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The Number one Problem in Web Design

The number one problem on the Web today is a mismatch between the desired message and the actual message being delivered. Remember the game of telephone, the one where you sit in a circle and whisper a more...
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Should designers optimize the web sites for page views…or user experience?

An interesting quote from Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg, when asked if Facebook’s news feed feature, which aggregates disparate profile information into a single view, reduces page views (and more...
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Facebook to let you 'group' friends

It hasn't happened yet, nor is there a timeline for it, but Facebook has stated that it's working on allowing its members to "organize that long list of friends into groups so you can decide more specifically more...
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LocoGopher.com - Connecting Communities and Merchants

LocoGopher.com is a local search & review site that focuses on connecting local people with their local businesses (small and large). The site is ad-free and unbiased because there are no sponsored search more...
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The Future of Web Startups

Keith Chiu identifies at least 10 characteristics about the Future of Web startups. The contents are derived from his talk given at FOWA in October 2007. Some are very simple such as - there will be more...
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What is the future of Web Startups?

This essay is from our dear Paul Graham on the future of web startups. In this essay he discusses new startup trends. As the cost of doing a startup has gone down, there are more and more startups out more...
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Marc Andreessen says it's a bubble

Using the right tone and satire, Marc Andreessen says that we are in the middle of a bubble - the wave of Web 2.0 and related hype created are part of this unsustainable ride that will not last, but only more...
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Pownce - Lessons Learned building a social networking site with one web developer

This is a very good post by Leah Culver, the web developer for pownce where she shares her experience building Pownce, a social networking startup. Pownce uses Amazon S3 to host the files. more...
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Facebook - Long Tail Rules

A really interesting post by Tim O'Reilly on the rise of Facebook as the application platform. As per this article, there are currently about 5000 applications for Facebook but 87% of the usage goes to more...
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Building Reddit: Motivation and Its my damn job

Alexis Ohanian talks about how they build Reddit and what motivated them, how every team member took it upon themselves to give their best and always thought that it is their job to do what needed to be more...
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