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Sparklinon Seed: Small Enterprise Exchange Directory

Interesting - who conceptualized?

Sparklinon An Indian Entrepreneur visits New York: "I was born in the wrong country"

For $500, you won't get decent enough developers. >> Let's say it is $1000 for decent developers, would you not agree that it's way less than the ones in NY or SV?

Most of the 'rockstar' developers wouldn't want to risk it in a startup (which could fold out anyday) when they already are making > $1500 a month in that BigCo Inc. Unless equity is put on table for grabs, it's a pretty sad deal actually. >> Sorry to add this, but same is the situation in the valley as well. It's but natural!

Well, aren't investors a major part of the ecosystem? This would be more like the classic railroad paradox. IMHO, only after India sees good number of credible startups with popular products will VCs ever bother to look at India. Of course VCs are a good part of the ecosystem but given that India opened a tad too late, VCs might take time to pitch in as much as their western counterparts. Should we not create an ecosystem in the meantime and make as many startups work as possible, with no, low and limited VC funding?

Sparklinon Logo redesigns of 2010

Is Google good enough to be featured here?

Sparklinon Let the hackers raise the bar

Hackers are after all the sanest and most helpful people around!

Sparklinon Ask HN: How much did you spend on Design of v1?

I suggest partnering with a designer or a design company. Offering them equity might get you a good start in terms of design and of course it continues further as your startup scales up.

All the best!

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Its meant to help you get your Facebook Email login at http://mail.facebook.com

And not linked to another article talking about Facebook Email.

Sparklinon Reasons to blog even if nobody ever reads it

Ok, honestly what does this title want to convey? If I knew my blog posts are not being read and I still want to keep writing, I might as well start writing offline and not blog. That will be my two bits in saving world resources!

Sparklinon An Open Question to Path: What distinguishes your app from Instagram?

Quoting from Techcrunch (http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/14/path-photo-sharing/)

"Path is a private photo sharing network - think Instagram, but without the filters and with a privacy model that takes away any anxiety associated with sharing photos with people you don’t know. It’s based around email addresses and phone numbers, rather than a public database of users. And compared to other popular social applications, Path is going against the grain: there’s no follow system and the friend system is also quite different from what you’re used to on Facebook."

Sparklinon I am a hacker, not a decorator - Design candies are not for me

I think it works even if you experiment to make it "prettier" only because its meant to be an experiment.

Pretty might not work if put in actual use, because it is no longer an experiment.

Sparklinon I am a hacker, not a decorator - Design candies are not for me

Ya, I think he was pissed at designers makeing non-functional "pretty" sites

Sparklinon Aol To Unveil New Aol Mail On Sunday

Not yet. Waiting for Sunday to arrive!

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web 3.0 design is gonna be more of predictions designers will move closer to scientists n psychologists mapping moves before they happen cleaner designs will be required like never before and color will be a big player Even real life texture, reflections etc. will find major acceptance.