Disqus - Friends of p0ps

Re: Launching the new USV.com

EricFriedman — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:18:39 -0000

Legacy issues

Re: Launching the new USV.com

EricFriedman — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:56:38 -0000

Thank you

Re: The New USV.com Launches In Beta

EricFriedman — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:40:03 -0000

Fragmented comment streams continue to be a problem. I also hope that one day a comment can be left once and aggregated everywhere and folks are working on trying to solve that issue. There are all kinds of issues around privacy, sharing, credentials, and other factors which make a system of auto-logged-in-commenting seem easy but difficult to implement. One persons dream feature is anothers privacy nightmare so its about executing on solving problems most users face today, then delivering value and solving problems to the more bleeding edge users tomorrow.

This is definitely great feedback for the Disqus guys and a general use case for a power user of these services.

Re: Google Dashboard

EricFriedman — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:35:45 -0000

Great - thanks for sharing the link

Re: Google Dashboard

EricFriedman — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:34:05 -0000

Do you think this will change over time? What was the sample size pulled from

Re: The New USV.com Launches In Beta

EricFriedman — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:26:33 -0000

We are open to these features if they provide value - what did you have in mind?

Re: The New USV.com Launches In Beta

EricFriedman — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:48:58 -0000

I think having open comment threads around every post and content that comes from us solves this problem well. It keeps the attention on the post at hand and opens the door to get in touch if its relevant. Putting comments elsewhere may be confusing if its not a two way dialogue.

Re: Talk to your customers – and let them talk to each other

EricFriedman — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:12:48 -0000

Its all about A/B testing and conversions - you should test it with and
without.

Re: The New USV.com Launches In Beta

EricFriedman — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:15:47 -0000

Disqus is now working again throughout the site.

Re: The New USV.com Launches In Beta

EricFriedman — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:14:07 -0000

Thanks for the feedback - this is now fixed in IE (was a CSS issue)

Re: Motorola Droid Review

EricFriedman — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:57:26 -0000

There is not native support for exchange I don't think but it works so
seamlessly that it almost doesn't matter.

re: cloud storage:
This is an issue across multiple services so it depends (crappy answer I
know) In my case its Facebook and Gmail storing the data so therein is the
trust. If they go down, we go down.

Not sure about computer sync.

Native media - video recorded looks good and plays back well.

Having background tasks running is a big bonus - but also a big battery
drain.

Re: The New USV.com Launches In Beta

EricFriedman — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:24:40 -0000

Working on it :)

Re: The New USV.com Launches In Beta

EricFriedman — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:08:00 -0000

The goal is hopefully to have someone understand our focus, then have the lowest barrier possible to get in touch.

You are right in that a form with 10-20 questions would filter down and put someone\company into a pre-determined mold, but sometimes this is not always possible. While some may love to fill out a form and check boxes, it deters others.

By providing dynamic information about the portfolio companies themselves it gives even more insight into those you "have not yet met". You can see latest issues on their minds (blog), opportunities (jobs), and activities (twitter feeds) and therefore would have a much better understanding of who is behind the organization and who, when, and where to get in touch with them. This is how the new USV helps you meet people you would have not otherwise met.

Re: Contest: Win Trick ‘r Treat on Blu-ray

EricFriedman — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:50:11 -0000

Thanks matt!

Re: Google Dashboard

EricFriedman — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:07:55 -0000

I would definitely want to see that data too.

Re: Data Exhaust

EricFriedman — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:52:15 -0000

I will check it out.

Re: Data Exhaust

EricFriedman — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:54:52 -0000

The first time you use Facebook, your profile is empty, which is why they
have created an almost game like dynamic to "get your profile complete".
Inferences made from your completed profile help advertisers reach you,
relevant news feed items come through, and honestly tweak the system so that
you don't see what you don't want. All that happens through categories you
opt into and data you share not a series of questions like "what type of
news do you want to see - choose from these 85 choices" which is the old
way.

I think Amazon is another that contours results from the moment you click an
item, search for something, or make a purchase. Your customized Amazon
looks exponentially different than mine - all due to data exhaust and no
difficult questions.

A brand new system has a major data density problem that can be solved by
bringing over credentials from another system, or providing a value
proposition that is so strong, you start contributing back to the system and
solve the data problem.

Re: Data Exhaust

EricFriedman — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:48:56 -0000

Collect it all.

Re: Introducing Tracked.com

EricFriedman — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:08:38 -0000

Yes.

Re: Google Apps Connector For BES

EricFriedman — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:05:07 -0000

Any experience using or setting up with this vendor?

Re: How to setup an appointment

EricFriedman — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:15:30 -0000

I would LOVE this feature. I find that all export to calendar things do not
work as promised, but if you could pull this off it would be well worth the
dev. time and money.

Count me in to contribute if you want to see this get built.

Re: How to setup an appointment

EricFriedman — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:15:47 -0000

Thanks! Was going to send this to you today but you got there first!

Re: Eat.ly - Meal Tracking and Social Food Discovery

EricFriedman — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:20:02 -0000

Last pic was the grey dog breakfast - a whole totally different breakfast :) But, yeah, I love this place.

Re: The Death of High Fidelity

atane — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:22:08 -0000

You'll get no argument from me p0ps. My collection of mono lps can attest to that. However, I will disagree with your point of "chasing the false god of technical sound".

It's one thing if a record sounds poor because it is an old recording, or because recording conditions were poor. Old blues records from Ma Rainey, Robert Johnson and Bukka White sound pretty bad technically, but that is understood given the conditions those artists recorded their songs in. I recognize that, and enjoy them for what they are.

However, what we have today are sound engineers deliberately recording music poorly. Excessive DRC that removes the highs and lows of the tracks is not a good thing, and never will be. That has nothing to do with sound technicality. It's not how the song sounds at all. Why would I want the sound to be altered to the detriment of fidelity? That is something I just can't support, and I can't see how any music lover would support sound engineers destroying the music put forth by the artist. It's downright arrogant imo.

Re: Google Apps Connector For BES

EricFriedman — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:48:47 -0000

Thanks for the information - I have considered running an Amazon EC2
instance but then we are left managing a server. I would rather pay
slightly more to have a managed hosting environment in case of downtime or
updates. After, with email being mission critical we cannot have things go
down. The other alternative is to switch to Google Apps without BES - which
is not a great option. I think tons of people would gladly switch if Google
hosted a BES for people.

Was the provider you used in the beignning exchangemymail.com or was that
who you switched to?