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yea. I used to follow like 300+ users. One day I went to my twitter account and unfollowed everyone but those who tweeted only tech stuffs and only few tweets a day.

That really helped.

Thanks :)

No. I mean to say, jQuery is good at DOM manipulation but a large Javascript Application involves alot than just DOM manipulation.

So is it better to write naked javascript or use any other framework?

I read some where people using YUI, Dojo Toolkit, etc.

If you want to be a technical entrepreneur or even want to be in technology field, I would suggest CS. But again, your interest matters alot.

Dont go with trend but go with your interest. You can make money in every field (sometimes quickly sometimes not).

You can Hack your Brain.

Check it out http://dustincurtis.com/sleep.html

I'm sure you will get maximum up votes for this post. :)

May be they want to keep things simple.

You anyways don't know other users unlike facebook where most of the people liking and commenting on your status are your fiends.

More features they have, more complex it is for users and developers have to maintain it.

give different colors to alternate rows to differentiate the messages.

like http://www.alistapart.com/d/stripedtables/itunes.png

Here they use white and light blue.

Couple of suggestions. 1. It would make more sense to have Textbox at the bottom instead of top. When you enter something, you see your message right above your textbox.

2. Instead of having separate area for dropping files, why not allow users to drop files in the same textbox where you type your message.

3. Bubbles doesn't look nice. I mean, it looks good as a demo but not when you use the product. It is sort of a distraction. I would rather like to see zebra stripes(may be #ffffff and #f1f1f1).

4. I like to see list of users on the sidebar instead of on chat area.

Yea, I agree. I need to add some more space between user's image and number if votes.

Regarding Branding, they have it on the header. I was just playing with it on Firebug and took screenshot so that part got clipped.

I have seen many of my friends and colleagues use Quora alot. And I like their concept. But some how I don't feel like visiting because of their UI. I wish it was little easier to read / skim. May be it's just me.

I was playing around with their CSS. Wanted to know your opinion / feedback.

My concern is related to that. We write our own Map Reduce functions and loop thru all the records (say in millions) in the Database to select the ones we need. Isn't this (looping thru all the records) costly in terms of time?

I mean in RDBMS, query engine will handle this and optimize the query. In RDBMS we can even specify the indexes to make search fast but in case of NoSQL there's no schema so how does NoSQL index the data.

I hardly have any experience with NoSQL so just curious. Would be nice if you can point me to some link for more detailed intro.

Thanks :)

At my previous job we were using msgme.com Not sure what their rates are.

99designs.com

Sorry but I don't like the UI. May be it's just me but black doesn't look good on the product you use daily. Looks more like a porno. :(

May be its only me but may be because of the UI, it looks very confusing, HN is very straight forward.

check this out http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1768358

Don't think of it as learning a language. You will never be able to learn everything.

Best way is to pick a project. Any simple small project to begin with. And start implementing it.

Dont worry about anything (optimization and all stuff) as far as you are getting results.

If you are not able to find any Simple project, just try to implement a To-do list.

I've seen people say this alot these days, "Degree is not that important". But I kinda disagree with it.

I would rather say, "Grades" are not that important. You don't go to Engineering school just to learn programming.

Programming is something you learn to apply what you are learning at school.

I usually prefer to hang out with friends for an hour or go out for a walk when tired.

May be because I'm not usually bored of working but tired of looking at the screen.

But it helps. You might wanna give it a shot.

Just tried with my account. It's awesome. Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a ton :)

Rapleaf needs user's email address and Twitter doesn't provide user's email address because of security reason.

Does it even matter whether you are Black, White, Brown or Pink, Red, Yellow, Green or whatever as far as the person is smart, dedicated and hardworking.

You can always ask your questions online (StackOverflow and other forums).

People are always ready to help.

It's very easy if you Do it.

Don't think too much. Just start. Everything will fall in place.

Most people fail because they don't do it.

very much agree with you :)

Yup. I love it. Awesome colleagues, Friendly environment. I'm learning a lot here. :)

I don't agree with this. There are many other problems to be solved. World doesn't need yet another Social Network.

Do we really need one more Social Network?

How to insert clickable links here? Or bold, italic, underline text?

I am not a Marketing Guru but, I would suggest you to have referral system and Free plan and restrict usage of your core service. In your case, I would restrict the number of photos user can upload every month.

This way users will get change to use all the features of your app and if it works for him, he can upgrade his account.

Word of mouth is another best marketing channel.

Also, you can sponsor bloggers and in return they will advertise your product. Eg. TutsPlus.