I love startups that blur the line between online and offline. Startups like ZeroCater that are able to offer an online experience that is not purely online or social like many others is an interesting space that I do not think is explored enough. I wish them the best of luck! Nice work guys!
I actually read this post earlier today when searching for tips/ideas. I'm interested in stories of people from HN and what they did to get a response too, so I look forward to where this discussion goes. Thanks for posting the link!
I think science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke said it best "Any sufficiently advanced technology will indistinguishable from magic." I paraphrased so don't hurt me if I didn't get it word for word. I have to agree with him that any civilization that was advanced as the essay speculates, would seem like real magic to our relatively young civilization.
I agree this is a very useful resource for writing in a concise manner. It is something I am attempting to implement in my daily writing. Even though it is old news the best advice I have come across is to write your content. Let it sit for an hour or more. Come back and read it out loud to yourself. This technique is underused and underrated in my opinion. Thanks for pointing out this resource. Bookmarked!
Funny you should mention this...The Startup Foundry is doing exactly that. A blog focused only on startups. Check it out, we have gained a lot of traction and have a relatively large following for being so new (about two weeks). http://thestartupfoundry.com
Let's say you cover the next Twitter or Facebook before they become the next Twitter or Facebook. Once they explode in popularity, are you going to stop writing about them? Even though those articles are getting the most traffic on the site? And tons of speciality sites start appearing just about Twitter and Facebook. And you even know people from Twitter and Facebook since you profiled them when they were little, and can get the inside scoop on changes and upcoming features.
A very good question. Will they be really able to resist "Poxxer, who we broke the news on in 2011 here and here" ...pfft always hate that <a><a><a> start to a blog post.
If they really would drop startups that made it big they could make it a feature. Instead of a deadpool, they can add startups to a bigpool, and tease the major sites with it: "we followed them then, you follow them now"
To be honest with you....your question is a good one. And since I am not the editor or the founder of the site I cannot say with 100% certainty that this is correct but my answer would be: yes. The main focus of the site is to cover startups. As far as I know there are no rules for only covering them when they are small. So if something I write about explodes like a Facebook or Twitter I will certainly being following up with them. In my mind that would be a "gold mine" of an article in terms of information both for myself and for our readers. Now would I beat it to death and write twelve articles about it in a five day period just to get the page views? No. That crap drives me crazy. I would like to think that I would only cover them if something significant was happening with them.
How does MacRumors decide when they are going to do another story on something that is hot?
I will check with my boss/editor and see what his thoughts are on the subject...
Yeah for now we are working the majority of our stuff through Twitter. Which goes to show just how good of a tool Twitter is. If you want to talk to me about covering something send me an email at: knowlife@me.com. Cheers!
