thomasgerbe

Yeah, I'd like to have sympathy for the OP because the USCBP and DHS can be annoying to deal with but you have to know what to say before going in there.

He brought it upon himself. You can't just go unprepared expecting them to help you out.

Why?

Flickr is one of last Yahoo products people I know sometimes still use. Facebook does a poor job at retaining high res pictures, few non-photographer friends use 500px, G+ doesn't have as much control, and Instagram is only for specific mobile photos.

I'm actually confused. I remember Kickstarter specifically saying that they didn't fund startups back when I applied to them.

"I'm not going to side with design over engineering"

It shouldn't be one or the other, it should work in unison. Design includes aesthetics and user interaction. Airbnb wouldn't successful if the user flow wasn't well crafted and a far superior experience than using Craigslist.

"HBO series have a lot of credibility, in general, as well. So I'll hold my breath that it doesn't paint indie/startup developers as total screw-ups."

I'll give them benefit of the doubt. As a huge fan of 24/7 for Hockey, they've given incredible insight into the game that nearly all fans of hockey and documentaries can enjoy.

Flash tutorials.

As a minority, I'm fine with this. Hollywood constantly casts minorities as stereotypes and almost always casts a white lead with the occasional African American.

Perhaps I should've been more specific. His argument was that scrolling down timeline is one of the most emotional experiences.

Scrolling through a haphazard column system of photos of mishmash isn't that emotional to me. Going one by one through a persons Facebook album is more emotional to me because of the focus (one photo) and organization (I know which album I picked).