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rememberthemilk.com is pure cream, pardon the pun. It's a perfect example of a tiny, talented team building something people want (and love), without any fuss.
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=puns ;) I can't help but think of this when ever someone says "pardon the pun."
and the rest of VPRI's
"STEPS Toward The Reinvention of Programming"
q.G.
www.everyblock.com I can't wait to see how far they progress towards very ambitious goals. Definitely seems like they've got the team to succeed. Also can't wait until they roll out to other cities.
The good news is that the journalism grant that funded them stipulated that they have to release their code at the end of the project, so when that comes, each city can make their own Everyblock if they have the will.
http://www.tinyurl.com They're not really a startup since they only accept donations, but I loved the idea so much I made my own version which does not randomly assign a string but instead allows users to pick their own phrase: http://www.oneryng.com
You may want to disallow reassignment, or at least detect circular assignments.
Maybe I should make that more clear...
Detecting circular assignments is a great idea though, thanks!
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You may want to disallow reassignment, or at least detect circular assignments.
Disallowing reassignment would leave a finite amount of (useful) keyphrases; my business model is to charge for people who wanted to keep their keyphrases for a duration of time. Maybe I should make that more clear... Detecting circular assignments is a great idea though, thanks!
I wish you luck, but I can't help thinking rickrolling, goatseing, and spamming other people's links will be a problem.