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shutup.css

tyler — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:18:47 +0000

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

tyler — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:19:52 +0000

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

tyler — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:11:52 +0000

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

tyler — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:44:42 +0000

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

tyler — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:39:15 +0000

Nginx & Comet: Low Latency Server Push – igvita.com. nginx is certified badass.

mint ceo aaron patzer on startups

tyler — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:51:31 +0000

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

tyler — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:13:22 +0000

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

tyler — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:08:35 +0000

Hulu Desktop. hulu is definitely doing some cool stuff. it’s a shame it’s not in canada.

financial entourage

tyler — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:31:11 +0000

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

tyler — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:07:20 +0000

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

tyler — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:06:56 +0000

Evernote + Eye-Fi = Instant Photographic Memory. not a bad gtd idea.

multicolr search

tyler — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:51:40 +0000

Multicolr Search Lab – Idée Inc. find images by colors on flickr. kinda cool

cleanup data

tyler — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:01:44 +0000

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

tyler — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:44:23 +0000

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

tyler — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:01:06 +0000

LeadVine – Crowdsource Your Lead Generation and Referrals. post referrals for all sorts of businesses.

tokbox

tyler — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:28:18 +0000

TokBox – Live Video Calling. this is pretty well executed for multi-person video chat.

the dollar auction and swoopo

tyler — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:12:04 +0000

The Dollar Auction and Swoopo | MetaFilter. “capitalism is over, everybody, we’ve finally found the winner”. via anton.

zocdoc

tyler — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:35:17 +0000

Find a Doctor or Dentist – ZocDoc. it has their schedules and open appointments. pretty handy. new york only right now. via lukas

IncSpring

tyler — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:54:39 +0000

IncSpring. marketplace for brand identities. a great idea since you see a finished product.

dropbox open to the public

tyler — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:35:46 +0000

Dropbox – Secure backup, sync and sharing made easy.. I’ve been using this for a month. It’s awesome.