marilyn

What would you pay a month to have access to SM?

I was pretty impressed when my MagicJack sent me my phone message to my email, just audio though, no transcription.

This site offers an interesting differentiation between the linked to top priced keywords, and a proposed list of the most profitable keywords:

http://www.xedant.com/researches/top_500_adsense_keywords.ph...

(It iss certainly dated, and does not cite sources, but provides food for thought nonetheless).

I'm definitely tempted to quit. I don't like the way Facebook is going for sure, nor do I like the idea of one company, a foreign one at that (I'm Canadian), having so much control and power over my digital identity. Though I fear I may be too addicted to quit.

When the work speaks for itself, no tooting is required.

I like my vista print cards. They aren't top of the line, but I could get my custom design for a decent price ($30 for 500).

Way to toot your own horn. 37prime is clearly quite right about the attention seeking part too.

This makes sense with the link between good fats, like Omega 3s, and elevated moods I keep hearing about.

It's really important to recognize the difference between good fats (salmon, avocado, olive oil etc) and bad fats (fries, butter etc). Same is true for good and bad carbs.

The focal piece on the page, the moving images of the product, is quite off putting, and doesn't really explain what's going on with your product clearly. I suggest replacing it with a demo/promo video with voice over explaining the value of your product.

Doing is how people learn in this field. I'm sure there are some real doosies in the way-back machine by me.

That is a huge risk for an incubator firm to expect from entrepreneurs, particularly when the firm is set up in such a way that they assume next to no risk. The Bootup intake timing really should have been adjusted to allow for confirmation of funding to come through.

Above livejamie has found himself a potential opportunity with Digg.

Bad situations always leave room for learning, growth and positive outcomes, so long as you are willing to look at it from a positive perspective.

The overlap is large

You are not your job. Your job pays the rent. I'm sorry you are in an unsatisfying job, I'm sure the majority of HN'ers have been there before. It sucks.

Times are tough right now. Getting your next job should be your priority, but quitting your day job to focus on the job hunt is a silly move when unemployment is over 10%. Keep your job until you secure the next one.

Until then take some solace in the knowledge that your current situation is temporary.

The movie The Pirates of Silicon Valley does a pretty good job of telling this story.

I totally agree. Real clothes is a really import step to a productive day.

There is a link to lists at the bottom of the main page.

The people behind DRM don't seem to get what they are dealing with. The people who pirate/steal their products are not making a choice between buying the product or stealing it, they are choosing between stealing it or not having it at all. DRM, specially of this invasive variety punishes the valid customers who pay good money for the product, while trying to combat the folks whose money the company will never see.

When was the last time your friend investigated hosting options? $1900 a month for hosting a forum with 50,000 uniques sounds crazy to me.

I'd prefer to see new, karma/age verified items in a second column on the right of the main page, rather than at the top of the highest rated items. This could be an effective way to use the empty space on the right.

I like the end of the article where the author offer three easy techniques that can help to maximize good fortune which can be boiled down to:

1. Trust your intuition 2. Seek variety to invite chance and new opportunities 3. Look to the positive side of your situation

I too am wondering the HM definitions. Big/small business versus startup. What is the definition of startup? I don't understand why businesses that go for VC funds have the monopoly on the term "startup".

This reminds me of what Socrates said: "all I know is that I know nothing."

This may be more theoretical than you are hoping for, nonetheless, I'd like to suggest Dan Pink's TED talk on The Surprising Science of Motivation http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html

Pink explains how financial incentives often have the opposite effect on motivation than we would want or expect. He suggests that the causes of true motivation boil down to autonomy, mastery and purpose. The video is worth the 20 minute investment.

I agree completely with this. While it is admirable that you have come this far with your English, poor English will interfere with your message for a lot of people. There is no shame in hiring a copy editor, best selling novelists rely heavily on their editors.

I would also advise that you read more. Pick up a novel that you find interesting. The more you expose yourself to well written English, the better your English will become.

I like how the customization works. The interface looks clean, and easy to use. I imagine most women would enjoy a piece that is uniquely theirs. I expect I'll be heading to your store the next time I'm in the market for something shiny.

As a side note, your availability of non-diamond alternatives may be a good selling point for the growing number of people who dislike the diamond industry (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1109318). You might want to think about highlighting these alternative, more ethical choices.

From the article: "the notices that Google relied on to delete the blogs were woefully incomplete. Google should not have acted until it had proper notices from rights holders, including the name of the actual work allegedly infringed. Since many of the notices did not even include this information, there was no way for the bloggers to file a DMCA counternotice"

Being a music blogger, I feel conflicted about this article. The issue of DMCA take down notices and Google's blind obliging has been a problem for a long time. It has affected many bloggers that do play by the rules. It sucks that Google gets to be the judge and jury in these cases, because really, I doubt anyone at Google cares about who is in the right; they just want to avoid hassles over Copyright.

These and all music bloggers know what they are getting into when they set up their blogs. It is no secret that music piracy is a major issue for the RIAA, and posting mp3s publicly definitely puts you at risk. While there are many bloggers that work hard to promote the music they love, and provide links for users to buy the music legitimately, there are many others that just want to attract traffic by giving away free shit. All of the music bloggers are often put in the same pile either way.

The music bloggers who were affected by these take downs may be playing the poor me game, but did have the power to prevent what happened by self-hosting their blogs, enabling them to truly own and protect their content. I hope this current round of of publicity encourages more bloggers of all types to take ownership over the content they labour over.

While you have a point, Obama isn't going to make anyone's startup succeed, you are off base. Saying that a job is created by "growing existing businesses" or "creating new businesses" is insightful, as it gets back to the core of what is needed. As far as the private sector is concerned, jobs are created by growing and new businesses.

With the massive amounts of cash that has been thrown at shrinking big businesses in the recent past, it is important to recognize that over half of Americans work in small business, and it is the small businesses that are having the most difficult time accessing capital. Not just in the valley, but the mom and pop, brick and mortal business that should be considered the bread and butter of society.

Yes the author is focused on his own plight, in a slightly whiny and entitled sort of way, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have a point.

I highly doubt that the majority of these users are using Firefox. More likely they are using the default browser available on their operating system.