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I was reading this post about the history of software version control and was amazed by the types of innovations that we have seen in the past several years. In order to understand the article, you’ll first need to understand version control — It’s the way that individual and groups of developers maintain versions of [...]

For the last few months, I’ve been obsessed with Turntable.fm. If you haven’t used it yet, you probably shouldn’t because it’s incredibly addictive. Others have gone into exhaustive explanations about how ttfm works sociologically. I’ve been doing some of my own analysis and wanted to put it out there so that other startups and people [...]

A few weeks ago I wrote about rating systems for product reviews from an article I read in ACM. Then I saw this article in VentureBeat about what Yelp is doing. The author mentions: “when you’re looking for a fast solution on where to eat, a list full of four-star restaurants makes for an overwhelming [...]

Recently, I stopped by the new Whole Foods in Lincoln Park here in Chicago. Immediately after stepping into the massive space, I was impressed by its ability to stay and feel fresh, and more like a marketplace that you might see in another country. Because it was so big, it contributed to a feel of [...]

You know… I don’t think it’s heretical to think that we’re building an app that has some serious mass appeal, while we think that our initial/early adopters will be highschool through Gen Y. Last week, Vince sent us this great study that validates our research about interest nets. There are some great little nuggets in [...]

we’re busy trying to figure out what the guest experience is going to look like on bettr@ and what the hook might be to get someone to join an already awesome content aggregation site. obviously, we think that guidance and mentorship is a huge part of informal learning, but is it large enough to warrant [...]