madh

I've found these types of reviews to be part of the charm of Yelp -- especially years ago during their ascent. Friendly, quirky reviews are more fun to read and to write.

A big difference now is on mobile devices. A long review isn't useful on-the-go, where quick judgements are desired.

Do you think that if Apple bought Dropbox, Dropbox would still be on all those platforms with such strong support? I don't think so.

This reminds me of Rickey Henderson, who played for 25 seasons, played minor league ball when he was 48 and still refuses to retire.

Michael Moritz (Google, Yahoo, Apple, among others) of Sequoia was a reporter.

A skilled tradesmen can get six figures.

Exactly. Most of the time is people dealing with luggage. I wish airlines other than Southwest were less myopic.

Plus don't forget all that time spent getting through airport security, especially with liquids and toiletries. Airlines should charge for carry-ons, not checked bags.

Co cast 100Mbit+ is $200/month in SF. Steep.

It's niche, but studios pay billions a year to market movies. That's not a small market.

It also gives you an URL for the screen shot which is really useful IMHO.

Devil's advocate: Perhaps promoting unlimited SMS can mitigate the move to iMessage and equivalents?

SMS at current prices is going to go. It can't compete with internet-based solutions like iMessage and BBM, especially in regions with many small countries like Europe or Asia where international fees can be quite restrictive. (This is why Skype became so popular in Europe.)

Yup. It's all BBM.

For me, chat toolbars that can be placed on third-party sites make me think of Meebo as well. I don't think Facebook has a third-party embeddable toolbar (yet).

Cool. I'm surprised that this list isn't on http://instantwatcher.com. For those who don't know, Instant Watcher is a phenomenal resource for Netflix fans.

I think btaccel became Torrific (http://www.torrific.com).

Mark Cuban bought a Gulfstream V over the internet with his American Express card.

I just bought that app after using http://www.icombinator.net for a long time. I like the app but wish it did things a little differently--default to mobilized articles, go beyond the top 30 articles, load comments more quickly--so it's great to have something to customize and hack on. Thanks!

Anyone else see gibberish? (Chrome 11/XP) This can't be good. http://awesomescreenshot.com/0e59u240c

Same with Twitter and reducing how many people you follow. I do think with Facebook there is some social pressure to have many friends, especially for younger people.

“Engineers and designers are much more powerful if they have built things."

This wouldn't happen with Apple's fully integrated (hardware + os/software as cohesive unit) approach.

Great point. Instagram is beautiful, fun and seems to really make people happy, but I would much rather see continue to focus on its core mission and tackle problems that no one else can.

It was one of the first to use Flash to playback videos, had a pretty quick upload-to-view time, and had pretty much every Family Guy.

This reminds me a Steve Jobs quote:

"Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever."

from http://www.quora.com/Steve-Jobs/What-are-the-best-Steve-Jobs...

You can also assign a triple-click of the Home button to toggle this feature.

Does anyone know how this compares to Cartelligent (http://www.cartelligent.com/), which seems similar but more expensive?

Does anyone know who said "It's about experience" first? I keep hearing this great principle rehashed over and over.

As long as distribution and manufacturing are outsourced to an experienced third-party, I think a Facebook Phone that has service and hardware priced below the iPhone can be successful. It also doesn't have to sell a lot (a small sliver of the mobile pie is massive), would have a lock-in advantage, and would offer considerable advertising potential.

My gut says Facebook wouldn't do this because they seem to have very high product and engineering standards and want to deliver high-end experiences which would require high-end devices and software.

Here's a handy flowchart of @font-face scenarios: http://typophile.com/node/70216

Yep. Large donors also like to only pay for constructing buildings, not maintaining them.

I'd like to see a nicer way to read followed blogs. The Dashboard bundles everything together, and each site loses its design and identity (which a big part of what makes Tumblr great).

Maybe they'll do something like they've done with the Archive view (e.g., http://staff.tumblr.com/archive) or the Mega-Editor (e.g., http://www.tumblr.com/mega-editor if you have Tumblr log).