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f7u12 | 14 years ago | on: Saudi prince invests $300 million in Twitter

This concerns me about my investment as a user in Twitter. Even if it's only 3.75% of Twitter the company now owns, I don't necessarily want to support the venture of a Saudi billionaire. Maybe if they are really proponents freedom of speech and the press, it isn't such a bad thing.

f7u12 | 14 years ago | on: Netflix loses 800,000 subscribers (stock drops 28%)

I vowed never to use Netflix again when I realized they cancel your subscription instantly instead of giving you the month you pay for (a la WoW or any other properly run service). I also take every opportunity to bad mouth them for this awful business practice. Yeah, it's in the terms, but it's shit.

f7u12 | 14 years ago | on: Steve Jobs has passed away.

I hate Apple, but I'm not going to lie, I'm teary-eyed right now reading all this. I can certainly see from the comments how much he has inspired everyone, and for that I am grateful. Thanks Steve.

f7u12 | 14 years ago | on: Sean Parker's Email to Daniek Ek of Spotify

Same here. Tried a friend's Spotify account, and I couldn't find any of the music I've been listening to recently. Most of the stuff I listen to is relatively new that I find through The Hype Machine. Seems to me like Spotify is going to be pretty slow to add new, non-mainstream music. /hipster

f7u12 | 14 years ago | on: Hipmunk comes to Android with a surprisingly slick app

The app looks really nice. Only feedback is some labels are some airline labels are missing on the search results (G2, Gingerbread).

My feedback is more specific to Hipmunk in general. I want to use and love it but the prices have been off each time I try. For instance on jetblue.com right now I can get a ticket for tomorrow JFK -> AUS at 9:30AM for $423 but on Hipmunk it's $797. I'm guessing you might be pulling the price by flight time and not flight number. There is another flight leaving at 9:30 which is $797.

f7u12 | 14 years ago | on: YCNYC: A lost opportunity

I agree it was probably a little bit of a lost opportunity for YC. I was interested in talking to a couple of the YC companies but it was hard to find them in the crowd.

Overall I can't complain though. Personally I met some great people at the event and got to shake hands with some alumni. It was a great experience and not a missed opportunity for myself. Thanks YC for that. I will take the sentiments toward the NYC startup scene as a challenge. :)

f7u12 | 14 years ago | on: Amazon to Unveil the "Kindle Fire"

After waiting for this for a long time, I'm disappointed to hear the specs of the fire. I hope it really isn't android 2.1 with their own UI. I have faith in cyanogen to fix it though :)

f7u12 | 14 years ago | on: Steve Jobs' Best Quotes

I'm really digging that quote. I never thought about the paths I have chosen away from corporate life (assuming that is what he is referring to by "navy") to be fun, just that they were more interesting. In the end, I like to think that it is about fun.

f7u12 | 14 years ago | on: Amazon rolls out a social network for Kindle

This has been out a while and I always thought it had a lot of potential, but they haven't really pushed it.

One barrier to more use of the service myself is their URL strategy. I don't know my own link and, in the past anyway, it wasn't easy to navigate to my profile.

f7u12 | 14 years ago | on: What's a Closure?

Thanks for sharing. Running through this tied up some loose ends for me.

f7u12 | 14 years ago | on: United States of Innovation

I didn't go through all of their links, but I found their first, the Benjamin Franklin NYT post, quite interesting.
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