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1.		I forgot my laptop at home and had the most productive day ever (cambrianhouse.com)
		15 points by transburgh on May 17, 2007 \| 9 comments
2.		How many page views does a website need to produce a month before it can get advertisers?
		14 points by dottertrotter on May 17, 2007 \| 19 comments
3.		How to become an independent programmer in just 1068 days (gusmueller.com)
		12 points by budu3 on May 17, 2007
4.		Andrew Chen: Forget advertising - will virtual goods be the killer revenue model for Web 2.0? (andrewchen.typepad.com)
		11 points by andrew_null on May 17, 2007 \| 8 comments
5.		$3 a month Loopt competitor for Sprint "Ulocate" raises M$11 VC (business2.com)
		9 points by vlad on May 17, 2007 \| 1 comment
6.		Sam Odio: Real Person or Anybots (robot) prototype? ;)
		10 points by dpapathanasiou on May 17, 2007 \| 13 comments
7.		Are Paul Graham and professional golfer Phil Mickelson long lost twins? (something fun for today) (web.mit.edu)
		10 points by mattzitzmann on May 17, 2007 \| 2 comments
8.		Veotag gets 750k investment (techcrunch.com)
		9 points by kf on May 17, 2007 \| 47 comments
9.		Startup pricing woes: Challenges of the freemium model (onstartups.com)
		8 points by Sam_Odio on May 17, 2007
10.		"Microsoft is dead" - style essay from 1997, by John Walker, AutoDesk founder (fourmilab.ch)
		7 points by lkozma on May 17, 2007
11.		The Largest Rails Application Loses Ground To PHP Competitor Due to Frequent Outages (techcrunch.com)
		6 points by staunch on May 17, 2007 \| 16 comments
12.		State of the Computer Book Market - Programming Languages (feedburner.com)
		6 points by reitzensteinm on May 17, 2007 \| 2 comments
13.		What are the top programming languages? The fastest growing? (oreilly.com)
		6 points by Sam_Odio on May 17, 2007 \| 5 comments
14.		New Google Uber Search -- I like it (slashdot.org)
		5 points by vlad on May 17, 2007 \| 1 comment
15.		Interview with Niklas Zennstrom, founder of Skype, after selling Skype for $2.6Bn to eBay (timesonline.co.uk)
		5 points by sharpshoot on May 17, 2007
16.		Usability - when should you make the users' choices for them? (nimbleit.squarespace.com)
		5 points by Sam_Odio on May 17, 2007
17.		Engadget Knocks $4 billion off Apple Market Cap on Bogus iPhone email (feedburner.com)
		4 points by reitzensteinm on May 17, 2007 \| 1 comment
18.		Why 3 equal co-founders might not be a great idea (foundread.com)
		4 points by Sam_Odio on May 17, 2007 \| 3 comments
19.		Flickr Founder Apologizes over Censorship (flickr.com)
		4 points by nostrademons on May 17, 2007 \| 5 comments
20.		It's the connections, not the age, that counts (leveragingideas.com)
		3 points by Sam_Odio on May 17, 2007 \| 1 comment
21.		google white paper on malware: present in 1/10 of websites (usenix.org)
		3 points by dhbradshaw on May 17, 2007
22.		Web 2.0 firms face unusual problem: too many customers (borthwick.com)
		3 points by sharpshoot on May 17, 2007
23.		Lean Development (tesugen.com)
		3 points by dawie on May 17, 2007 \| 5 comments
24.		SUN 9:00 Video - Likes Twitter, "Our business goes stale as soon as product is released." "Is technology a competitive weapon, or a cost?" (zdnet.com)
		2 points by vlad on May 17, 2007 \| 1 comment
25.		Meet the inventor of the mouse wheel (codinghorror.com)
		2 points by Sam_Odio on May 17, 2007 \| 1 comment
26.		What would you do if you realize the market you target is smaller than expected?
		2 points by master54 on May 17, 2007 \| 7 comments
27.		Y combinator in Ruby (dzone.com)
		2 points by sharpshoot on May 17, 2007
28.		Dave.TV - putting ads into videos the second a product is mentioned (business2.com)
		2 points by vlad on May 17, 2007 \| 1 comment
29.		The Alpha Geeks - Tim O'Reilly [MP3] (itconversations.com)
		2 points by reitzensteinm on May 17, 2007 \| 1 comment
30.		Could anybody suggest good articles on how to pitch an idea to a potential co-founder to get him/her on a team?
		2 points by dummypointer on May 17, 2007 \| 3 comments
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