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Startups docstoc and Mashlogic announce content integration partnership
MashLogic and docstoc announce content integration partnership
Partnership enriches MashLogic's user experience by providing instant access to docstoc's professional document database<p>Santa Monica, CA, Dec. 17, 2008: docstoc, the professional document sharing database, and MashLogic announced today the availability of docstoc's 1.5M+ documents to MashLogic's users.<p>MashLogic for Firefox is a browser extension that analyzes web pages in real time, manages browser links and gives web users additional information upon demand from the sources they trust.<p>"MashLogic is a natural partner for docstoc," said Jason Nazar, CEO and co-founder of docstoc. "With over 1.5 million quality, professional documents in our database, docstoc provides another layer of information for MashLogic's information-hungry audience. MashLogic's platform increases the visibility of documents, presentations and files uploaded by docstoc members."<p>"In empowering users to personalize their web experience by relinking & remixing content, MashLogic is creating a new search paradigm," explains co-founder and CEO of MashLogic, Ranjit Padmanabhan. "Search engines divert users from reading content to entering keywords into a search engine, which has no contextual or personal understanding of their intent. MashLogic considers user preferences, page context and the underlying semantics to show a precise, targeted, and rich set of results including high quality documents from the docstoc professional document database. This takes place on the current page, making for a seamless user experience."<p>About MashLogic
MashLogic is building a platform that enables users to personalize and enrich their web experience. MashLogic for Firefox is a browser extension that analyzes web pages in real time, and connects users dynamically with information and services from sources they prefer and trust. MashLogic gives users the control they need to Take Back the Web. MashLogic was founded in 2007 and released their first product in October 2008. The company is incubated by Bessemer Venture Partners and based in Menlo Park, CA.<p>About docstoc
docstoc is the premier online community to find and share professional documents. docstoc provides the platform to upload and share documents with the world, and serves as a vast repository of legal, business, financial, technical, and educational documents that can be easily searched, previewed and downloaded for free. docstoc facilitates the sharing and promotion of documents across the web and has popularized the use of embedding documents throughout the blogosphere and mainstream media.<p>docstoc was founded by Jason Nazar and Alon Shwartz in 2006. The site publicly launched in November 2007, and has since attracted over 1,000,000 publicly shared documents and 300,000 registered users.<p>Contact:
docstoc
Media: Jason Nazar
Business Development: Robyn Ward
310-255-1172
bizdev@docstoc.com<p>MashLogic
Media and Business Development: Ranjit Padmanabhan
650-329-7229
bizdev@corp.mashlogic.com
OK. Though I liked explicit term-deposits better (and they would also work with that idea).
This was more of a missing puzzle piece than a gossip.

For somebody familiar with Czech names and aware of the timeframe (80s), the name does indeed stand out strongly.
Smarty compiles its templates, so only the first execution takes the processing hit. If you have APC, the hit is also very small.
I think a lot of being "set in our ways" has to do with not accepting that we might be wrong about something, or that we might not fully understand something. As we age, we like to believe we know things and feel certain of the way things are. As an infant, we quickly learn about gravity and come to accept that it pulls things to the ground. We put our life in the hands of that belief when we learn to walk. When we start making decisions in life, we like to believe that we know enough to understand everything involved.

The older we age, the more we seem to be driven to find answers to things we don't understand. When we find answers that seem to fit we find comfort in locking them in place as pure fact, since they make future decisions that much easier. Children know they don't know, and therefore are more open to learning, growing, and changing. Keeping this process going as we age involves looking objectively at everything and never accepting one answer as the only answer.

I've already noticed myself being locked into a particular way: I've been anti-social my entire life and I grew to accept that. I was happy with it, and it didn't bother me. But recently I realized that the one thing I'm not good at should be the thing I work hardest at improving, otherwise how can I continue to grow in life? Children are playful because they're constantly curious, constantly asking questions. Hackers maintain this curiosity, this questioning mentality, which is exactly why they're the ones at the frontier of so many emerging technologies.

I'm only 26, so I'll just have to wait and see if my thinking is correct. :)
Nice analysis. A friend mentioned to me that the macbooks have gotten bigger over the years and there was on that was 12 inches (?) that they no longer make. I wouldn't be surprised if they announced a new small notebook with a heavy price tag targeted at filling that void.

A netbook would be cool, but I doubt it would come cheap from Apple. They also tend to be a little think (proportionally), so if they made a netbook Air that would be amazing.
I don't know how many game developers are here on HN, but I know there are at least a couple of us.

The short version of the requirements for an entry-level scripting position is that it varies widely from studio to studio, because what one company wants when they ask for a scripter can be very different from what another company wants. I've seen job listings that are cut and paste from the listing for programmer, and I've seen design jobs that require scripting almost as an afterthought.

Having said that, the best way to get into the industry is to make games. Make a Flash game or a mod for another game, or just write your own game, and if it's good, you'll find a place in the industry.
You're ignoring quite a few features of Smarty, and I disagree with you on human readability.

The other reply also wasn't saying anything about ease. It was about control, which is also important once your team reaches a certain size/level of skill diversity.
Astronomers Find Most Distant Water Yet
Can Graphd Scale to Meet Semantic Web Demands?
let me know if you end up finding something in the south bay. Convenience, for me, is paramount.

Right now, I'll usually take a laptop to a restaurant or cafe... Starbucks is not the place to do this, usually. too busy, and they are setup to move people in and out quickly. (they have an interesting business model... basically be kindof like places that loose money being a cool place to hang out, only without the expensive space-using 'hanging out' part.) There's a 'bubble tea' place near where I live that I like, they aren't busy and the owners seem friendly, and they don't seem to mind me being loud while working with others. they aren't open late, though. and I've got to bring my own network. and no external monitors or anything nice like that. (really, I can't work for more than an hour or two on a laptop without tweaking out my back. External keyboards and monitors solve the problem)
For here: Networked desktop software for businesses sold at a per-user charge. Distribution is direct download through the Internet and sales are quite spiffy, thanks.

You can sometimes live on eyeballs with a web app but, in desktop land, you need to make something people are willing to pay cash for. If you get to that point, you're golden.
Dude what a domain!

apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com

I almost thought my browser had been hijacked. But it's ok - all is well.
Adding a backdoor to memcached
Scala over Ruby
How about the round earth?
At first glance it seems like an good thing, but as Richard MacManus (ReadWriteWeb) points out in the comments, TC says they will still honor embargoes if they get the exclusive. This gives companies the incentive to give TC an exclusive.
I'm really looking forward to Recess! I've been in the need of a PHP REST Framework for a small project and Recess seems to be the closest thing to what I need. All the other Frameworks seemed to have REST functionality "hacked" in, instead of being built with REST in mind.

I can't wait! :)
Startups are just getting less interesting. Blogs in general would not be down, as they are a cheaper form of entertainment, which should be on the rise in a bad economy.
that's a pretty interesting insight that i think casts this activity in a different light than it was presented. good find.
Pushkin Comes to Shove for Harvard Faculty as Endowment Plunges
just what I was going to say. it his blog he mentioned they were faxing out some 'agreement' for him to sign. My immediate reaction was 'why the fuck would he sign anything?'.
Your example is apt: This is already happening in the auto-industry. Suppliers become more and more importart.
Your App’s User Interface is Like Eating
Linux threads are just processes that share their whole address space read-write. There's no special thread primitive.
only as an adjunct to the web product.
Virtual Routing: The ANtimatter of Network Security
They used to make a 12" PowerBook that is still regarded as one of the best form factors Apple ever made. I doubt they'll start that again, though, or trend any smaller because as the article mentions, Apple already has too many competing products. In addition to the Macbooks the article lists, I think the other end of the spectrum is the iPod/iPhone. These are essentially tiny netbooks; able to do most of what I would want a netbook for in an even smaller form factor. So I too strongly doubt that Apple will release a netbook.
yeah, eustress vs distress.
Terse no, absolutely not. Concise should be the goal.
Project management lingo
Oh interesting, I live a block away from Attributor. I always walked by and had no idea what that was.
Companies also have unofficial "black books." We know, for example, what schools to focus our recruiting efforts on based on the quality of the applicants we see. We do look for correlations between the new-grad applicants we make job offers to (we're rather picky :-) and the school they graduated from.
Apple thinks another company is oppressive?
From the article:

* 92 percent of VCs thinks investments will slow in 2009. (Translation: We are all going to be hiding under our desks.)

* 19 percent say they are going to invest in more companies.

* 60 percent are decreasing their seed investments. (Translation: We are not taking any significant risks)
I prefer the "only take carry-on luggage" approach.

This does require being able to travel quite light though - most of my trips are 1 week or less at a conference so I only take clothes, laptop and assorted chargers.
I run a little web hosting business myself and from what I know about the industry most hosts should offer both at this point (with PHP5 as the default). If PHP4 is the default on your host, you can try adding this to an .htaccess file in the root directory of your site:

AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php

If your host is running the latest version of CPanel, you should be able to access your control panel and change the default version yourself: Software Services -> PHP Configuration.

If that doesn't work, complain to your host and demand PHP5!
No, Arc would be the short-lived personality cult of a popular Guru.
“Screw You Yahoo” Says Former Consultant
Such as contacts - introduction to social enterprise heavyweights as part of the award would build credibility and improve the success rate. The Y-C network is far more important than the start up money in the long run.
Ask HN: Review our PDF/Web form startup - www.doculicious.com
www.doculicious.com is a web application that lets people design/format a PDF file using a browser based WYSIWYG tool,
then embed some code onto their website so that the PDF can be edited directly on their site, similar to a
web form, but looking just like the WYSIWYG design. On submitting the form, whoever filled it in can download the
completed PDF. The owner of the form can set a range of options to save the entries, style the web form to look different than the resulting PDF,
add notifications, download entries as csv and pdf etc.

We just launched after a couple of months private beta testing, and would love to hear your opinions and ideas.
Don't say "no!" Never say "Don't do that!"

Always give a positive direction - say something like: "Put your hands in the air!" Giving a positive instruction gives them something specific to do that doesn't make things worse.

It's not always easy finding something to say, but if you can do it, it works a treat.
The one way AOL was better than the rest of the internet.
I can't name either (because saying the sector and how successful they are would be saying who they are). As far as success; they are miles ahead of their nearest competitor.... in the US. They only do well in places that allow one to abuse labor.
Assuming you're the type of person who analyzes past mistakes, it just comes from experience.
If anything, programming helps us think abstractly -- definitely a good exercise for the the human brain.
Guess I should have watched the whole thing :) Thanks.
EC2 is nothing like App Engine, the only thing that relates them is that their logos are placed in cloud clipart together on powerpoint slides.

App Engine is an abstract distributed REST machine. EC2 is just x86 VMs (albeit with nice provisioning APIs).
The #1 bit of advice I'd give you: avoid Tons Of Data Just Lying There Syndrome.

Data is FOR something. In and of itself it is not useful. This something may be actions the user will want to take. It may also be mean taking raw data and coming up with metrics or other useful indicators.

Too many info "dashboards" just sit there, tons of stuff slapped on without this sense of actionable purpose / context.
Exactly. I also remember reading allegations (on news.yc, I think?) that TC has refused to run stories because they weren't contacted before their competitors.

The motive seems to be to give TC every possible advantage. Nothing inherently wrong with that, but I don't know if there's anything worth applauding.

Edit: just had a thought. If TC is going to (openly) start lying about respecting embargoes, what's to stop sources from lying about giving TC exclusivity?
Also, ignore everyone who thinks that quickly onramping newbs is the highest goal of interface.

Everything in moderation.

There is a big difference between the needs of Flickr and the needs of a professional analytical tool.

The key issues are A) legibility, B) smart information usage/display/actionableness, C) proper metaphors, D) faultless internal consistency.
Use an installer like InstallShield. (There may be free or cheaper alternatives, but I haven't looked in a long time.) The installer takes care of housekeeping pains that will trip you up, like registry differences between XP and Vista, or cross platform installations.
Startups should not be using PR firms anyway. Talk to them normally, build a relationship, see them in conferences, act human. That works, really. We haven't spent a cent on PR, and have done just fine and got all the coverage we could have asked for.

I think its such a shame when the founders are evangelizing and spreading the word. That's where all the passion is, and it comes through. When it comes filtered through PR, you lose that excitement and buzz.
All these tech "blogs" -- TechCrunch, VentureBeat, GigaOm, Mashable -- operate with real budget and hire real people who rely on real paychecks to go through the weeks. When you're playing with real money, it's not time or place to fuck around.

When I was working at a big blog, the major takeaway I got was that everyone will be engaging in an inevitable attrition war. And in that war, many will pull some crazy shit to get to the top. The sites themselves need to continuously generate pageviews day after day. They need to posture and project that they're more and more influential. The biggest offender, consistently, has been TechCrunch. They publish stuff that has explicit no publish requests, they break embargoes that hinders around real businesses' launch times, and they censure over petty beef with another tech blog.

Oh, don't forget the fact that TechCrunch is no longer about startups -- it's the new CNet, without the class and without the journalistic integrity.
Ask YC:  Relaunched my site... Markets.com FEEDBACK PLEASE
How can I make this site bigger???
I'm not a fan of the name...
I think that's kind of a naive outlook. Bigger startups -- moronic sounding, yes -- can utilize PR firms to for effectiveness and efficiency. It's basically outsourcing whoever guy you put on "building relationships" and "encouraging press" to a professional firm instead of getting someone to bumble around with it.
Ecofont optimizes ink coverage
Define intelligence first, then we can talk wether or not the internet is an AI.
The Sorry State of Blog Search Engines
His friend was talking about the 12" iBook.

The 13.3" Macbook Air is perfect form factor. As an aside, Apple is not going to make any laptops in the 12" factor.
I'd like to see these stats from a larger jobs site.

We have an API from Hotjobs (http://developer.yahoo.com/hotjobs/) so maybe someone could do that (or I might if I have time).
Paris Hilton is a bad example she makes like 200 million a year. Perfume sales at Target, clothing lines, etc.
You think CNet has "class" and "journalistic integrity"? Wow.
> I've gone through more change in the last 2-3 years than most of my life (I'm now 21). I would not even understand who I was 2 years ago, let alone last year.

I've noticed this as well and I think it might be a good indicator of how "set in our ways" we are becoming. Myself, I always feel like I'm so much smarter and more experienced than the "me" of 1 year, 1 month, and even 1 week ago. (When I read posts on my blog from years ago, I feel like I'm reading a stranger's blog!)

I continue to feel this way, so I take it as an indication that I'm still growing, learning, and understanding new things and seeing things from new perspectives. If I felt like I was no smarter or different than I was a year ago, I'd think something was seriously wrong!
The debug bar in symfony is a big help to understanding what your application is doing and which bits of it are running slowly.

The symfony model layer is also much nicer. Cake's models are thin, making it difficult to place much logic in the model and to reuse and extend model methods. Symfony uses propel which has an excellent way of passing criteria for a db request around, making extension easier and reducing code repetition.

The symfony askeet/jobeet tutorials are well worth working through, they do a great job of showing you how to build an app.

Since first trying symfony I've found myself replicating its features and style in other php frameworks. For example I'm currently looking at if I can insert the Propel ORM used in symfony into cake to replace its model layer.
Finally, someone with some sense about this netbook rubbish.
For an organization of over 2000 people. Yes.
Yahoo have been doing some stuff with Social Innovation Camp (http://www.sicamp.org/) in the UK this year.

The SI camps have been an incredible success in helping charities. I cannot recommend doing this kind of stuff enough.

Part of the reason to do this over donating is that often the biggest problem charities have is getting tech advice without an agenda. Talking them through their choices and getting them a prototype can be the most helpful thing you can do.
In terms of portability, I don't see the value of taking a few inches off a Macbook Air.

The MBA already fits into all backpacks, briefcases and even those funny bags women carry around. It's very thin and light. You can't make it small enough to avoid the need for a backpack/briefcase, ie. it won't fit in your pocket, so what are you trading the screen real-estate for?

The only sensible answer would be 'money', ie. if it'd be less expensive, but Apple / S.J. says they don't know how to make it cheaper.
A very similar situation exists in India. There are literally thousands of cram schools all over the country that prepare students to get into engineering colleges, med. schools, e.t.c.
Also not all apps are database backed web apps.
Simply Inspirational
Introducing Rails Metal
i've known Ramit for four years and he's a very intelligent and upstanding person who's genuinely interested in helping people better manage their lives and implement their ideas. $2500 might not be a lot to someone who's got a well paying job and is well out of college, but for your average entrepreneurially inclined college student, it's great motivation to help them get started on something meaningful.
Why argue with the MIT folks? Because even MIT changed its intro programming class's language from Scheme to Python.

That said, I would still have liked to learn Scheme or a Lisp as a first language. It's a tiny language at its foundations and allows you to express many different computer science concepts with little effort. Also, it's much, much easier to write a Scheme interpreter in Scheme than a Python interpreter in Python.
PayPal Reunion: Dave McClure Joins Founders Fund
Depending on your client audience, user interfaces might not change enough for them to really feel too comfortable switching -- for example, if even the theme of my father's Windows installation changes, he has a lot of problems getting work done.

If you have a web app that looks identical to a Windows/OS X desktop app, but behaves oddly, it will irritate your customers in subtle but significant ways.
I write desktop apps with Java Swing. It's wrapped into a .exe with its own icon. I "sell" it as a download from Yahoo store. Buyers can optionally log into the web site and get free upgrades.

I like distributing with Java because I want schools to use the app, and when I give it to teachers to try they don't have to have special permission to install it. As long as java has been cleared for their computer, installing my app is as easy as using a .pdf file.

The sales just aren't there, though. (Many have downloaded the demo version, which (a) is good enough or, more likely (b) convinces them the app is not for them. Dang.

I will launch a complementary product in Jan 2009, which will hopefully provide a synergistic lift to the whole effort!
> If TC is going to (openly) start lying about respecting embargoes, what's to stop sources from lying about giving TC exclusivity?

A startup could do it once before going on Arrington's black list, I suppose... although you'd have to get TC's competitors to agree to embargo the "exclusive" post until TC does theirs.

edit: what tlrobinson said
What is a netbook? (Scripting News)
Apple netbook rubbish, or plain netbook rubbish?

Small, lightweight, cheap computers are a great idea, it's just not the business Apple is in.
Improve your jQuery - 25 excellent tips
How to count ALL Carbon Emissions
Signed up, but I am not really sure what (of any difficulty) could be accomplished in only 2 or 4 hours.

I guess 2 hours of tagging photos would work, as long as the learning curve is short.
Twitter's Revenue Plan Revealed: Hire Someone To Come Up With One
One "loophole", which only applies to sites that haven't launched, is to tell the writers when the site goes live. Chances are they won't run a story before the site is live.

It effectively creates an embargo that can't be broken.