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Kevin Fox posted an entry on Fury.com

Cellphone manufacturers: Tell us a story, damnit.

Tuesday at 5:02 pm - Link

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Yes! Totally! - Ammy Hill

Excerpt: "I hope the Android folks aren't hoping that a slick UI and great user experience will sell itself, because phones ain't the web. The cognitive and financial switching costs for mobile phones are greater than for almost any other device you can buy. Helio and Sidekick are two great examples of how slick mobile products can fail to gain traction because they rely on carriers and customers to generate demand. Take a page from the Book of Jobs and tell the story to the people. Tell them why they want it. Show it to them. Educate them so well that they can proselytize another person to buy a product that neither of them has ever seen in the flesh." - Kevin Fox

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Kevin, how did you get that FeedFlare? Looks great. - Louis Gray

I second that Louis. - Simian DA (Amber)

Apple is great at marketing, but I think Helio failed because the devices suck, Danger was on a good ramp but fizzled because they failed to keep up or to open the platform, the Blackberry succeeded because people liked what the devices did, and the iPhone is a big success because it's an awesome product. Jobsian marketing is an accelerator -- it means they can sell millions of iPhones now, instead of in two years once everyone figures out how awesome they are -- but it's not the key enabler of uptake. - ⓞnor

Also, I have switched phones probably five times in the last decade, but I have switched search engines basically never in the last decade. So I disagree that cell phones are way stickier than web sites. - ⓞnor

They may not be stickier, but they're a lot easier to try out. I would argue that you've stayed with the same search engine because it's maintained a lead in quality/experience, rather than habit. - Kevin Fox

ⓞnor, would you agree that Apple's marketing generates a certain media narrative, and that narrative has lead to a (very large) amount of free ads? It seems like Kevin is arguing that that same thing happens by word of mouth. - j1m

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THIS IS HOW I MAKE BREAD

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Tiger Woods 09 - Walk on Water

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Greg posted a link

Dare Obasanjo: Application Rewrites after Acquisitions: How Large Software Companies Destroy Startup Value

August 13 at 4:16 am - via Mento - Link

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Ouch, ouch, ouch. via lars: "Whenever a large software company acquires a startup, the first order of business is often an attempt to move the startup's application onto the larger company's technology infrastructure so that it can get benefits of "economies of scale" or some other buzzword that is typically a euphemism for "we bought you so now you're our bitches" that is not grounded in business realities." - Greg via Mento

Anthony Ha posted a message on Twitter

“Audience member: Are you on twitter? Amanda Palmer: what the fuck is twitter?”

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A List Apart: Articles: Sign Up Forms Must Die

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Death to useless accounts. Im a fan and avid user of http://www.uselessaccount.com - Aneto

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Contents of Africa according to the rest of the world « GraphJam: Pop culture for people in cubicles. (AKA Song Chart Meme)

August 5 at 3:48 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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The rest of the world probably thinks "Sudan" is a type of car. - Jim Norris

I am surprised not to see Nigerian oil and Nigerian email spam in there. - Atul Arora

duh... where is my beloved SuidAfrican wine? I demand to fix South - throw off that blue Mandela, gimme my wine back! ;) - silpol

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Obama Insists Inflating Tires Better Than Oil Drilling

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"Only out-of-touch liberal elitists inflate their tires properly." - Jim Norris

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Demetri Martin - "The Jokes With Guitar"

August 1 at 8:05 am - Link

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(via Misha) - Sacca

Paul Buchheit posted a message

“Maybe Cuil isn't supposed to be good. They must know that the results are bad, but they launched anyway. Maybe they aren't trying to build a full search engine, but just want to demo their crawling+indexing technology with the expectation that someone will buy the company and plug in better ranking.”

July 28 at 11:20 pm - Link

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Where "someone" = MSFT, who has already shown that they are willing to pay a lot for non-functional search engines. - Paul Buchheit

That is what I was thinking, too. - Robert Scoble

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You'd think they'd work toward getting something relevant if you search on "cuil launch" - Michael Markman

It's the only thing that makes sense when you look at how bad the results are. You don't roll out something like unless you are just showing off the interface. - Kevin Bondelli

Would also explain the weak branding. Who cares, if it's just going to get plugged into something else? - Chris Baskind

Not very good results at the moment I will say - shinchi via twhirl

It must be so hard to launch something in a realm where there isn't much tolerance/patience for incremental improvement. The bar in this space is high and consumers are very picky. Look at Yahoo. Their search is actually pretty damn good. However, they keep losing share. - Sacca

agree with Sacca - also, I thought the people behind Cuil had already sold some search technology to Google and hence they wanted to try it out on their own this time - so if anything they'd have more intent than others not to flip. - Adam Kazwell

100% agree with Paul .... what they have launched really sucks and I don't think I would be going back again to search .... Sacca seems to be right that the bar is really high in this space and whatever gets launched really needs to work well or it will fail - Raza via Alert Thingy

It is also strange that Cuil has no presence on twitter or friendfeed. There is no friendfeed.com/cuil. There is a twitter.com/cuil account but no twitters there. It would be interesting to hear from someone at Cuil on the FriendFeed/Twitter as to why they launched with the poor results... - Atul Arora

Yahoo's crawl speed is not close to GOOG. - Michael

It's something, and a reasonable first step. Yes, the results aren't that great but they seem reasonably comprehensive. Their make-or-break will be showing continuous visible progress - if they don't, sure, they're just a $XXXm dog and pony show for another company too scared of Google to see straight, but if they do improve, there may be potential for even more upside than that. - David Weekly

Google Killer? I do not even need to look to know the answer - Mike Reynolds

maybe there could be business in opening up their index? - Alex Gawley

I'm not saying that the results are good, but people seem overly critical. I saw one piece on how their name is too hard to spell. But if they did become popular, this would not remain a problem. - Clare Dibble

It's embarrassing IMO. The results are thin and the images completely wrong. Not good is one thing ... Cuil seems a cut below not good right now. - AJ Kohn

There results aren't -bad- but they are in no way great. Worse yet, anytime you start throwing around X-killer, you are pretty much setting yourself up for destruction. - Steve Spalding

can a startup beat google with a link-based algorithmic search engine? msft's cashback.com is an example of changing the game. trovix.com's deep semantic indexing is changing the game. same for thefind.com. mahalo human-powered engine is too. Who else? - Tim Connors

Paul, maybe they launched because they believed gathering data and feedback from the public would help them improve their ranking and other aspects of their service? I don't think that their ranking is anywhere near as good as Google's right now. But, there's no a priori reason to believe that Cuil ranking won't improve quickly. Anna, Russell, et.al. are actually pretty sharp. I for one am excited to see another player in search with new ideas about infrastructure and user experience. - Kevin Scott

They of all people should have known to release with fast results (latency).. The fact that they did not surprises me, and had the exact effect I would expect.. I have no plans on going back, good results or not.. :) - Derek Collison

Does "launch early" work for search engines? Don't think so.. - Jing Lim

One of the nice things about Google is the speed they index. Consider the indexing of a blog post made yesterday: Google already picked up the post and Cuil has not. http://www.cuil.com/search?q=C... VERSUS http://www.google.com/search?h... Google shows 367 results and that is trouble for Cuil. They'll need to work on that quickly to convince people they are being serious. - LPH

it's about as useful as Archie(Gopher ref) - clarke thomas

considering I got server overloaded errors when I tried it at first, I'd have to say launching early was a big error in judgement. - sean808080

The indexing speed of Google and other search engines is pretty good, but another area that needs fixing is when content moves. It takes a long time for Google to catch up. Example: Let's say you move your blog or an early well-praised site goes stale, many search engines have trouble adjusting their rankings to the new site or to push down the older one. - Loren Heiny

Trouble is that indexing and ranking are closely linked. If all you return is a hitlist there's no good ranking that can be done. Can't yet tell whether they're in that situation. What I don't get is why the rush to launch now. - Daniel Dulitz

I read similar thoughts on Reddit yesterday and they made some sense... is there any chance all the negative buzz right now is going to hurt their buyability though? - Philipp Lenssen

IMHO there have to be better ways to show off your very own crawling+indexing technologies than opening up to the public and getting thrashed for not delivering what people expect when you dub your service search engine. I have a hard time believing that the cuil/cuill guys did not know what they were doing though ... Were they pushed to release by financiers? Were they in dire need of usage data? - Mustafa K. Isik

I do think they built Cuil to be bought. The reason they launched is they hoped their valuation will go up with all the press blitz... Which seems pretty well planned.... I think they went overboard selling themselves to the press and did not expect some of the back-lash. Of course, the saying goes - "All press is good press :)". So who knows this might indeed increase their valuation to 100s of millions :). It all depends on what the folks over at MSFT think/know about search :)) - Bindu Reddy

someone cough microsoft cough - Sarah Perez

M$ bait! ah ha!! Bindu and Sarah, you're on to something there!! - Susan Beebe

I liked this thread so much that I blogged it: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008... - Erick Schonfeld

As of yesterday, they didn't even have their own name indexed: http://www.flickr.com/photos/b... - Brady Brim-DeForest

actually, they are off to a decent start. They have a nice interface that needs work, and some results are good and many others bad. I can tell you it takes about a year to getting your feet under you and figure out where you can fit in the search ecosystem. They are funded for a three year run it seems, so I would give them a year and see where the product is at. - Jason Calacanis

grabbing contextual images process is too weird! (o_O) - Pınar Yanardağ

great discussion. the more I've read about the various GRAVE screw-ups (with porn images being linked to some people's bios, etc.), the more I tend to agree that they must have known that things weren't ready. It just feels too much like a prototype... Thus the buy-out scenario seems plausible. Who knows, buying their indexing technology could actually give a boost to MSFT or even Yahoo, given that they have a hard time keeping up on the tech/scale side of search. One thing we do know is that Google... - Alex Schleber

... isn't going to buy them :) I wrote a post on the branding aspect of the Cuil debacle earlier today -> http://businessmindhacks.com/p... but now I'm not so sure anymore if they were even serious about the whole thing. Maybe they're having a hearty laugh right now that no one is getting the joke. If they are serious though, it's a horrible launch and horrible branding. - Alex Schleber

Is it possible that they might be taking advantage of the disconnect between mainstream and social media? Cuil has made it in the news but to what extent has the negativity made it to the mainstream? If people get their news outside of the social media circle (which, as we are all quickly discovering, is a vast majority) and only hear that "Google killer Cuil has launched today" but don't dig deep enough to discover its faults, won't Cuil get some real attention? Maybe, but the funny part is that most of those people will be using Google to find it :) - Derick Valadao

I think it is tough doing a PR launch. I think the obsession with dropping a nuke over the PR is an helpful one. Mightily prefer to build it up over weeks and months of relationship building but most importantly great execution and a great product. - azeem

Misha posted a message

“"Misha has activity on FriendFeed." is not a very informative facebook news update, could you guys put more information in there?”

July 27 at 10:38 am - Link

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Thanks! - Misha

Bret Taylor favorited a video on YouTube

The FriendFeed Whiteboard

July 25 at 12:44 pm - Link

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OMG! Awesome!! - April Buchheit

nice :) - Shey

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not only programmers but artists ,,,,, - fotographic

Really cool. Where can I get a t-shirt like that? - Rutger Blom

@Rutger: http://www.cafepress.com/frien... - xero

Very cool ;) - Nicholas Kreidberg

gotta love the white board.. mine just has silly comments the mrs. writes to me. - James Delong via twhirl

Hope it will take off for the YouTube Audiences (Mainstream). Depicting the Youtube video on the top of the page is smart. - siavash

I want a friendfeed T-shirt. - WeiTe Kao

I can't draw that straight on a whiteboard, but I can paint a perfect line with a brush and some oil. Why? - Clay Newton

Wow, now I look cool as a FriendFeed user. EDIT: I'd also like to say that you made a really good choice of music. - Here's... possible248! via NoiseRiver

Looks to me like they're erasing a pre-drawn whiteboard, and play it for us backwards. The signatures at the end are a clue, as is the way they approach the whiteboard at the start. I think it's still pretty clever, because it means they would be able to get it right in one take. - Robert Konigsberg

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Flickr Photo Download: Wow what a picture.

July 24 at 11:04 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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BARACK-o-mania Strikes Berlin! - dave mcclure via Bookmarklet

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Half of the 50 hottest girls on Digg are fake -- but the site works anyway [Social News]

July 21 at 11:48 pm - Link

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Andrew Chen posted an entry on Futuristic Play by Andrew Chen

Are Web 2.0 startups wasting their time with Web 2.0 early adopters?

July 21 at 7:32 am - Link

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link isn't working... - John

nice post as always, andrew - Charles Hudson

The feedburner link doesn't work. Here is the direct link: http://andrewchen.typepad.com/... - Frederic

thanks charles! - Andrew Chen

Bindu Reddy posted a message

“Happy Birthday to Bret... Assuming your bday on Facebook is correct :)”

July 10 at 2:36 pm - Link

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Min Liu had a new status message on Gmail/Google Talk

“yelp on loopt is gorgeous... the dream comes true :)”

July 10 at 6:12 pm - Link

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Jess Lee posted a link

Deep V-Necks: Destroying America?

June 26 at 1:08 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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lol - Jess Lee via Bookmarklet

haha. Douchebag neck.... - minus3

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I'm not really amused, but I am impressed that the writer was able to put nearly 1,500 words against this subject. - AJ Kohn

"As with many dubious fashion choices (see: leggings as pants), much of the blame can be placed on American Apparel." True. - Erica Baker

"At Urban Outfitters, there are eight different options for guys, including the "Super V," which boasts a 27-inch neckline from shoulder to hem. A 27-inch neckline." - David Vasileff

funny - Chad

I just forwarded this link to all my friends who own the douchbag neck shirts. - Patrick Li

I started only buttoning the last button on my shirts and calling them Super V's is that acceptable? - Marco

Okay, what happened to v-neck undershirts in boys' sizes? They're getting scarce. - Harvey Simmons

hehe - Joel Alenchery

I want a "Like" button for all these hilarious comments : ) - Jess Lee

that story is classic - I must admit I find the shirts repulsive and strangely hard not to look at the same time.. are you gay? - ben rogers via twhirl

Ugh, I physically shuddered the first time I saw one of those American Apparel ads. Was hoping that this trend was going to stay firmly ensconced in the fern bars of Three's Company on TVLand reruns. Some trends should *never* be resurrected. And to the men reading this: ixnay on any thought of the gold medallions. - Casey

Slow news day, although I agree "Women demand men look a certain way". Or else we cannot enter the fern bars of our choice. - Russellreno

"It's, like, another three inches and that's a vest, motherfucker." LOL - Jeanette Martinez

http://www.affiliatejunktion.c... - john

I have a douchebag shirt. I'm ashamed - Rob Schonberger

Hilarious... oops i own a couple of these too - Shaw

michael arrington posted a message on Twitter

“dunno if you guys are noticing, but we've made a big effort to write about a wider variety of startups recently on techcrunch. good feedback”

June 25 at 10:22 pm - Link

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Back to the roots :-) - Michael Christensen via twhirl

yes I noticed, with envy. Did you read my pitch about Podmailing? I'm sure you'd be interested. - Louis Choquel via twhirl

Yes! Thanks for doing that. I do think talking more about new and interesting start-ups beats 3 posts a day about Yahoo or talking about every new feature that is released by the "hot start-ups" - Bindu Reddy

I noticed. Very good move. - Bastian

I noticed and I like it. - JonathanJoseph

Ana posted a message

“I just joined Obama's California Finance Committee. If you're interested in donating, please let me know... I can help secure you a spot at Obama's next (and likely only) fundraising event in CA before the general election.”

June 25 at 11:38 pm - Link

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Congrats!! Too bad I'm more than 3,000 mi from CA - Les

Braden Kowitz posted a message on Twitter

“I've been techcrunched http://tinyurl.com/6no9mo”

June 22 at 11:08 am - Link

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Doodle 4 Google

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beautiful - Paul Buchheit

Bah, the Aussie entries were cooler :P - Beau Giles

The fact that that beautiful image was create dby a 6th grader makes me feel so completely inadequate. - Michelle Darnell

my 11 year old sent me a text that she is bitter about not winning...hey maybe a contest for a friendfeed logo...ha - Michael Mayer

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The Wooden Mirror

May 16 at 6:01 pm - Link

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Dear Facebook kiddies: Be very afraid

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memory recall - Min Liu

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Stephen Colbert dance-off with Korean pop star Rain

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Makin' Music with John Mayer - Funny or Die

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He makes Atlanta proud. This is very clever. Arrogant rock star writes hits by committee. - Russellreno

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Google Trends: mig33, mocospace, itsmy, mygamma, ovi

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Comparison of mobile social networks - Aydin Senkut

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MSNBC's Russert: 'We Now Know Who the Nominee Will Be'

May 7 at 1:00 am - Link

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I am predicting Hilary will (finally) drop out today or tomorrow. - Stowe Boyd via twhirl

I like obama, but I wish he didnt want to ban semi-auto hand guns, more info here http://votesmart.org/npat.php?... - d e f c o n

@Kyle, Why do you think there is a need for semi-auto hand guns? - Vince DeGeorge

That's what I was thinking, here in the UK guns aren't readily available and I get by fine without the need for one. - Joe Dawson via Alert Thingy

and in particular there is a need for rapid fire (i.e. semi auto) handguns?? - Alex Gawley

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In the Air - Who says big ideas are rare? - Malcolm Gladwell

May 7 at 1:39 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"The law of the conservation of energy, so significant in science and philosophy, was formulated four times independently in 1847, by Joule, Thomson, Colding and Helmholz. They had been anticipated by Robert Mayer in 1842. There seem to have been at least six different inventors of the thermometer and no less than nine claimants of the invention of the telescope. Typewriting machines were invented simultaneously in England and in America by several individuals in these countries. The steamboat is claimed as the “exclusive” discovery of Fulton, Jouffroy, Rumsey, Stevens and Symmington. For Ogburn and Thomas, the sheer number of multiples could mean only one thing: scientific discoveries must, in some sense, be inevitable. They must be in the air, products of the intellectual climate of a specific time and place. It should not surprise us, then, that calculus was invented by two people at the same moment in history." - Paul Buchheit

"Wood was a physicist, not a doctor, but that wasn’t necessarily a liability, at this stage. “People in biology and medicine don’t do arithmetic,” he said. He wasn’t being critical of biologists and physicians: this was, after all, a man who read medical journals for fun. He meant that the traditions of medicine encouraged qualitative observation and interpretation. But what physicists do—out of sheer force of habit and training—is measure things and compare measurements, and do the math to put measurements in context. At that moment, while reading The New England Journal, Wood had the advantages of someone looking at a familiar fact with a fresh perspective." - Paul Buchheit

"In the Air"..hey! they stole my short film's title..hehe...just kidding :P - Kuldeep

what a great article - definite inspiration to plug away - Marco

really enjoyed the article....one thing that caught my attention was the question of who's working on today's big invention....with all the recent talk of incrementalism in Web 2.0, who's working on inventing today's version of the telephone...technology so amazing that people are awed when they first see it in action? - Adam Kazwell

"If ideas are cheap, there is no point in making predictions, or worrying about failures, or obsessing, like Newton and Leibniz, or Bell and Gray, over who was first." - Clare Dibble

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Jesus Walks, Kanye West

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my new favorite youtube musician - and she's opening up for Ben Folds on some dates in the northeast - hunter walk

YouTube musicians tend to have messy rooms - Aneto