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Will there be plugin support so teams can share their add-ons?

This is really great. We talk a lot about reducing friction. Have other company's experience been similar to Mayvenn's in-terms of conversations?

I think it's because we are more connected than ever. It's easy to get caught up in your reality, but the internet makes it more possible than ever to see what's out there and how things could really be.

I love stuff like this. We should have a site where resources can be bookmarked ... like pins if you will. And.. and we can follow certain topics of our interest. And we can call it Pinterest! And then we can keep hacker news for news :D

This is really up to you and how well you know your users.

Like some have said, you're not being evil by making all new FEATURES to only in the paid app. Alternatively, you could make this app as full-featured as possible, and make the new app for multiple platforms only. What do you think is the right thing to do, both for yourself (how much time and money do you have?) and your audience?

A way to promote the new app inside the old app:

- Add a button that says, "new features!" that you keep updated whenever you 1) release new bug fixes or features to either the regular or the beefed up version. This way, all users of the regular app will stay updated on whats going on in both the regular and the beefed up versions. Many of them will buy the beefed up version.

I'd definitely try to leverage the success of this app towards something else. The reason why this app is so popular is because it is simple and free. The good will is kind of a big deal.

That said, I think adding support for other social networks may be a fair unlock. How about a "Social Lite+"? A separate paid app that supports more social networks?

Sounds like the institution moved and left Carnegie Melon behind.

Great work, Mike! :)

The author through her cultural lens is passing some fairly strong judgment. The women are highly educated and highly intelligent. They've decided to play a supporting role in the relationship. Many decisions that would otherwise seem illogical make perfect sense when judged within the context of raising a family. The women in this article understand it very well, I think.

Yes, in public the men and women may be segregated, but behind closed doors, wives and husbands talk and plan. Although not always obvious, it is very likely that their husband's social and economic stature is bolstered by activities of their wives, which according to this article have no value.

His social and economic standing because of her actions is probably much higher than if they were to both have a separate job. Not to mention that they get to raise children who get to spend plenty of time with at least one parent, the value of which is almost never taken into consideration these days.

Conversations as in 2-way messaging (customer service, sales, status updates etc..), rather than one-way advertising.

We did receive inquiries from companies about being able to deliver SMS messages during recent natural disasters.

Turns out that people need to communicate during calamities and often prefer text and so do services that are delivering services to these people.

Not free, but fairly inexpensive. Most US mobile plans provide unlimited SMS messaging to their customers, and many foreign ones provide free incoming messages.

For business, the value of reliable delivery, timely and increased customer engagement tends to far outweigh the costs.

Even with the limits. The back-and-forth is fairly quick, and longer messages are just broken up into multiple messages. Like regular conversations though, people tend to keep it short and sweet.

At Sonar (sendsonar.com), we're seeing SMS take e-mail's place for conversations. Of course, e-mail is great for longer-form information sharing. But for conversations, SMS is often the right channel.

And by accident, you mean, a really great teacher. Had teachers who would move me into learning physics and chemistry. Then I had teachers who'd put me to sleep.

Passion can be kindled, that's for certain, but after a certain point it must come from within.

Did not expect to have my mind blown this late on a Saturday night. Talk about an amazing example of "teach a man how to fish".

Having been through three colleges, the professors that seemed to be disliked were not the ones that were the most difficult, but the ones that were terrible at explaining the material to the students.

For some classes, students stopped going to class and studied on their own.

In your position, I would: - Tell my co-founders about what happened. They'd already know well before the sentencing and we'd already have a plan in place in-case I did have to serve time. In any case, I'd tell them what happened and we'd have to figure out how to continue things without me, what will happen in the meantime and how I'll rejoin the team when I come back. Pretty much everything would be up for discussion at this early stage.

Tying up loose ends and closing up shop for a couple of months would not be out of the question.

Best wishes!

From all the blocking, maybe it should be called "no thanks"? :-/

I thought C-51 was defeated. Why is it back?

Pretty awesome. The energy companies would turn from energy producers to energy storage and distribution. Really exciting indeed! =)

Sure, that would be nice. But I'm gonna make damn sure that people see me. Being the smallest one on the road is bad enough, now you want me to trust that they'll all do the right thing all the time?

In fact, I think cycling at night is safer because my flashing lights and reflectors are in their eye. During the day, I just blend into the background. This is also why I keep my car's lights on when driving in the day.

Helmet laws may be dumb, but visibility laws could actually make cycling much safer!

As a cyclist, I am more than happy to see tech that makes me more visible! Why are people up in arms!!? So stupid.

Love the first part of this story. Managers should see to the morale of their team's morale - some variety and entertainment amid all the hustle, not to mention ensuring that everyone's eating and exercising, getting enough sunshine will do the company a lot of good.

Absolutely - the low cost per participant makes hackathons a great channel. $2k paid for by a single entity isn't insignificant. Your hackathons probably offer more to participants than others.

Running a Hackathon costs money.

We can have a hackathon where:

- The costs are split up by the number of participants.

- A bunch of teams participate.

- Everyone builds whatever they want, and they own it.

- There can be multiple show-and-tells, to allow teams to ask / answer questions, get to know each-other, and iterate.

- Everyone walks away having made some wonderful new friends, having learned a thing or two, and also maybe even some useful code.

If someone else is organizing, and you're participating for free, then it will always come with strings attached. Remember, if you're not the customer, then you're the product!

So, why did Apple switch from Lucida Grande to Helvetica?

Great idea! :)

Is there any good information about the nutritional content and popular weeds and what they taste like?