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Re: What's everyone's thoughts on justin.tv?

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What would be better is a well edited documentary, comparing the two biggest start-up incubators Ycombinator and Techstars. It would be a fantastic promotional documentary for all party's involved. Heck, you could even turn it into some kind of reality Tv show if your wanted to where the 2 incubators compete somehow. 1st season broadcast via Youtube + HD websites. 2nd season via NBC. It's 1000x better idea for a show…

I'm planning on vlogging my startup adventure, not quite as good as a proper documentary but its cheaper

Re: What's everyone's thoughts on justin.tv?

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post #9

I think the police entering their apartment at 1:40 this morning, guns drawn, is going to make a classic moment for the archives. I'll be honest, I was thinking I was maybe going to see Justin get shot.

Did that happen? I'm jumping into the archive palyer now. The ability to rewind to any point in justins life is amazing :)

Re: What's everyone's thoughts on justin.tv?

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post #9

I think the police entering their apartment at 1:40 this morning, guns drawn, is going to make a classic moment for the archives. I'll be honest, I was thinking I was maybe going to see Justin get shot.

whoa, seriouly what did i miss there!? Why did the police enter the apartment?

Re: What's everyone's thoughts on justin.tv?

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Excellent. I had a lot of fun watching the tail end of the YC dinner last night.

I don't think they'll have any trouble getting publicity, considering all Justin has to do is tell all the live viewers Digg a link to his show at a certain time. :-)

Re: What's everyone's thoughts on justin.tv?

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post #2

What would be better is a well edited documentary, comparing the two biggest start-up incubators Ycombinator and Techstars. It would be a fantastic promotional documentary for all party's involved. Heck, you could even turn it into some kind of reality Tv show if your wanted to where the 2 incubators compete somehow. 1st season broadcast via Youtube + HD websites. 2nd season via NBC. It's 1000x better idea for a show…

There was a documentary done about one of the dot-com busts in 2000. I can't remember the title, but Google may be able to help you.

The problem is that most of work starting a startup is boring. So either a documentary distorts what actually goes on and shows you the interesting parts (like the one above), or you lose interest and forget about it.

My day basically goes:

1. Wake up. Start development VM. Check yCombinator. Reply to a post or two while VM boots up.

2. Implement a feature, or some administrative script, or setup some software package on server, while eating breakfast.

3. Go to day job. Work on somebody else's startup for 8 hours. Use breaks etc. to resource technologies I'll need for that night's programming.

3.b. Sketch out some feature longhand in a notebook on the train home.

4. Come home. Implement the low-hanging fruit that I just researched.

5. Eat dinner

6. Spend 2-3 hours working on some of the larger tasks that need doing.

7. Repeat.

It's pretty productive, but hardly good TV. The documentary would basically be "Jonathan staring at computer. Jonathan staring at computer. Jonathan staring at computer."

I am keeping a blog (poorly - been 2 weeks since I updated) with the day-to-day stuff. But really, that's just "Here's the challenge we just faced. Here's how we solved it. Rinse, lather, repeat."

Re: What's everyone's thoughts on justin.tv?

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It's very, very cool. I'm in Canada, and it felt like I was at that party.

I kept having the strange urge to talk directly to people like pg, Trevor Blackwell, Jessica Livingston, as if Justin were some kind of Telepresence bot, or medium. It's weird to think of him walking around, with all these "spirits" in his head.

The robot demo was fascinating, and I love the unscriptedness. I think I prefer that to an edited or scripted documentary. You can infer a lot from the raw data that wouldn't make it through the editorial process.

Re: What's everyone's thoughts on justin.tv?

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post #2

What would be better is a well edited documentary, comparing the two biggest start-up incubators Ycombinator and Techstars. It would be a fantastic promotional documentary for all party's involved. Heck, you could even turn it into some kind of reality Tv show if your wanted to where the 2 incubators compete somehow. 1st season broadcast via Youtube + HD websites. 2nd season via NBC. It's 1000x better idea for a show…

There was a documentary done about one of the dot-com busts in 2000. I can't remember the title, but Google may be able to help you. The problem is that most of work starting a startup is boring . So either a documentary distorts what actually goes on and shows you the interesting parts (like the one above), or you lose interest and forget about it. My day basically goes: 1. Wake up. Start development VM. Check yComb…

The documentary is probably startup.com

Re: What's everyone's thoughts on justin.tv?

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post #9

I think the police entering their apartment at 1:40 this morning, guns drawn, is going to make a classic moment for the archives. I'll be honest, I was thinking I was maybe going to see Justin get shot.

whoa, seriouly what did i miss there!? Why did the police enter the apartment?

Apparently someone used a teletype service (intended for the hearing-impaired) to call police and report a stabbing. Police arrived with guns drawn.

( These teletype services are frequently used for credit card fraud as a way for the perpetrator to remain anonymous. )

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