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zainon SF JavaScript Meetup - lots of hackers, YC people, JS experts

I actually hope they don't. Having a small, core YC crowd there would be much nicer than seeing all the Web 2.0 party hoppers you normally see at events on Upcoming.

zainon Startup School 2008

Its gotta be super difficult to get in. I wonder what criteria they use to pick people who can attend.

zainon Source: Microsoft wins Facebook bid battle

A $240M investment on a $15B valuation means Microsoft gets 1.6%, probably not the best outcome for Mark Zuckerberg. Looks like Facebook's investors are trying to make sure their share doesn't get diluted any further.

Also, this is great. Valleywag predicted the announcement shortly before it happened because the heads of PR at Facebook and Microsoft added each other as friends today: http://valleywag.com/tech/confirmed/facebook-and-microsoft-f...

zainon Why your alarm clock sucks (this applies to other products too)

I think you meant to link to this awesome article: http://blogs.dovetailsoftware.com/blogs/main/archive/2007/10...

zainon Ask YC: Did you wait until the last day too?

I submitted my app today too. I had my idea two days ago.

zainon Best Wiki Software?

One of the most important things you should consider, even above feature list, is your users' familiarity to the wiki software. Almost everyone is at least familiar with mediawiki's reading interface (if not basic editing) because of wikipedia, so if you're starting a wiki that is going to have any appreciable amount of users, mediawiki is almost a no-brainer.