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thebdmethodon Can we learn from Post Secret's integrity? (largest non-ad blog in the world)

The integrity of the founder to stay true to his mission, and not just chase the highest dollar has led to a consistently high quality product, that has real value.

I don't think the key is not to have advertising, but to be committed to an authentic vision.

thebdmethodon Ask HN: Which do you read on HN first (article or comments)?

thanks for the helpful round-up.

thebdmethodon Groupon trading below $9

I know some people doing data entry jobs at groupon.

1- they hate their jobs. 2- many are hired as temp, and given absolutely crappy wages 3- they are being hired to do something that could easily be accomplished with some programming (i.e., taking data from one system and copy/pasting it verbatim into another system)

thebdmethodon Show HN: movies.io — torrent search like it should be

I like the 1080p indicator! It would be cool to add similar ones for other formats (CAM, SCREENER, 720, etc)

thebdmethodon Show HN: movies.io — torrent search like it should be

Yea, if Steve Jobs hadn't played around with Blue Boxes, where would we be?

thebdmethodon All you need is e-mail, e-mail. E-mail is all you need.

I agree with you here.

My point of writing this post was the illustrate that in the pursuit of ultimate convenience we sometimes loose sight of the importance doing committing to new behaviors or overcoming our own laziness.

And technology should not enable laziness, or replace effort, but rather elevate and extend and magnify existing effort.

thebdmethodon All you need is e-mail, e-mail. E-mail is all you need.

I am curious about anyone currently trying to build a communication tool, and their argument for why it is a better solution than email.

thebdmethodon Show HN: iBooks Resume

I thought it was a cool idea to be able to present my work history in a more in-depth and interactive format. While it may be overkill for a first glance, I think it is a nice option for someone who is interested in learning more. It almost takes the place of a first/preliminary interview perhaps. What do you guys think?

thebdmethodon Show HN: We made an addictive way to browse pictures on reddit

I'm surprised you aren't getting more love on this one. I've already added the site to my bookmarks bar. I love reddit primarily for the images.

Usually my browsing of reddit is done like this.

1. Click homepage.

2. Determine which links are images.

3. Click image link

4. Chuckle, or shrug

5. Two finger swipe back on my trackpad on lion

6. Scroll

7. Repeat 2 - 6

Now its

1. Go to Mongout 2. Click right 3. Repeat 2 ... again and again

I'm also a big fan of the progress bar. If there was no bar I'd feel ungrounded in the infinite space of reddit. Additionally, because its so addicting to look at reddit images, I can say to myself "I'll look at enough images that fills one progress bar"

Its super simple, and really well executed. Big time props!