January 2011
16 posts
Fancy Hands: Warts and all. →
fancyhands: When we’re good, we’re great. Here’s what an actual client had to say with regard to a specific task, unedited aside from changing names. (Posted with permission) Dear Ted, I am writing to commend Fancy Hands Assistant Shannon for her astonishing efficiency, thoroughness, and thoughtfulness. My brother, who lives in Georgia, was miserable — he had slipped on the ice and ended up...
Jan 21st
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betashop: Startup Year 2 →
betashop: Today marks the 1 year anniversary of my latest company, fab.com. Here are some of my thoughts on the difference between year 1 and year 2 of a startup. Year 1: Ideas & Faith Get something out there as fast as possible and iterate like mad to try to find some market traction. Try… Sage advice.
Jan 19th
In Oregon and New Jersey, it is illegal to pump...
caterpillarcowboy: section9: uselessfacts-: Source But I’ve done it in New Jersey before. Even better: Only 18 states have cheaper gas than NJ. (Yes, TLOTH, I did make an excel spreadsheet based on AAA gas data.) Blew my mind when I moved to NYC or ever went anywhere that I could make myself useful and fill ‘er up.
Jan 15th
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Whipped up a proper homepage for my startup help... →
Jan 15th
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Jan 14th
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fame+frippery: Favorite Things: Crappy Taxidermy →
fameandfrippery: Alright, if you must know anything about me, it’s the fact that I have a serious love for taxidermy. Maybe it has something to do with my late grandpa being a swamp trapper in the bogs of Mississippi? Or maybe I just have a love for things that are stuffed (cupcakes? shells? full bellies?)… It’s true.
Jan 14th
This might be one of the most exciting things... →
Currently wrapping it up and slowly rolling out to our lovely users over the next few weeks.
Jan 12th
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myNoSQL: Redis and PHP: What Library to use? →
nosql: Ori Pekelman discusses in two posts — here and here — the status of the various PHP libraries for Redis: After looking at all of these I quickly turned to the C extension, Redisent looked nice but did not implement the new unified bulk protocol, and to be true, the code was a bit buggy…. I also recommend iRedis
Jan 12th
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Me on Wine & Web →
Listen to me talk about Forrst and kittens for 17 minutes on Gary V’s show, Wine and Web.
Jan 11th
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Thanks
thegongshow: Spark recently promoted me to Principal. Thanks a bunch to the many people that said really nice things about it.  I’m humbled and really appreciate the great support everyone around Spark and the rest of the tech community has given me. Thank you. So excited for you.
Jan 11th
Startup? I'd love to help you. →
For $399, I’ll come brainstorm with your startup (ideally small teams in an early stage) for two hours. My sweet spot is a blend of product and technical ability. If you’re not in NYC, happy to connect over Skype. Some background on me: I’m the founder, lead developer and head of product at Forrst, a community of developers and designers over twenty thousand strong, born out...
Jan 10th
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fame+frippery: Shiny & New (Giveaway Too!) →
fameandfrippery: So after much whining and nagging on my end, and lots of patience and focus on the bf’s fame+frippery 2.0 has been born! All my images are HUGE…including this one. Incidentally I showed this snap to KB, and he replied “isn’t that a bit racy?” Um..no! What says new launch better than a… I helped Brooke code up the new F&F site she designed over the weekend....
Jan 10th
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Forrst. →
I thought this was way cool when I realized it the other week.
Jan 5th
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From concept to launch in 24 hours and why there's...
I launched Facto yesterday. It’s a project I’ve been wanting to build for a while, and I finally got around to making it a reality over the past 24 hours or so. While building, I had a bit of a “whoa” moment thinking about what it really takes to launch a project these days, and why there’s no better time to build something of your own. (If you’re just...
Jan 2nd
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Facto, 7 hours later
Launched a 24 hour project today called Facto, ~7 hours ago to be precise. Wanted to do a quick follow up on it (which I suspect I will update over time; it’s pretty darn fascinating to watch this evolve.) 420 users 1,331 facts 5,572 uniques 30,210 pageviews For such simple project, I’m stunned by the positive response and amazing content already on there (I’ve been...
Jan 2nd
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Facto.me →
I just launched Facto.me, a fun 24 hour project I dreamt up, designed, and built in around 24 hours. Use it to share interesting and little-known facts about yourself with friends. Here’s mine: http://facto.me/kyle Enjoy!
Jan 1st
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