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XRoulette

Posted by: Peter on: March 28, 2010

Chatroulette is huge. Everyone is talking about it including John Stewart and Ben Folds. I think people are curiously enchanted by the novelty of being paired with a complete anonymous stranger somewhere in the world. There is the obvious problem of too many penises though, which CR seems to still have a problem reporting and [...]

Make work a game. Literally.

Posted by: Portman on: March 19, 2010

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last year, you’ve heard of Foursquare and Gowalla, the location-based social networks that basically turn your nights and weekends into a game. As you travel to bars, restaurants, and events in real life, you “check in” on your smartphone and are awarded points in a virtual [...]

“Free Ideas!” from Join the Company

Posted by: Portman on: January 1, 2010

One of the most common, and unfortunate myths of entrepreneurialism is that of the “million dollar idea”. There is no such thing is an idea, no matter how original, that has any value. The value is in implementation and execution. Paul Graham says it best: If coming up with an idea for a startup equals [...]


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