for you to specifically solicit infographic designers. Some astounding artists just don't know how to gracefully represent data in an aesthetically appealing way.

Check out http://www.informationisbeautiful.net for some wonderful examples and hopefully some leads.
As a single founder, I'm finding that the most important trait is not giving up.

Just keep trying.

March on.
No mention of this nor text shadow.
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There really should be a rule stating that you can't use text in an arc greater than say, 120 degrees. Tilting my head is fun when you're trying to play a joke, not when I'm trying to extract meaningful information.
Waiting until a company is worth something in order to file a lawsuit like this is neither a problem nor illegal. In fact, it's great strategy.

If it's true, I don't think he deserves 50% or 80%. It's up to the courts. Also, I think Facebook is what it is today solely because of Zuck and the FB team.

But I don't see a problem with waiting to file a claim.
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Even the copy of the contract he provided to the court was nearly unreadable. [1]

[1] http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerbergs-facebook-con...
I think I'll wait for the next stable release. I'm sure I'm not the only person terrified of Wireshark's notorious history of vulnerabilities. Personally, I find a mixture tcpdump and custom tools to be an adequate substitute.
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It still creates buzz. The biggest problem is getting people to upgrade. IE6/IE7 can't die soon enough. People on XP who are stuck on IE8 might start feeling abandoned and switch to Chrome or Firefox.
They wont. It looks like IE10 is being bundled with the release of Windows 8. In late 2012. Merde.
You'd think the 'best native support' would have WebGL.

Oh well, I just hope the History API makes it soon so we can stop abusing #anchors in a few years ..
I just bought the book, but would like a readability upgrade :D
That's too bad. Good luck finding a new job.
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Smartphones don't have to be directly comparable to the specialist device in order to make them uneconomic. Even if they're only 50% as good, for people that own one, they're essentially free. So for a lot of folks who might have gotten a Flip but didn't really have a pressing need for one, they're now going to just limp along with the non-dedicated device and save $100. Suddenly your market is 25-50% smaller and you can't sell at as low a price any more... so you raise your price and make your market even smaller, or get out of that business.
their marginal cost is basically zero, so both you and they would have been better off if you had paid below what you thought it was worth.
I will have to look into the data a bit more, but I am guessing some really helpful data can be mined. This is an interesting idea. I hope it gets a good response.
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Alas, my introversion might actually benefit me.
For example:

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It's important to note that a lot of libertarians' ideas about freedom and pretty much everything else is comically out of step with how most people think.

This is equally true for the stereotypical west coast HN liberal.
I know someone who was involved in that deal, and I remember hearing that the Flip folks were very happy to sell because they knew iPhone was about to add video support.
DLA Piper means some smart people are starting to believe Ceglia. How likely is it that folks like Kip Hall http://www.dlapiper.com/kip_hall and other partners at DLA would take a case like this as a pure troll?
The emails are pretty remarkable. I never really trusted the Winkelvoss twins, but these direct emails are pretty damning and seem to corroborate the twins' story. Looks like no matter what happens Ceglia is going to be a very rich man.
I think the Google folks will disagree with you :D
Well, to make the license question easier, their invite request form is utterly unusable on Android. I apparently need to 'scroll to the bottom' to submit to a dubiously enforceable license before even being allowed to see their beta, exciting action made anyway imposible by the broken design.

Node.js notwithstanding, this tastes from the start like a proper enterprise service.
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I suspect their messaging is driven by internal politics as much as it is by external marketing imperatives. "We are a vital, integral part of Windows and should therefore be heavily funded".
You're equating tech entrepreneurs with entrepreneurs on the whole. There's a big business world outside of tech.

Case in point: Richard Branson. Arguably one of the most charismatic entrepreneurs around.
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Impressive! Now their string of open source acquisitions makes sense.
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I agree. It's clean, simple, organized and I know exactly what the site is about in about 2 seconds. Great job.

I'm learning the ropes of design myself for an upcoming project and I'm curious about why you used the multicolor strip at the very top of the page. I've noticed this feature as a mini-trend in Web design and I'd love to know if there is an intentional thought behind it, besides "it looks pretty."

Is it supposed to liven up an otherwise somewhat dull page?

It seems like a lot of people advise sticking to no more than 3 or 4 colors, so I'm really intrigued by the breaking of that convention in this case.
They just seem to have entirely different purposes. GoPro looks really good for doing POV work. But, flip seems to be better for standing and filming something. I am a swing dancer and people seem to always use a Flip (or a cell phone) when recording themselves or others.

So GoPro may be the better camera but that doesn't mean it is appropriate for every situation just as the Flip is not appropriate for every situation.
a_m_kelly - i'm the founder of Sincerely (creator of postagram)

I totally hear where you are coming from. We don't intend to replace old-school postcards.

Instead, we think of postcards simply as a delivery mechanism for photos. We are arbitraging the US postal service's subsidized delivery rates to get a photo printed and delivered from an iphone. If we make it incredibly easy to print and deliver a photo, we think it will create new photo sharing behaviors. Part of it will be the canonical "here is a photo i took while traveling" use case you mentioned. But I'm more interested in the "Brad - thanks for inviting us on the ski trip" thank you card or simply sending a photo of my niece to my parents & relatives.
Do hungry judges give harsher sentences?
And then there's the converse, like me. I've got a good eye for infographic design, but I can't paint pixels worth a damn.
You mean 50 books every stereotypical geek should read.
I was suprised no virtualisation is included in the solution (or I did not find the parts in the github repos). Seriously, shared-hosting is so 1996 from a security perspective.

So for me It will be "just" an "internal cloud" solution and maybe replace capistrano. Still, puppet and chef will do the "physical"/"system" provisioning for my customers and my projects.
>Microsoft doesn't even acknowledge the fact that they don't even have a version of IE10, or even 9, for Windows XP!

Whaa?? I'd cut them slack on not supporting XP.
unfortunately this app requires you to type in the physical address. But we do save it, so you'll never have to again
Tom indirectly calls Thomas Fuchs (author of Scriptaculous, Zepto, Emile, core committer to Prototype.js, etc.) disingenuous because...

"Of course Mr. Fuchs is able to tell you which JavaScript library will precisely match your requirements -- his job is writing JavaScript libraries!" [Emphasis, and presumed outrage, his.]

Come now. That's simply false, and if you think about it, silly. "He writes open source frameworks for free so he's biased against open source frameworks"? Really? Thomas has never sold a JavaScript framework or written one for hire, and his libraries are MIT-licensed. It's not his "job". Furthermore, Prototype.js and Scriptaculous are not micro-frameworks. So Thomas Fuchs is arguing against major examples of his own work. Yup, must be some kind of evil hidden agenda.

I called Tom out about this misrepresentation on Twitter and he probably changed it by now, but I for one think it's important to know about the history of such things.

Other nitpicks:

Mr. Fuchs has apparently never heard of dependency hell. Very logical argument, that. Way to slyly insinuate he's a bad and inexperienced programmer, without actually introducing any actual facts.

Dustin Diaz has done a great job of putting together many of these micro-frameworks with Ender.js, but as a curator, he has to rely on the original author if he wants to make a change.

Really? How is that a counter-argument?

I'd be very surprised if someone has read Thomas' little essay on micro-frameworks and genuinely come away with the idea that what he really supports is taking a bunch of other people's OSS projects and mushing them together with an integration layer.

The whole point about micro-frameworks is you don't have to make them "go together". You wield them individually like scalpels instead of spinning them en masse like Edward Scissorhands.

There are a LOT of problems with an undertaking like Ender.js, but that's not the fault of micro-frameworks "not being made to work together." It's the fault of doing something that, from the outset, is fairly expected to be more trouble than it's worth - however noble it may be.

One might argue that an integration layer that hooks up a bunch of other micro-frameworks is no better than -- and in a lot of ways, worse, and more complex, and less reliable -- than a monolithic library. So I call "red herring" on the Ender.js argument. It doesn't really support Tom's attack on Thomas' article against monolithic frameworks, because it is one... just made from parts, like Frankenstein.

I could go on, but I'm even boring myself at this point.

What I'd like to know is: Why is the suggestion "You don't need all that code all the time" considered so radical & threatening?

--

And yup, full disclosure: I married Thomas Fuchs, but I used Prototype & Scriptaculous for well over a year before I ever met him.
Eh, I think that's just a linkbait headline. It's materially different to wiretap private individuals for the purpose of defamation than it is to publish federal documents. There's no such thing as "defaming the govt" under law, for example.
This is so cool. You guys are really on a roll since moving to the valley!
This has been one of my main sticking points of OS X window management for a very long time. At least there's a workaround, thanks!
Can't understand if you mean this is a bunch of boring stats with bad design or if it's a good example. I tend to think it's really bad especially for a resume
They could stop serving your content at any moment though... Not a very robust solution.
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This guy is pushing an idea that, on the surface, I disagree with. Confronted with it, I then wonder if it is worth taking more time to understand the guy's arguments, to see if there is something of worth there.

Evidence that this guy has other ideas that are more clearly bullshit keys me in that, no, I don't.
I prefer a full-size treadmill in my cubicle.

Seriously, though, try putting a BRM / Office Depot box on top of a standard-size desk. It's almost the perfect height, and you won't look like a fool.
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Have you stopped to think that the URL you have chosen is counterproductive to getting people to know about your otherwise really useful site?

How is any TV station looking to fill 45 seconds with an upbeat technology story going to talk about you? How is any newspaper going to mention you?

How is the local college radio going to plug you as a new public service?

Obviously there are some trendy upstart independent papers, and some edgy people will tweet about you, but that will never build to critical mass.

And how do you put that on your resume? How do you use it to get your next client or gig?

Do you think Angry Birds would be the success it is today, if it had been called "Kill the Fucking Pigs"?
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As a Beta tester, my number one complaint with the CR48 Chrome netbook is that you can't use Skype. I have a sister that lives in New Zealand, and that's how we keep in touch. Is there a reason that Skype can't run on the OS or is it just a competition thing where Google is blocking Skype from being used in their OS? If it's a blocking tactic, that's ridiculous. Why not keep people happy by letting people use what they want to use. If they want to use the competition then your product isn't good enough. Get to work and make it better.
Did I miss the memo on green usernames?
What's important is tricking my brain into perceiving depth in something that has none. How that's achieved is irrelevant.
That is a fast release cycle for Microsoft! It's a step in the right direction. Microsoft is a giant cruise ship trying to compete with speed boats. It won't happen over night, but hopefully it either does happen or they give up. I still feel this is great news overall, it shows Microsoft is aware of the situation. If they ever do truly remedy this (and by remedy I mean a very fast IE release cycle, ideally with automatic updates like Chrome does) it will take them a while to get there. I'm just glad they appear to be slowly turning this cruise ship around.
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what are green links? spammers? recently registered users? or both?
>Q:It sounds like a CBP joke in the making, right? What's do you call being stopped, harassed, insulted, delayed, unable to call a lawyer, etc?

A: FREEDOM!
Ad skippers are a minuscule minority, and by definition the last people you are going to target.
I'm a new user.. I only registered today but I read HN for a long time.
both accounts are very recent. so i suspect (see my other comment) that new users are "green" and that this post is spam that is being pumped by a sockpuppet (posted by a green user with, initially, a single reply from another green user). nice :o)
Pure Digital CEO Jonathan Kaplan left cisco over two months ago.
How does the iPhone's camera app compare? I've got a Droid, and I concur with your "this camera app sucks" assessment, but I hear that others are better.

In fact, my crappy flip phone's camera app booted up much faster, so it really might just be the Android camera app being not so good. Hopefully that will get some love in the future, because I typically don't bother with mine.
Thanks for the exposure and the upvotes! The course will be highly opinionated. Most of the exercises are focused around practical applications of Node.js - feedback has indicated that students HATE contrived problem sets.

Hello World does what you think PLUS tweets about it. Students have to build a chat + Twilio web app, webcrawler/parser, a basic platform scroller game, and (if time permits) a video streaming/sharing web app.
I'm not sure what you're talking about - dragging files onto icons always worked for me. What was maddening for me though in Leopard (10.5) is that you couldn't drag a file to an already-open application, like you could in the Windows taskbar (like to drag a file to a specific explorer window, for example).

Thankfully, you can do this now in 10.6 - drag the file to an already open application and hold it there for a few seconds. Then the app comes up, then (without ever releasing the mouse button) drag the file to the application window, and hold for a few seconds. Now you can drop your file in that window. The whole process takes about 5-6 seconds (which is agonizingly slow), and, IMO one of the worst aspects of application-driven window management (versus window-driven window management).
As a developer who's worked at an agency for a few years, I think this is a good start.

Considering that an agency's business model is basically just selling time, I would focus on estimates and scheduling resources.
I'm a Cisco employee and own a GoPro but not a Flip. :-P

That said, the two devices are really aimed at different niches. The GoPro is pretty useless for point-and-shoot. It has no preview screen, and the viewfinder is pretty crummy. You basically point it in the right general direction, and hope for the best.

OTOH, the Flip is too expensive and fragile (and possibly too big) for the use cases you describe. Amazon has tons of complaints about the Flip's waterproof case being less than waterproof.
tl;dr Remember Paul Ceglia, the guy who popped up last year with a lawsuit claiming he had given Mark Zuckerberg $1000 for 50% of Facebook back in 2003, and had a contract to prove it? Not many people were convinced, and the story sort of fell off the radar, even though parts of his case seemed persuasive.

Well, now that the Winkelvii* have had their claims rejected, Ceglia is back...and represented by DLA Piper, one of the largest and most solid law firms in the US. His amended complaint, filed yesterday, contains a large number of emails purported to be discussions between himself and Mark Zuckerberg about ownership of Z.'s stake in Facebook. Besides the (abundant) entertainment value, it seems this suit just might have legs after all. Back to the typewriter, Aaron Sorkin - looks like we might have a franchise here!

* I just love saying that.
>If I noticed a lot of differences I would assume it to be IE’s problem right off the bat.

That sounds like a problem with you if you assume so without investigating first. Do you think Firefox is infallible?