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There’s a great podcast called Web Masters that actually interviews a lot of the people mentioned in this. Off the top of my head, I’ve heard episodes with the creators of GeoCitie…

You don't buy it? But here we are... two total strangers with (presumably) no relationship to the University of Alabama, discussing the University of Alabama because of their footb…

Am I the only cynic who wonders if the original “mistake” was fabricated? It doesn’t really cost YC anything extra, they get lots of good press and praise, and ultimately they wind…

Of course there’s no sponsorship disclosure. That’s not what the OP means. This article was seeded by a PR firm. It’s not directly sponsored by Mozilla. It’s been professionally “p…

This is article is just PR-driven propaganda. Notice how, for example, it hits on a bunch of focused, high-level talking points (faster, better memory management, Facebook containe…

I use Streak (a YC company, I believe), which has email open tracking built in. It's meh... gets the job done, I guess, but it's not really their focus. I definitely use it more fo…

I'm not sure one person not representing more than one person is a rule of English. I think that might be more along the lines of physics.

You should consider offering a free version that serves your ads. You'll get more people using it, and then you can monetize off the ads. If enough people are using the free versio…

You wrote "Then I pushed this link to Hacker News and Reddit" like that's a simple solution for getting traffic. I feel like you left out the important part about... you know... ge…

I up-voted this because... well... I'd be curious to read the answers as well. As for my two cents, one of the most creative PR stunts I've seen was a bit of a controversial websit…

I shall give you a point for this. But too bad I can't give you a point twice...

Have to agree with Neutronicus here. The prevailing example would be the "But I'll never get into med school/law school if you don't raise my B+ to an A-" argument which I hear at …

As a college-level instructor (with a PhD in those -- gasp -- liberal arts), might I suggest two things? First, the critical thinking I learned reading poetry better prepared me fo…