September 2010
6 posts
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NEW: One sexy bitch of a personal video publishing...
What if you could turn a YouTube channel into a professional looking video site with a couple clicks? Well, you can, dawg!
Vidcaster is in private beta right now.
The site lets you import videos from a youtube channel, set a logo for your site, configure a theme, then you instantly get a nice looking functional website showcasing your videos. You can customize, add ads, configure with CSS,...
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IdeaOffer: a crowdsourcing marketplace with...
IdeaOffer is an interesting crowdsourcing marketplace, to say the least.
IdeaOffer uses real money (via PayPal) to motivate some serious crowdsourcing. I was able to Facebook connect and start using the site immediately. I answered one question about whether or not protein drinks were worth bothering with (which will net me $1.00 if my answer is chosen) and I created an offer to pay someone...
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Hacker Dojo Startup Fair: Sep 23rd 4pm-9pm
Startup Fair at Hacker Dojo is an event for entrepreneurs and early-stage startup companies to demo their products to angel investors and other entrepreneurs for valuable feedback, customer development, and possible investment opportunities.
Deadline for application has passed and startups are now being chosen. Stay tuned for updates on the event, as well as notification for the next Startup...
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Measy
Just like walking into the finest brothel, Measy lets you easily shop based on size, color, and “easiness”. Granted, the service is made for electronics and gadgets (not hookers), but we here at VenturePimp are quite pleased nonetheless.
The main claim to fame is that the site makes the process of selection fun and easy. I tried it out, and it was relatively painless and fun...
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Skydera: impressive feature-set for managing...
Skydera provides a power interface to control Amazon EC2, Rackspace, GoGrid and Slicehost. The systems lets you manage one’s entire cloud infrastructure with powerful tools such as monitoring, provisioning, log management, and the automation of common tasks.
After using the system, I can indeed confirm the existence of many pretty charts, graphs, bells, whistles, and more. It is apparent...
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Appointment Reminder: Simple idea, amazing...
So, my dentist’s assistant calls me today (one day before my appointment) to confirm like usual. Just as is my typical arrogant-skilled-engineer response to every situation, I think to myself: I could build an app to solve this simple problem.
Then I stumbled on to Appointment Reminder today. They nailed it. Nailed it like a hooker with a self-esteem problem. Well done, team, well...