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melissamiranda
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About melissamiranda
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Comment #12074005
This is true and well documented on the website Truth in Olive Oil, run by Tom Mueller who also wrote a well respected book debunking olive oil production. There's a great guide to…
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Comment #4800989
This is great to hear, glad you're able to get to the right people so quickly!
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Comment #4258088
Pregnancy doesn't really affect your ability to work (except for complications that require bedrest, and even then you work from home). A newborn does require care from the mother,…
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Comment #4231097
Thanks for making Fb Insights clear, it's a mess in there. You also have to be sure Facebook is reporting the right numbers in the first place.
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Comment #3842072
Another point to consider is that you can rarely get away with building a native mobile app alone. Unless you create a beautiful utility that is a standalone experience, you'll wan…
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Comment #3828819
This is a highly plausible scenario for how the price could have gone from a more sensible $300M to $1B if Instagram said no to a sale and raised a round instead.
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Comment #3778859
Ha. Craig would probably do this, and then say "Hold on" while he plunks down his book on Tokyo Art Galleries: http://craigmod.com/journal/kickstartup/ What can I say? The man is p…
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Comment #3777413
The look book was awesome, it brought all the invitations on the site to life. You could curl up on a couch and flip through beautiful stationery at your own leisure. It made it a …
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Comment #3759114
Just wait till he talks about A/B testing the name from MelonCard to PrivacyPlum to SafeSheperd. How many hours did you spend on that domain name suggestion website?
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Comment #3759109
Glad to finally know the story! Are you guys the reason why they locked the 500 offices permanently (so you can only get in with a iPhone app)? Did Dave finally tire of all the ram…
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Comment #3686738
I (site author) kinda thinks so - that's why we decided to make fun of it from afar
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Comment #3686642
Hilarious. It's pretty good for short, witty puns.
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Comment #3605515
I like your edit, well put. What we found in opening up Tiny Review to other login options was actually pretty civil. We haven't seen much offensive content at all, nor spam. It mi…
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Comment #3605507
Any company offering a free service has to make money somehow, and since they know 5% of internet browsing is on the Fb newsfeed, it's actually not surprising. I wonder, would you …
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Comment #3605443
Thanks, point more than proven.
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Comment #3605355
True. The flip side is the ability to craft and re-craft your identity everywhere you go, which lets people misbehave because no one can figure out who they are. Abuse, profanity, …
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Comment #3605346
Thanks for the links. Seeing 1 from '07, one from '08, and one from last year, seems that it's been building up for 5 years. Yeah, I see your point.
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Comment #3605334
Smarty pants. This is a good way to think ahead.
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Comment #3605314
Open ID tried and failed. What I see now is more developers creating their own registration auth. Even if they lose on signup conversions vs. 1-click Fb or Twitter, they avoid dupl…
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Comment #3605303
Ok, that makes 2 of you who have fake Facebook login accounts to login. Anyone else?
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Comment #3605297
Interesting. Anyone else out there have a second Fb account just to login?
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Comment #3605266
Super interesting. I wonder what would happen if Facebook would implement a subscription service that shows no ads and lets you own and control your data. It's not a bad idea- I'll…
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Comment #3605254
Thanks for sharing this. I had no idea people felt this strongly about their data. In user testing, I picked up that people are afraid of apps publishing to their walls, or worse, …