dimitry

I don't understand the surprised face.

Would you (post author) rather pay $599 with a 2-year contract or $199 with a 2-year contact? Do the math.

Voted up to start a trend. IE8 beta 2 is going public this August for christ's sake (aimed at general public, not developers)!

I can't endure this IE6 crap for too much longer.

I think NBC was going to be broadcasting multiple events online, but I might be thinking of another event.

Totally agreed.

I've been planning to make the move back to Pittsburgh and can't find anything remotely interesting and 'startup'-like (looking for a front-end engineering position).

I think AlphaLabs is doing a great thing and I will definitely apply for the next round (considering I'll be living in Pgh by then).

But for now... I'm a bit lost.

Don't be just a programmer. Be part designer, part manager, part innovator and always suggest big ideas.

I think finding people who are masters of all trades (or important ones anyways), is more important than just finding rockstar programmers.

Best of luck

Pretty much in the same shoes as you. 2007 grad. 1 year in a big web company and looking for a change, so good timing on the post :)

Yup, same problem here. I'm writing my own as well. It's very simple (twitter-like) and the site will email me with recent notes, etc. (not sure how often, but I don't want to forget things, soo)

Making notes/tasks shareable is a feature too to get feedback on ideas.

Agreed. After ~9 years in Pittsburgh, I can definitely confirm the 'nice' factor ;)

Perhaps it's even more noticeable because I live in SF now, especially in the Marina filled with mostly pretentious folks.

It's interesting to note that Tata now owns Jaguar and Land Rover :)

Pretty awesome. Product is well designed too, but $300? I'd rather get a 2nd battery. 2 batteries should be enough for any flight.

didnt know you did javascript

> I'm not sure how long I'm going to keep following =)

Same... He does a weird mix of TMZ & TechCrunch

Y! handles more traffic than Facebook and Digg combined and it uses primarily PHP.

Why compare Y!'s stock performance to their underlying technology? Makes no sense.

Pick up Dan's book, you won't be disappointed: Predictably Irrational

I'm about halfway through and loving it.

I don't get that title... It suggests that Twitter somehow helped him get out of jail, but... it didn't.

He just had his phone on him and Twittered from time to time.

Hacker news?

No.. Y! actually didn't do much better than same time last year (2007 Q1).

It only seems so large because of their one-time sale of Alibaba stock. The actual profits from normal business were a tad-bit less than that of last year.

Basically, they still beat expectations (which didn't include the one-time event), but not by a lot. (And still less than last year).

It'll be free unless you go over the limits. The limits are high enough for most.

Anyone buying put options on Amazon? Don't think it'll affect them short-term, but long-term is a whole another story (after Google's beta period and after other languages are supported). Free usually wins.

Everyone's an expert

Im pretty sure hes missing a bracket at the end. Although thats probably intentional :)

ebukys: There's always a Mac

"Stop talking, start building" is also true. I can't believe how many times I've gone out in the bay area and all people talk about is servers, scalability and monetization.

Nobody cares! Build it and prove it, to yourself and others.

Good article

Agreed. Textmate also has bundles for jslint (every time you save your JS file, a little tooltip will tell you is there are errors and/or warnings).

any good ones in the marina? wifi is a pain to come by still

Garrett Dimon and the crew is building one at http://nextupdate.com/

Unfortunately, it won't be out until later 2008, but looking to be a great product. Can't wait.

Interestingly enough Haagen Dazs is not a European company, but the founder(s) wanted a European-sounding name.

Naming is definitely important. Perhaps just not to the level that the writer puts it.

Agreed!

Thanks to all for your comments!

I'll check out PG's article, but in all seriousness, I'm dead tired of SV. I don't think it's for me and it's definitely not a necessity for all web startups.

Leaving SF is a whole another story though. I'm in love with the city. I lived for 8 years in Pittsburgh and know it doesn't offer everything this city does.

Thanks for the info rms.

I'm not in a rush so won't be submitting to Innovation Works just yet, although this would have been nice to know few weeks ago =) Bookmarked.

I'll have to ping you if I decide to move back.

The guy is 52, no wonder they rejected him. Not saying they discriminate, but would they rather hire a guy with kids and family or single 20-something geek...? I think the inclination for the latter has always been there for Google (and others?) and it's not really a secret.