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Re: THE FOREST CATHEDRAL by Dan Bretl - Exposure

Nate Westheimer — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 22:11:31 -0000

Love this.

Re: The Value of a Network - The Gong Show

Nate Westheimer — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 18:24:06 -0000

Firstly, I love this analysis. I've been thinking about this and putting it in quite simple terms of User Experience:

As "Network Effects" != "Metcalfe's Law" and if Metcalfe's Law is what you really want, the question to ask is: does an additional person using this feature / new behavior genuinely increase the experience of a connected user by that n^2 amount?

As we've starting building better communication into Picturelife, the answer is decidedly "no" for that – these may be the network effects you are looking for, but does not qualify for Metcalfe's Law, and is decidedly n^log(2). Product development wise, if we want those effects, that n^2 amount must be felt tangibly, and can't be assumed just because a feature is "social."

Interesting stuff indeed.

Re: The New Foursquare

Nate Westheimer — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 14:07:31 -0000

Sounds like a rap lyric.

Re: The Scourge Of Zero Rating

Nate Westheimer — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 10:28:43 -0000

You are right if you think of the Internet Fred is talking about as a luxury. Spotify is a terrible example because you're right – a seat at a restaurant and the "right" to have unchecked streaming of Lady Gaga seem equally silly to protect. If you can afford unlimited music and a eat-out pizza, go fudge yourself – you can deal with a zero-rated tax.

But that's not all that the Internet is and what it can power. The Internet is and should be treated as a public utility – like electricity. Sure electricity powers some silly machines when it gets into your house, but the electric company can't give you less power if chose to use that utility for fun vs lower-Maslowian needs.

Long story short, the Internet (via wired and wireless ISPs) needs to be open because that line between what's "needed" (and should be protected) and "silly and fun" (and doesn't deserve to be protected) is quite grey.

Twitter seemed a lot more silly when it started than it does now. Today, it's a critical piece of communication infrastructure that keeps democracies in check and people out of harm's way.

If it were zero-rated when it was just a silly toy, where would we be?

Re: Bijan Sabet — Mamiya 7ii I recently added a Mamiya 7ii to my...

Nate Westheimer — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 10:09:31 -0000

After you digitize the film do you then go in and edit the exif data so it has the right datetime, camera type, etc?

Re: nabeelhyatt.com -

Nate Westheimer — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 18:14:22 -0000

Congrats on this. What a fantastic story.

Re: How YesGraph Grew 10X in 100 Days

Nate Westheimer — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 16:44:27 -0000

Thanks for sharing this. Great stuff!

Re: API documentation

Nate Westheimer — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 11:38:24 -0000

I may be dense here, but what happens after the user pays? Does user get redirected back to the postback URL syncronously with the postback data or do they get taken somewhere else (where?) and we get the postback info asynchronously from your backend? Or does the payment modal just close and we have to guess if they payment went through. Tough to test without a staging $$.

Re: Say hello (and congrats) to my new Partner

Nate Westheimer — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 13:33:47 -0000

Incredible move for Spark.

Re: Contributing To The Boulder Community In A Time Of Need

Nate Westheimer — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 09:07:23 -0000

Bravo, Brad.

Re: Thanks to Timehop, I saw this morning that six... - The Gong Show

Nate Westheimer — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 11:32:17 -0000

I was there too!

Re: Backing Up RAW Digital Negatives | Arthur Chang

Nate Westheimer — Sun, 23 Jun 2013 11:21:51 -0000

Art, my friend. Was Googling around and found this. You know my company Picturelife supports RAWs. I think you'll really like it based on this post.

Re: Interestingness

Nate Westheimer — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 21:47:49 -0000

I really loved this post. I also don't mean to be cute, but I find you more great, interesting, and exceptional for thinking and then writing it. Who else has, can or did?

Re: Peter Nixey - Dear Apple, let’s talk about photos

Nate Westheimer — Fri, 10 May 2013 17:02:32 -0000

Hi Adam, you're correct. What we've found is that if people still want to use iPhoto after moving to Picturelife (many don't) then they don't really do much organization on Picturelife, thus not needing to sync organizational changes back down.

What editing features do you most use in iPhoto? We are definitely planning on adding to our current set of features, which include rotation and filters.

Re: Peter Nixey - Dear Apple, let’s talk about photos

Nate Westheimer — Wed, 08 May 2013 14:00:22 -0000

Thanks Peter. Hit me up if you have any questions / feature requests. nate at picturelife

Re: Peter Nixey - Dear Apple, let’s talk about photos

Nate Westheimer — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:36:07 -0000

Hey Peter -- a friend passed this post to me. We -- Charles Forman (also YC Alum w/ OMGPOP), Jacob DeHart (Threadless founder), and I (NY Tech Meetup/Ohours) -- got tired of Apple fucking this up too and made Picturelife. Spent a lot of time on an iPhoto integration that makes sense: https://picturelife.com/lea...

Re: Picturelife Lets You Backup Your Photos in the Cloud and Access Them Anywhere

Nate Westheimer — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 13:36:13 -0000

Thanks for the writeup! Quick note is we do have Windows syncer already... Appreciated!

Re: Introducing Picturelife

Nate Westheimer — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:54:56 -0000

We're doing that very soon!

Re: Learning to build

Nate Westheimer — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:01:22 -0000

Congrats Christina! As you know, I think this is the *ONLY* way for folks like us to be makers/entrepreneurs for the long haul. This is a brilliant move and as someone told me when I dove in, now as a developer, Christina Cacioppo is unstoppable!

Re: Gotham Gal: Here is what NO looks like

Nate Westheimer — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:38:42 -0000

This is great. As a n00b angel investor this has been the hardest part: communicating "no" in a productive and clear way.

It's hard to be clear while being helpful because I can still be extraordinarily excited for the vision of a company and for the people doing the company while at the same time I would not be excited to be an investor.

Tough.

Re: http://thegongshow.tumblr.com/post/35487686068

Nate Westheimer — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:19:31 -0000

Do you have a preferred first and second factor? Password + Dongle? Password + SmartPhone?

Re: Hurricane Sandy Volunteer Opportunities

Nate Westheimer — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:44:05 -0000

This is awesome! Please update us if you find ways we can volunteer in NJ!

Re: What’s Shakin in the Markets

Nate Westheimer — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:02:03 -0000

Why password protecting everything, Howard?

Re: - Thisisgoingtobebig.com - What I did on my summer vacation: The First LP Close ($3.5mm) of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures

Nate Westheimer — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:36:52 -0000

Congrats dude!

Re: The Great Fragmentation

Nate Westheimer — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 08:26:03 -0000

I've felt this force most profoundly while working on building community capacity in NY tech. When people ask me if there should be a niche meetup about some new platform or topic, I reply: if there needs to be, there will be. The Market is pretty good at figuring out what's needed. A monolithic company or non-profit is not. When time moves slowly, perhaps big biz or big orgs can keep up. But when things get quick, The Market collides with innovation and this fragmentation occurs.