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July 19, 2007 (18y ago)
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http://windywire.com
  1. Ask YC: Sites and Apps with excellent User Support and Help pages/documentation?

    Working on building out a user support and help section and am curious if there are any shining examples of how to do it correctly out there? What things does a good user support section need to include? Integrating…

    1 points 0
  2. How to Win Friends (and Investors and Partners) and Influence People (makesomethinghappen.net)
    3 points 0
  3. Angus King and His 10 Principles of Effective Leadership (makesomethinghappen.net)
    16 points 7
  4. Bill Gates stumps for the death of the Keyboard (gigaom.com)
    2 points 1
  5. Ask YC: If you could create the ultimate tech news site what would it look like?

    People bag on some of the News sites for being to fluffy, too gossip filled, etc... I've just started a site to cover technology and startups in the Midwest: http://windywire.com and I'm looking for feedback to create…

    15 points 15
  6. Pretty Cool UI Trick In Google Reader: Zoom In and Out Using = and - (AxsJAX Framework) (googlereader.blogspot.com)
    2 points 0
  7. A Look at The 5 Coolest FlashMobs So far (The Flash Mob is Turning 5 Years Old) (makesomethinghappen.net)
    2 points 0
  8. Is it art? Is it cool? Putting a Giant Banana in Geostationary Orbit over Texas (thepoint.com)
    7 points 1
  9. 37Signals Amazon S3 Stats and Costs (37signals.com)
    30 points 0
  10. Informal Chicago Meetup

    A couple people interested in starting, running, or growing companies are gonna get together Thursday (and hopefully many Thursdays after this) for a bit of discussion from 5-7pm or so at Noble Tree Coffee Company (2444…

    3 points 3
  11. Art Galleries Using the Web. PG was just ahead of his time (nytimes.com)
    3 points 0
  12. Fixing Technology "Meetups" (Chicago and Elsewhere) (hypertextnotes.com)
    3 points 3
  13. Ask YC: How important is it to make your domain defensible?

    If you can get the .com how important is it to have the .net and .org as well as domains for potential competitors and defensive domains like companynamesucks.com?

    6 points 5
  14. How To Drastically Improve Yelp and Other Recommendation Sites (callmejeffrey.com)
    9 points 2
  15. Dick Costolo of Feedburner on Why You Don't Need a Business Model (Yet) (burningdoor.com)
    9 points 0
  16. MediaTemple Grid Upgrade the ClusterServer on the Way (dailyhypertext.com)
    2 points 0
  17. Ask News.YC: Is hand-coded html an outdated and silly way to operate a site?

    It seems like everyone these days is using some sort of CMS. Is there any reason to code the pages by hand anymore for a frequently updated site? One of the few upsides I can see is the speedier load time of non-cms…

    4 points 3
  18. Startup Wars is Live! Rochambeau 2.0 (geekheartland.com)
    2 points 0
  19. Dick Costolo: Have a Company Voice (from Ask the Wizard) (burningdoor.com)
    5 points 0
  20. 37Signals: How a Restaurant Kitchen Translates to Software Development (37signals.com)
    11 points 1
  21. How Not to "do PR" (blog.buzzfolder.com)
    3 points 0
  22. Ask News.YC: Best Online Incorporation Service?

    What has anyone used, what have your experiences been? What are the best? LegalZoom? Active Filings? The Delaware Company? Something else? I just need a quick Delaware LLC setup.

    6 points 15
  23. It is an interesting concept but why are efficient houses ugly as sin? (rocioromero.com)
    11 points 19
  24. Buy and Sell Facebook Apps (appmrkt.com)
    5 points 2
  25. Interesting online collaboration tool from Minneapolis-based startup, Yugma (geekheartland.com)
    5 points 3