May 2012
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May 23rd
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May 15th
“A toothpaste factory had a problem: they sometimes shipped empty boxes, without...”
– Lazy is what the jealous call efficiency. Reddit, my friends call me a scumbag because I automate my work when I was hired to do it manually. Am I? : AskReddit
May 10th
“Getting the details right is the difference between something that delights, and...”
– Coding Horror: This Is All Your App Is: a Collection of Tiny Details
May 8th
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The frequent fliers who flew too much -... →
An amazing story (with Brown mention to boot)
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“Which is why I have been so saddened and, yes, angry, about the recent trend in...”
– Best Practices Exist for a Reason : Tom Dale
May 3rd
April 2012
11 posts
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“I’m 13. I have a little band. We are so much better than you. Honestly. You are...”
– Teen Age riot: 13 year-old rips into Sonic Youth on Facebook | Death and Taxes
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Apr 14th
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“The sale of Instagram brings a harsh reality into focus, the realization that...”
– Digital Diary: Instagram and the Internet’s ‘Secret’ Places - NYTimes.com
Apr 14th
sandersak dot tumblr dot com: . @spotify must have... →
sandersak: I’m giving Spotify a try. They are doing their best to make this the worst streaming music experience possible. I’ve been using the free account for a while and I understand that I’m going to be served ads. That happens to me on Pandora and usually it’s not a problem. So what gives with…
Apr 13th
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“Somehow the legal team from the studio found out about a student project, in a...”
– Burn, Hollywood, Burn | jwz
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March 2012
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“Being a startup founder in San Francisco feels like being a banker in New York”
– Why Branch Is Moving Back To New York City | PandoDaily
Mar 27th
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Mar 23rd
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When I'm looking for my phone
whatshouldwecallme:
Mar 21st
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Mar 20th
travels with khuyi: Smart pricing strategy →
khuyi: I got my hair cut today at a salon I found through a scoutmob deal. They’ve also done a number of promotions on Lifebooker. Not only was the haircut and the service great (and cheap, thanks to the 50% off discount), they have a great pricing policy: If you come into the salon on a discount…
Mar 19th
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Mar 19th
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Mar 18th
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Schneems: You got NoSQL in my Postgres! Using... →
schneems: Heroku just announced their support of hstore in their dedicated Postgres 9.1 instances. Hstore is a schema less key value store inside of PostgreSQL that allows us to store data like hashes directly inside of a column. It’s great for when you don’t know exactly what types of attributes you need…
Mar 17th
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“if they’re really so unconcerned, considering that they probably use...”
– Scripting News: An open challenge to PandoDaily
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“Two hundred fifty milliseconds, either slower or faster, is close to the magic...”
– Impatient Web Users Flee Slow-Loading Sites - NYTimes.com We used to talk about downtime issues at board meetings. These days, beyond downtime issues, we discuss speed & latency. So important.  (via bijan)
Mar 1st
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February 2012
15 posts
Remembering Franz (2012, essay)
harperalexander: Mike Franz was already a man when most of us on the Brown Men’s Ultimate Frisbee team still clung stubbornly to boyhood.  Read More
Feb 24th
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Feb 23rd
“Microsoft tries to find pockets of unrealized revenue and then figures out what...”
– Steve Jobs Solved the Innovator’s Dilemma - James Allworth - Harvard Business Review
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Feb 9th
WatchWatch
Impressive story. Original weekend project mvp link on HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2406614 (via Gumroad Gets $1.1 Million From Chris Sacca, Max Levchin And Others To Turn Any Link Into A Payment System | TechCrunch)
Feb 9th
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