Reviving an old computer is like restoring a classic car: there’s a thrill from bringing the ancient into the modern world. So it was with my first “real” computer, my Mac Plus, when I decided to brin
A Detroit-area woman who was allegedly trying to "protect" her dog from a stray cat went about it in the worst possible way — by kicking snow in its face. The cat, being a cat, responds by pouncing in
We owe many of the innovations that we use every day — from our favorite longstanding websites to the latest mobile applications — to the existence of underlying highly technical protocols. Endusers d
December 13th came by and it was this past Friday. No coins ever came in, the only thing CoinBase did was lock in a price for me @ $868.91. Again, they locked in a price and didn’t give me coins on the day they told me they would deliver the coins.Ever since the 13th, my transaction page has been…
Bitcoin just crashed 50% today, on news that the Chinese government has banned local exchanges from accepting deposits in Yuan. BtC was trading over $1000 yesterday; now it's down to $500 and still fa
Counting the rapper Nas among your investors undoubtedly carries cool points for any startup. But is there much value beyond dropping a famous name? Nas, and his manager Aymen Anthony Saleh , are work
(Photo via ) Indian nuclear scientists haven't had an easy time of it over the past decade. Not only has the scientific community been plagued by "suicides," unexplained deaths, and sabotage, but thos
How to make your YC application stand out Oct 14, 2010 in startups ycombinator As a YC alum ( COLOURlovers.com , W10), I had a great time seeing some old YC friends and meeting a lot of new faces at t
There’s been a lot of discussion in the last few days about those annoying “Rate This App” dialogs in far too many iOS apps today, initiated by John Gruber , summarized nicely by Chris Gonzales , and
Co-founder, Hello Code and Exist.
Posted on Mon 09 December 2013
Right now Josh and I are both working on Exist around our day jobs.
On the one hand, this takes the pressure off Exist so that we can focus on making the product awesome without having a definite monetisation strategy in place yet. On…
Today, IFTTT announces the addition of an iOS Location channel to its ‘Internet glue’ service. The channel will allow users to specify an ‘area’ that will allow them to trigger actions and recipes bas
The democratization of information has been hugely important for startups in the last decade. Threads like Reddit or Hacker News can drive huge amounts of traffic to new companies, giving them crucial
It is truly remarkable how the right people with the right idea at the right time can change the world. Larry Page and Sergey Brin did this in 1999 with PageRank. To a large extent, this simple fundam
2013-12-12 One of the interesting things about Bitcoin is the contrast between how it is portrayed in the press and how it is understood by technologists. The press tends to portray Bitcoin as either
Several surveys have found people are willing to take a pay cut in order to have the flexibility to work remotely. Now, a new survey is confirming these findings –- but with a twist. Flexible jobs sit
Yesterday, Apple began a small press push on its new iBeacon technology, pushed an Apple Store app update to support them and turned the feature on in 254 U.S.-based stores in an initial rollout. Acco
A Seed VC’s Decision Tree Rob Go October 29, 2013 · 3 min. I continue to be on a kick towards better and more systematic decision-making . One exercise I’ve tried is to codify my mental decision-tree
“What cool new products are you using?” We all ask this question. It’s a common conversation starter, especially in the startup community. I’m particularly fond of this topic–I enjoy geeking out about
Two interesting articles last week, better together. First came TheInformation’s 1 maiden piece about How Apple Gives Some Apps an Edge (subscription required): Being featured [in the App Store] can b
Reddit’s empire is founded on a flawed algorithm Posted on December 9, 2013 Reddit has a bug in their code. This bug is currently present in their production platform, and has been for years. It affec
When it comes to everything that's not building a great product and getting users, most founders think fundraising is going to be their biggest challenge. And it is, until they raise money, and then i
Browse Videos “ High Maintenance ” by Janky Clown Productions has 21 videos . Browse This Channel More stuff from “ High Maintenance ” 21 Videos 8,063 Followers 1 Moderator Related RSS Feeds High Main
Evading Airport Security The news is reporting about Evan Booth , who builds weaponry out of items you can buy after airport security. It’s clever stuff. It’s not new, though. People have been explain
Yes, I'm aware you need to asses my technical skills, however, I'm not going to work for free. If I want to do that, I'll hack on some open source something or other that takes my fancy. Witness this
Google Puts Money on Robots, Using the Man Behind Android Andy Rubin is the engineer heading Google’s robotics effort. He is the man who built the Android software for smartphones. Credit... Jim Wilso
When we asked New York writer and programmer Marco Arment to speak at XOXO, he was still developing Instapaper and The Magazine, and Tumblr was an independent startup. Since then, he sold The Magazine
Media December 4, 2013 • 3 min read • By Publishers like to hear that their stories are being read. But at the expense of advertising dollars? Not so fast. Increasingly popular apps like Pocket, Insta
I have been a VC general partner for nearly 10 years at a large brand name fund. Have had several successful exits. Am on the exact kind of career and portfolio trajectory I wanted to be on - and am extremely thankful for it and wake up thanking my lucky stars every morning. There are lots of great…
Published Jun 06 2011 If you're a web developer and own an iOS device, you may have noticed it comes with a whole range of accessibility features. One such feature is a built-in screen reader for visually impaired users, called VoiceOver. For a touch screen device, VoiceOver is a wonderfully capable…
AP As America struggles with high unemployment and record inequality, everyone is offering competing solutions to the problem. Advertisement Advertisement In this war of words (and classes), one thing
In 2002 Stephen Wolfram released A New Kind of Science and immediately unleashed a firestorm of wonder, controversy, and criticism as the British-born scientist, programmer, and entrepreneur overturne
Home > Press Release Tuesday, November 26, 2013 BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 26, 2013 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today applauded Pope Francis’ recent papal pronouncement, which condemns the “new tyranny”
Not content with prohibiting the sale of e-cigarettes to anyone under 21, the City Council and the Bloomberg administration are working to add e-cigs to the city's 2002 Smoke-Free Air Act, thereby ban
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