shutup.css. custom css file to hide comments from sites like cnn.com and the globe and mail. i didn’t know safari could do this.
shutup.css. custom css file to hide comments from sites like cnn.com and the globe and mail. i didn’t know safari could do this.
Dating site lets women call the shots – Springwise. men can only post profiles if referred. only women can search and they pay to use the site. interesting model.
You’ve Been Yelped – Inc Magazine. about small businesses coming to grips with the power of yelp.
The Answer Factory: Demand Media and the Fast, Disposable, and Profitable as Hell Media Model | Magazine. this article blew my mind.
Nginx & Comet: Low Latency Server Push – igvita.com. nginx is certified badass.
Mint CEO Aaron Patzer on Startups – Vimeo. 20 minute talk about the last 3 years of mint.com. interesting talk as he had just sold mint to intuit for $170M and he uses their actual numbers for costs and equity shares. I though the most informative slide was about their projected revenue per user based on cost-per-acquisition deals (jump to 14:00 for this).
NYC BigApps Competition – $20k In Prize Money | FlowingData. new york city has released public apis for accessing restaurant inspections, traffic, city budgets, etc. best app to use the data gets $20K and dinner with the mayor. pretty great idea.
Hulu Desktop. hulu is definitely doing some cool stuff. it’s a shame it’s not in canada.
Gen Y’s financial entourage. Ali is quoted in the article. i really gotta get going on my financial planning app for the twitter crowd.
Ma.gnolia Suffers Major Data Loss, Site Taken Offline | Epicenter from Wired.com. this is insane. they basically lost all their data due to a faulty back-up scheme.
Evernote + Eye-Fi = Instant Photographic Memory. not a bad gtd idea.
Multicolr Search Lab – Idée Inc. find images by colors on flickr. kinda cool
Magic/Replace – Data Cleanup for Everyone from Dabble DB. web-based tool for easy spreadsheet transformations. kinda cool, not that i really need it.
Meet Inbetween Us. Google maps mashup to find the “middle” of where people are. I actually just used this to figure out where a group of 6 people should meet.
LeadVine – Crowdsource Your Lead Generation and Referrals. post referrals for all sorts of businesses.
TokBox – Live Video Calling. this is pretty well executed for multi-person video chat.
The Dollar Auction and Swoopo | MetaFilter. “capitalism is over, everybody, we’ve finally found the winner”. via anton.
Find a Doctor or Dentist – ZocDoc. it has their schedules and open appointments. pretty handy. new york only right now. via lukas
IncSpring. marketplace for brand identities. a great idea since you see a finished product.
Dropbox – Secure backup, sync and sharing made easy.. I’ve been using this for a month. It’s awesome.
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