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Glad that this is stated on the website. Given the colours and name you may think they are affiliated?

Other companies are trying to mimic the flat pack business model. However the overall shopping environment, forcible furniture, warranties make them standout.

The sofa is just one example of adaptable furniture. One limitation though is their bed and mattress products. They have different dimensions (unique to ikea) and therefore you need an ikea mattress for a perfect fit.

We have tried all the usual tips: follower those with similar interests, interact with others, ask people to follow etc etc It just doesn't work. Even when you gain followers (many are spam) they don't click through on links.

Add in all the noise on Twitter we struggle to know the true purpose of twitter.

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Unless Microsoft are using this as an opportunity to leverage Facebook user info on the MS platform, the days of Live may be soon over.

The Music Thing blog has some other great posts about music and instrument hacks.

The reference to the C code is here:

"The score consists of a C program of about 20,000 lines of code. The output of this program is not the sound itself, but is the sequence of parameters that drives the oscillators on the ASP. That 20,000 lines of code produce about 250,000 lines of statements of the form "set frequency of oscillator X to Y Hertz".

Keep up the good work Gabriel. There are many who appreciate the product.

If you're passionate about the concept then push ahead. The fact you have one competitor (or more) just validates you have a market.

Must be a full time job to fill out all those forms.

"I was confused at first because so many partitions are not on the poster. I see that this poster has culled horizontal and vertical symmetries, but the entry is titled “the 892 unique ways to partition a 3×4 grid.” Given this, I think a poster with all 3,164 partitions would have been (counter intuitively) more elegant. Or if the poster had just been titled “892 unique ways to partition a 3×4 grid.”

Okay, slight over exaggeration but anyone could retire early. However it takes sacrifice. It usually involves living away from your family and living in a second/third world country. It assumes you have no unplanned costs (health, weather...). Not terrible but worth considering before quitting your job.

"[Lashinsky] shares an insider look at Apple, one of the world's most iconic and secretive companies. Based on his research into the technology giant's internal processes and approaches to leadership and building products, Lashinsky offers insights and surprises from his book, Inside Apple: How America's Most Admired--and Secretive--Company Really Works."

Cook was the supply chain guru Jobs employed to turn Apple's supply chain model into one like Dell's. No surprise with this knowledge Cook is now CEO of Apple.

[1] http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2931

To compete with Microsoft, Apple, Google you need a platform (OS and phone). While Facebook messenger didn't really take off, photos may be more of a popular transition as many send photos to Facebook anyway.

I feel that the mobile app market will mature along the same lines as computer software. Eventually the majority of users will want a simple experience of picking up a phone without having to make choices in an 'store' environment.

I think Gates and Jobs spent nights at places they were working at, leveraging off free to use, latest technology.

His startup idea is great. There are variations out there already but maybe this story and network will turn this into something successful.

For example, if you don't pay your mortgage and ignore letters from the bank, you eventually lose your home. So you would legally need to respond to some solicitation, no matter how trivial.

Nevertheless what a fantastic opportunity to be involved with a leading company.