Hacker News: noisemaker

It's Official: The Crash of the U.S. Economy has begun

noisemaker — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 16:40:23 +0000

Article URL: http://www.inteldaily.com/?c=139&a=2378

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28552

Points: 1

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From Free to Freemium!

noisemaker — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:34:10 +0000

Article URL: http://www.height1percent.com/articles/2007/06/07/from-free-to-freemium

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26936

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Y Combinator's winter class

noisemaker — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:17:21 +0000

Article URL: http://www.siliconvalley.com/venturecapital/ci_5657754?nclick_check=1

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14700

Points: 2

# Comments: 3

Internet leaks help independent labels and artists grow

noisemaker — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 03:02:29 +0000

Article URL: http://noisepost.com/2007/4/9/leaks-help-independent-artists-grow

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10633

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Response to "Note to content owners: DRM doesn't work"

noisemaker — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:02:28 +0000

Article URL: http://noisepost.com/2007/4/9/note-to-content-owners-drm-doesnt-work

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10617

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by noisemaker in "Om Malik: Iminlikewithyou will be "as addictive and as powerful as Facebook""

noisemaker — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:01:58 +0000

I'm not really a founder or an involved person, but has helped out on the project quite a bit. I'd be glad to give out an invite, but currently I do not have any more.

But Just in response, the nature of the limitations are to address real problems that exist in real dating sites at the moment. Also the social structure of the site is targeted more towards users who do not necessarily use such dating or social networking sites to find a mate, but to play it like a kind of social game.

It's definitely not for everyone, but it seems to be catching someones attention.

Regardless of that, they have a number of interesting pieces of technology in their site and groundbreaking ways to integrate them in useful ways. Whether or not the actual site is successful, it will be a point for many to learn about what a web service can be.

New comment by noisemaker in "My YC app: Dropbox - Throw away your USB drive"

noisemaker — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:17:31 +0000

Great job guys, hope to see you get picked up in the next session. Keep me posted for the mac version.

New comment by noisemaker in "My YC app: Dropbox - Throw away your USB drive"

noisemaker — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:15:44 +0000

I think the larger issue is about getting user adoption. It is actually great case to have a situation where users overwhelm your service in a way that it outgrows a system such as this. If he ever gets that large, obviously there will be plenty of people looking to help him figure out how to make the storage portion feasible.

More interesting is the user experience. Creating something users can enjoy, agree with, and possibly part money for is a much more difficult problem to solve than figuring out to make large scale storage cost effective.

New comment by noisemaker in "Research points the finger at PowerPoint"

noisemaker — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:02:25 +0000

I feel the title is too much of a pun, than a good indicator of what the story is about. But has some nice tips about how to use and compose a visual presentation.

Research points the finger at PowerPoint

noisemaker — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:01:31 +0000

Article URL: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/04/03/1175366240499.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9118

Points: 6

# Comments: 5

Comment on: Music gets an 'F' Clue Score

noisemaker — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 06:39:56 +0000

Article URL: http://noisepost.com/2007/4/4/comments-on-music-gets-an-f

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8731

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by noisemaker in "Om Malik: Iminlikewithyou will be "as addictive and as powerful as Facebook""

noisemaker — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 06:16:20 +0000

Either you didn't read the article carefully or have not used the site. There is a lot of communication tools built into the site. The main point of the for the point system is to put a barrier to entry in establishing relationships. On most dating or Social network sites, people can easily cast a wide net of people they want to get in touch with. But with IILWY, the points make it too costly to do the same approach. In other words, your relationships are more special. Once a game is finished, the person who put on the game and the chosen player establish a connection like in other social networking sites. They can message each other, or even have it call the other user's cell phone (safely without revealing each others phone numbers). And there is much more coming.