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Dave Troy
Personal blog · davetroy.comstartupseconomics
Dave Troy's personal blog at davetroy.com covers startups and economics. Since 2009, 17 different Hacker News readers have linked it 22 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Dave Troy's blog for posts on Baltimore civic life, including a mayoral endorsement, and on the Beehive coworking space he founded, along with a piece on ThinkPad history.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
I am an Investigative Journalist in Baltimore, Maryland.
What Hacker News says?
Random fact, there's actually a bit of a story behind the trackpoint being red. As I was told by a guy at IBM, and I haven't been able to confirm this elsewhere, is that at the time the Thinkpad was originally conceived, IBM design guidelines mandated that the only red elements on a piece of hardware should be the power switches. However, the team behind the Thinkpad design though (rightly) that a red trackpoint wou…
Comment linking /posts/think-then-and-now
on “Happy 20th Birthday, IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad”Submitted How Education is Ruining Your Life as a story · 63 points
HN discussionTalk to Dave Troy, he founded the Beehive in Baltimore and could fill you in on the details and his experiences so far: http://beehivebaltimore.org/ http://davetroy.com/?p=599 There's an email address on the beehive page or drop me an email and I'll hook you up. (I work next to, not in, the beehive)
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on “Gone Nomad? Try Coworking.”Submitted Is Silicon Valley Dead? as a story · 52 points
HN discussionThe original post is good reading for anyone who lives in a city with machine politics. e.g. pretty much everyone who lives in a city! http://davetroy.com/posts/a-new-leader-for-a-new-baltimore
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on “Baltimore Geek Goes Political - Endorses Mayorial Candidate”Submitted Is Groupon the new Jesus Startup? as a story · 20 points
HN discussionSubmitted Idea Gardening: A Primer as a story · 15 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Coming Suburban Welfare State as a story · 10 points
HN discussionSubmitted Never say "VC" as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Fiber Economics - Why you don't have fiber (yet) as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted THINK: Then and Now as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Real Republican Adversary? Population Density as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Avoiding The Startup Stall-Spin as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Case Against Newspaper Companies as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Myth of the Visionary Founder as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Effectuation: How entrepreneurship really works as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The How and Why of Tech as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted “Access to Funding” Is More About Perception than Reality as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Start by Taking Action (encouragement to pursue your startup idea today) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Disneyland as an example of Minimum Viable Product as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Twitter “Lists” Change Everything as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Design for Behavior: Part 1 — Dave Troy: Fueled By Randomness as a story · 1 points
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