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jongs··on How To Win As Second Mover
International markets makes sense only if there is a clear path to monetization or the potential acquirer has interests oversees
jongs··on Show HN: Storylane - People sharing things that matter
Zorbo provides a good answer: Focus. Both in what the Tool does and also what it is used for; to wit, we created Storylane to build a library of human experiences and opinions. We created Storylane to focus on what matters. This is partly achieved by the tool itself and how it works, partly by the community and how is being collectively crafted. The key operative word here is actually "being" as in we have been doing this for a couple of weeks and the focus that I am describing is pretty much in the making
jongs··on Show HN: Storylane - People sharing things that matter
You bring two very important points. I agree that creating the right community and the right precedent is Key, but I don't think you need to be closed in order to achieve this. On the contrary, I think one needs to build a system that cana achieve that And be open. From our point a view, is actually an imperative: we Must be able to do it. We simply don't like close, invite only systems. The reasons probably will fit better in another thread.

With regards to managing signal to noise: 100% agree. Figuring out how to slice and dice the content so that you see what matters to You is our number one "tactical" objective. It is actually a hard problem, but one that gets easier as you come to understand the content being created and once you can benefit from enough liquidity to slice and dice at will.

jongs··on Show HN: Storylane - People sharing things that matter
There is an "old fashion sign up" right below..
jongs··on Show HN: Storylane - People sharing things that matter
Thanks for joining in. I love that explanation too :)
jongs··on Show HN: Storylane - People sharing things that matter
Thanks for the feedback.

- Like the idea od removing what you don't like

- I hear on fixing the bar.

Again, thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts

jongs··on What happened in the early days of oDesk?
Storylane is free for all (as in: NOT invite only but open to anyone). It is however community curated in that the best content surfaces to the top using the feedback users give.
jongs··on What happened in the early days of oDesk?
true. this is also why we need teams and investors truly focused on the long term. oDesk had both.
jongs··on Show HN: Storylane - People sharing things that matter
Point taken, and it seems to be a common thread. We need to think about how to do this better. The reason we care about registrations is because we look at it as a community not a marketplace for content.
jongs··on What happened in the early days of oDesk?
This is one of my favorites
jongs··on Show HN: Storylane - People sharing things that matter
Storylane is an effort to create a library of human experiences. technically it works like a publishing platform built socially from the ground up.
jongs··on Show HN: Storylane - People sharing things that matter
Glad to hear that you liked it! And I hear you on combining the welcome emails
jongs··on How Pinterest Will Transform the Web in 2012
interesting article
jongs··on Introducing Reference.me
Glad you liked the design. If you have any other thoughts or feedback please dont hesitate to sare them
jongs··on Introducing Reference.me
Not at this point but we wont post anything on your wall without permission. When adding people to you trusted network check/uncheck the notify with wall post check box as you see fit.

Looking forward to your 2cts

jongs··on Introducing Reference.me
You will need an invite code. Use: protoref
jongs··on What makes a great software engineer?
We looooove data at Mixtent. Everyday we find amazingly interesting relationships between different skills and different profiles. Some of these relationships are expected and intuitive and others are surprising and enlightening.

A while a go we decided that we needed to get our findings out there. The only crucial requirement was that we could present it in a palatable format. So we turned to our good friends at KissMetrics to help us put together in an infographic format some of the interesting finding that we have.

What follows is the work of the brilliant Kissmetrics team using our data on what millions of rankings have thought us about make a great software engineer.

We hope you’ll like it!

jongs··on Mixtent: Where do you stand in your industry?
Hi, I am one of the co-founders of Mixtent. Would love to get your two cents on what we launch today
jongs··on How do you optimize a MySQL database for writes?
thanks
jongs··on How do you optimize a MySQL database for writes?
Why would it make it slower?
jongs··on How do you optimize a MySQL database for writes?
Indexing is on but my understanding is that it only help reading, not writing on the DB
jongs··on Ask HN: What is the best programming language to learn first?
got it, thanks!
jongs··on Ask HN: What is the best programming language to learn first?
Is it easy to go from Phyton to PHP? and from Phyton to Java?
jongs··on I'll do your website copy for free
email sent!
jongs··on How I approach product management in early stage start ups
Interested in getting your two cents