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sitesimon Gets Modest

 

I wasn’t brave enough for sitesimon, the browser add-on that lets you share your click stream with the world.

To accommodate me and the millions of other shy people of the world, the crew at sitesimon updated their model to allow for more selective publishing.

In adopting a traditional following-follower approach, subscribers to this service can choose to reveal their URLs to just their loyal friends and followers.

Or if they prefer to go radio silent for awhile, they can adjust their profile to hide their web activity altogether.Continue reading

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New York Tech Meetup 1/10/11: The Nobility of Failure

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With a case of post-holiday ennui setting in, I decided to forgo a visit to Skirball and instead tuned into last night’s NYTM video stream from my couch.

It was great entertainment and far more edifying than what’s transmitted over my archaic bronze-age remote vision box. I may go so far as to claim that it was the most interesting and, in a way, uplifting set of demos I’ve seen since I started attending NYTM nine or so months ago.

Before I run down my list of favorites, something that Nate Westheimer said captured the spirit of tech in New York and, I think,  just about any other town where there’s a startup scene:

“If you’re working on a startup, you’re gonna fail. Seriously, if you don’t think that’s true, you’re delusional.”

Nate’s larger point was that we’re all part of a community who want to change the world, and while our own efforts may not achieve success in a narrowly defined way, we may just inspire someone who will.

Here’s my quick rundown of inspiring demos: Continue reading