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Going to be great to hear about how they built their high availability stack!

As an Airbnb host I would add that there's more to renting out your home than just the money. You can really see how you're helping people travel or visit their family or company h…

Yeah, I drafted the post a few weeks ago and was going to write a few more before I started the blog but figured I shouldn't wait.

No, it's just renting out the rooms. I know the "CPM" analogy doesn't really fit perfectly but the point is that the Airbnb service is so effective at driving traffic it makes me m…

Don't worry, we don't keep our Airbnb earnings under the mattress

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Absolutely, it's not going to be easy and we are aware of the legal problems with privacy. But yes, the facebook app is just our first product. We are working on off facebook stuff…

Yeah. UI designers especially. http://apps.facebook.com/courses is our first product and we are looking to build sweet tools for students and professors/teachers as we move forward…

I've had great experiences using processing. It's been sweet for prototyping multimedia stuff - live video processing, physical computing, data visualization, toys. The libraries m…