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nishantmodak

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nishantmodak··on Show HN: Review my startup: Quora, a topic based question and answer site
I did sign up using my FB account, just to try it out.

After signing-up I could easily disconnect my FB account from quora account.

So, the logic of asking to sign-up using FB, does not really make a lot of sense - if its affecting user sign-ups.

nishantmodak··on New Startup Ideas Spreadsheet
If you believe in the idea, just go ahead and build it.

I have seen a couple of times that the idea did not make any 'sense' to me during ideation stage, but when was presented with a working application - I just 'saw' it as needed!

For certain ideas, the way they are executed matters a lot.

nishantmodak··on 3 Tesla workers die in E. Palo Alto plane crash
I think the comments can still be accessed here :

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1132211

nishantmodak··on Ask HN: Everyday things you do that seem like magic
I wrote several Gtalk bots and asked them to add those as friends.

They had fun chatting!

nishantmodak··on The Three Minute Rule
Summary:

3-Minute Rule: what are users doing 3min before, after using your prod? reveals possible new features/mktg

nishantmodak··on HN: How can I contact Google?
or Don Dodge?
nishantmodak··on [dead]
You have just added to the buzz. :-)
nishantmodak··on IPad: an Apple for Mom - The uncomputer for the people
>I wont buy it, but someone else should".

No. Its not about that.

Since most such people already use a laptop throughout the day and have iPhone. So its something they think might be more used by people who are not carrying a computing/entertainment device throughout the day.

nishantmodak··on IPad: an Apple for Mom - The uncomputer for the people
iSlate = is Late!
nishantmodak··on No to Software Patents
http://petition.nosoftwarepatents.in/ - Center For Internet & Society - Sign the Petition for No Software Patents.
nishantmodak··on IE was reportedly the attack vector for China's hacking into Google
w.r.t Firefox I use a plugin these days called NoScript.[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722] - Allows active content to run only from sites you trust

Finding it very useful!

nishantmodak··on Ask HN: A human nature thought experiment.
If they are startup founders, they would optimize the resources and exit!
nishantmodak··on Sell HN: Selling our Twitter marketing tool (ask me anything)
Old Thread for review of 'Publicitweet' on HN http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=856450
nishantmodak··on Ask HN: Is asking your friends to vote your HN postings to the front page ok?
I never care about who posed it. If I like it, I recommend fellow HNers by upvoting it (the content, not the author)
nishantmodak··on Maps Navigation : Google vs a Startup
> mostly frequented by Europeans and Americans doesn't make too much sense.

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/news.ycombinator.com?p=tgraph&...

Alexa - About 9 % Traffic from India. 2nd to United States.

nishantmodak··on Ask HN: What magazines do you subscribe to?
None. I get all I need from blogs.

At times, just read them while travelling - but after having the iPhone - that also has stopped.

nishantmodak··on I hired 50 people today. This is what they look like
Agreed. I had mentioned Rs. amount there - as a reference to the parent post. quoting Indian Rs.

I wanted to highlight - the time as a factor for other countries. Timezone.

nishantmodak··on I hired 50 people today. This is what they look like
So do people from Singapore, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Iran.
nishantmodak··on I hired 50 people today. This is what they look like
If $1 = Rs. 40 Then $50 = Rs. 2000

Yes. Neither amount is insignificant. But I still wonder, why only India? People from Pakistan, China and even Sri Lanka , Singapore are in +/- 3 hrs. timezones.

The timing of the post would be crucial to understand this.

nishantmodak··on Smart move: McDonalds to Offer Free Wi-Fi in 2010
They already offered WiFi in India at numerous locations. But all of it was paid.

I hope they free it up there also.

nishantmodak··on Nexus: An Operating System for Trustworthy Computing
Nexus overload. I thought its the new mobile platform. and now its the new OS.

I thought chrome was just a browser and then now chrome is also a OS.

d'oh.

nishantmodak··on Divvyshot (YC W09) launches free iPhone App
I can share files with Bump also. Can you tell me what differentiates this?!
nishantmodak··on Eric Schmidt: "If you have something [to hide], maybe you shouldn't be doing it"
Even if you want to search for that - do so without logging into your google account.
nishantmodak··on Find a co-founder with this new MeetUp
Resumes cannot 'capture' the 'actual' work experience.

they need to do a dummy project after the matching to see for themselves how well they gel together!

nishantmodak··on Google Wave's 'Fail Whale'
Love how the wave(s) [the real ones] come forward and go back - in the animation.

If using 'Google wave' was as good as the image. serene.

[It is not! its a wave storm]

nishantmodak··on Facebook Rings
ohk!.. the sequence of key strokes is similar.. what significance on FB homepage?
nishantmodak··on Ask HN: Good feature, minimal product. Go forward or move on to something else?
data set is useful. what if you build an app for this. and also provide this data from API.? I think that would be good!
nishantmodak··on The IE CSS Bug Which Cost Me A Month’s Salary
Can all version of IE's exist on the same PC at same time?
nishantmodak··on Peter Thiel: Best Predictor of Startup Success Is Low CEO Pay
Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish! - Thats all matters I think.

Steve Jobs Speech: http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA

nishantmodak··on Forget Fail Whale - Here Comes The Fail Snail
Animals representation for human mistakes.. has become a tradition ;-)
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