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dell9000··on Facebook's Local Deal Platform: Starbucks Already Advertising Against It
Yup =)
dell9000··on How to Incent Good User Behavior: Use Real Identity (ala LinkedIn, FB)
Very relevant article just went up on TechCrunch as well: http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/21/why-you-should-confess-ever...
dell9000··on The Internet of 2009 in numbers
Staggering numbers:

Social media 126 million – The number of blogs on the Internet (as tracked by BlogPulse). 84% – Percent of social network sites with more women than men. 27.3 million – Number of tweets on Twitter per day (November, 2009) 57% – Percentage of Twitter’s user base located in the United States. 4.25 million – People following @aplusk (Ashton Kutcher, Twitter’s most followed user). 350 million – People on Facebook. 50% – Percentage of Facebook users that log in every day. 500,000 – The number of active Facebook applications.

dell9000··on Do you use desktop widgets? If so - what other than calendar & weather?
Name?
dell9000··on Ask HN: Black bar?
Terrific idea / tribute. Touching
dell9000··on THQ and the UFC doing slick advertising for their video game
My only complaint about the ads is the quality of the video on ESPN in particular is rather crummy... could cause consumers to think the game footage is poor (which it isnt)
dell9000··on Bit.ly Goes Mainstream: Included as URL Reference in ESPN The Magazine
The question is - do the readers know what Bit.ly is? Or what to do with it?
dell9000··on 1 of 4 Facebook Users is on a LOLapp App
Wow... not sure what to say to that
dell9000··on Top Facebook Developers - Guess the Top 5 Before Clicking
I got 4/5
dell9000··on 13 iPhone Apps That Need to be Made -- Add Yours in HN Comments
What apps do you want to see built? Branded or not...
dell9000··on Apple’s iPhone App Refund Policies Could Bankrupt Developers
This is totally overboard. Apple clearly didn't intend this 'loophole' and if it is not good for the developer (especially in such a dramatic way), it is not good for Apple. It will change.
dell9000··on Nick Denton has Huffington / HuffingtonPost Envy (Clearly)
I am loving The DailyBeast more than Huffington these days
dell9000··on Perez Hilton Calls for Facebook "Boycott" Amidst Content Controversy
Perez's traffic is bigger than TechCrunch + Techmeme And then a few multiples...
dell9000··on Ask HN: Pricing Models for Subscription Services... Your Experience?
Terrific line:

Note, however, I am more hassle sensitive than price sensitive.

dell9000··on Zumodrive Takes Cloud Storage And Syncing Up A Notch (YC S07)
Anyone else having trouble downloading the iPhone App!?
dell9000··on Why Amazon and eBay Should Merge
eBay market cap: 16.70B Amazon market cap: 21.38B
dell9000··on Ask HN: Best Micro Payment provider?
Thanks much -

Has anyone used Amazon FPS vs. PayPal vs. Regular processor?

dell9000··on Ask HN: SlinkSet or Pligg?
I spent the morning setting up both: Slinkset: http://news.ryanspoon.com Pligg: http://www.rankible.com

There are benefits to both - namely, Pligg is more robust... but I actually quite like the layout of Slinkset better.

A couple questions about slinkset though for Brett -

1. Can I remove / edit feeds? 2. I really want to be able to add AdSense and would gladly rotate in a % for you... 3. I want better customization of the header / footer

Thoughts?

dell9000··on Amazon Should Acquire Netflix - Here's Why
The point of the article is more around the value of the subscription business - particularly in economic down turns. I think the demise of physical discs is a longer term theme... but the demise of purchasing those assets is near term. Netflix helps there.
dell9000··on The benefits of a monthly recurring revenue model in tough economic times
How would you feel / how would the conversation change if, for instance:

- the $10 / mo charge came with a one-time, upfront cost of $24.99?

- what if that upfront cost is $14.99?

Any difference?

dell9000··on Just Got Fired From Yahoo? Have A Taco.
Part Brilliant. Part Sleezy. 100% Taco.
dell9000··on Hacker News Easter Eggs
I meant changing color - maybe adding an icon. But making it public as well (not just private). So if you are on a post that a top user makes, you see his color header.
dell9000··on Looking for Developer Help - Upgrade My Wordpress Version
Has anyone used this? Just want to get some feedback before running it!
dell9000··on Ask HN: Who's Hiring?
Me: http://www.ingamenow.com developers, designers, business folks and content producers

http://quantcast.com/ingamenow.com

dell9000··on [dead]
Sorry for not including the link. InGameNow (http://www.ingamenow.com) has released a developer API with live scoring
dell9000··on Google’s Voice Search Finally Hits The iPhone
Downloaded and tried it out... you know what? It works nearly perfectly (90%?) for traditional searches... terrible for names.

Really wish it worked with address book!

dell9000··on Yang To Step Down As Yahoo CEO
Nothing happened for the last six months. And nothing will happen for the next six months.