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teye··on Stop restricting my password - Help these sites get better security.
I can upvote one item as much as I want if I clear my cookies.

Voted for Amex (twice). I'm always annoyed that the 8-character limit prevents me from using my normal password + PwdHash.

teye··on Posterous Turns Post.ly Into A New Media Sharing Service For Twitter
Incorrect. Have you tried it?

Hitting "Post to Twitter" puts the content in a Posterous and tweets a link to it. How does that not connect with their core product?

teye··on Posterous Turns Post.ly Into A New Media Sharing Service For Twitter
They end up adding a feature that enhances their product's value and takes advantage of a fantastic distribution channel?

Natural, not lame.

teye··on The work you do while you procrastinate is ...
Jessica's work is amazing, and she has a cool CC-licensed graphic design project: http://dailydropcap.com.

Exchanged a couple emails recently encouraging her to allow comments on it and she was quite gracious.

Great advice, too.

teye··on Yelp Extortion Allegations Stack Up (March 2009)
I've only been on one side of the equation. :)
teye··on Yelp Extortion Allegations Stack Up (March 2009)
She has no reason to do otherwise with me. Our definitions of "friend" may differ.
teye··on Yelp Extortion Allegations Stack Up (March 2009)
Bad reviews -> self/friend posted shill review -> shill reviews removed -> "Yelp removes my 5-star reviews!"

I'd expect a little exaggeration from the frustrated party, and these conversations sound like they're just barely more than benign. I'll have to ask my friend in Yelp ad sales how pushy they get.

teye··on Ask HN: Please review my new website www.favilous.com
I clicked the link and immediately thought, "How is this any different from Delicious? Why would I use this?"

Sell me! On the front page, above the fold.

teye··on Ask HN: Help me pick a logo for my web app, Preceden
I really like 120 when it's small. Magnified it's less appealing.

Great typeface, indeed.

teye··on $1K iPhone app
Classic market waiting to be disrupted. Every lawyer I know did BarBri.
teye··on Think the Internet Will Replace Cable ? Read this first
Suggesting renting a time slot from cable/satellite providers as a solution ignores the shift in watching habits from being pushed content to pulling it.
teye··on Crafting Subtle & Realistic User Interfaces
I take it to mean any interface element you're making in Photoshop -- buttons, nav, etc.

Now that I think about it, I stick to CSS most of the time and try to keep images to a minimum (front-end optimization is a tough habit to kick), so I may forget this by the time the next occasion arises.

teye··on Crafting Subtle & Realistic User Interfaces
One that's never occurred to me as a rule:

"When using type within an interface element, it either sits on top (dark 1px drop shadow) or is inset (white 1px drop shadow), it's never at the same surface as a button or widget."

Will have to pay more attention next time I'm doing this.

teye··on Diving deep into user behavior with Google Analytics, Event Tracking, and jQuery
Good post... bravo for increasing awareness about GA's lesser-known features.

Why does this require asynchronous GA and jQuery in the head?

Asynchronous GA seems like a best practice, but how would that affect the amount of event data you collect?

jQuery in the head would net you a negligible increase in data, and only for particularly heavy sites. No?

I use event tracking across a few sites in varying configurations (sync/head, async/footer, etc.) and would think anyone using GA and jQuery can benefit from this advice without changing their existing structure.

teye··on The story of my startup (and the Google/YouTube API trap)
I'm sure totlol.com is a great site and all, but I seriously doubt you're single-handedly responsible for a change to the YouTube TOS.
teye··on Hello HN, take a look at my new (beta) app BonMp3?
I immediately glazed over. Here are a few tips.

How it works and features should be more visible parts of the homepage. You haven't sold me at all but you're showing me a signup form. Give me the info first.

Eliminate all but the most important 3 or 4 bullet points. Controlling distribution sounds pretty similar to keeping the rights, simplify your fans' access to music is assumed from your mention of social networking sites, and most won't care about school music programs. Bullet points are like bumper stickers. Too many and they lose their effect.

Your headline being outside the main container looks strange.

More whitespace (blackspace?).

That user agreement textarea doesn't need to be more than three rows.

Increase line-height on the /About page.

The underlying point is that it doesn't look established enough for me to trust you with my music. I know it's beta, but consider allocating resources to design (including the "how it works" and service comparison graphics).

teye··on Dear Every Site That Paginates Articles
You have no room to be picky about pagination if your URLs look like that.
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