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I'll bite: I did. My logic: almost everyone who succeeds did so with a trail of 'no' behind them and the only way to get those is to put yourself out there. YC's application was so…

Where is here? Legos rule... Mindstorm?

Congratulations, man! I'm transitioning to this sort of thing myself (going from 6 figures to a pt gig, 2 days a week). My suggestion: get a whiteboard, now. Don't do anything but …

I'd get Rachel Sequoia to design mine.

I've had the opportunity to meet with and talk with Woz before. The man really can't be anything but honest and he just loves talking - to anyone - about technology. He's almost th…

Going through their application... I think their Challenge should be to really revamp it. I feel like I have to click Save after ever field or I'll be redirected to some random pag…

"If You’re Not Paying for It; You’re the Product" source: http://lifehacker.com/#!5697167/if-youre-not-paying-for-it-y... (ok, actually from MetaFilter user blue_beetle)

I can't help myself http://cheks.in/eRFqrz

For me, I am not motivated by money but rather motivated by the things I can continue to create with larger sums of it. I am a creator, inventor by nature... I've done it all my li…

I can understand your disappointment but at the time of your posting it was barely the 7th. It seems you have already discounted yourself long before today happened... which is a s…

It IS Mac vs PC all over again. The main reason PC "won" initially was because it got the consumer mindshare first and became more rapidly adopted by the masses. As for the specs y…

Talkatone still exists to this day allowing for Google Talk functionality up to, and including, Google Voice calls over 3G.

Isn't that just the same as "entrepreneur?" I kid, I kid.

Usually I come here for the intellectual discourse on a variety of technology and business topics. All that went through my head, line after line, was "oh no he di-ent!"

Yes it is. Amazon beta tested it for years in the enterprise and is now releasing it as a consumer service.

Closing down? I'd say significantly rebranding. We'll see, most likely, the week of June 6th.

I submitted early Feb and I feel the same way. I actually resubmitted once or twice to change how far we had gotten (lines of code) and new competitors that cropped up (note: more …

I do 24 hours 1-3x a week but with a twist. Most people think "24 hours" and think "in the same day." I will eat breakfast and lunch one day and then nothing until dinner time the …

I am not saying that I judge a book by its cover, but I won't put an ugly icon on my home screen. I might bury it in the one folder I have if I like it enough (I'm looking at you, …

Pardon the n00b question, but: what's the general vibe? any agenda? RSVP'd and excited to check it out Friday. :)

Being on myspace hardly qualifies one as "alive" ... it may even indicate the contrary.

The guy in the video is dancing. Dancing is art. Settled.

Even silly things like the mail client Sparrow. I had to use gfxCardStatus to get anything more than 2-3hrs of battery life because my mail client is trying to get "fancy" on me.

It is possible for them to detect this if they are doing Layer 7 inspection. All it would take is parsing the user agent to see that you're not on Mobile Safari. On the iPhone side…