Hive Launch!

The time has come. Hive is ready (mostly) for you, the awesome people, to use it. All the core features are in: subscribing to sites, reading those sites, sharing stories, commenting, liking, staring and xml import from google reader. The UI/UX is awesome and getting better. There are still some features I am adding/fixing and I will be doing that forever. Really excited to put this in your hands right away and get feedback.



Announcing the closed beta of HiveReader



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Wait a minute. I’m new here. What’s Hive?

Hive is the best place on the internet to read the internet. At it’s core it’s a reader app. You subscribe to your favorite sites and read them all in one simple interface. It’s also so much more.



What happened to Hivemined? Why the name switch?

This was a much discussed topic. After explaining to the 100th person. “no, HiveminEd, with an e. Like miners” Something had to change. We’ve all been calling it Hive anyway. So why not call a horse a horse and a reader a reader? And horse.com is taken. Hivemined has become the default user we all follow (ala tom) also the blog title is still hivemined.





How do the keys work?

When you get a key it has N number of uses. So you can bring your friends in and get down to business or just post it wherever you want. I suggest you hire a plane to skywrite it.





What does it look like on the inside?

Like this:





(yeah, I liked my own post)

Other Common Questions:

I need a key right now. I am dying with google reader shutting down.

Sign up on Hivereader.com. Bug me on twitter. Send me an email Francis[at]hivereader.com I will be slowly sending keys out for others to send to their friends. Starting with people who are alright with using something that might be a little messy or missing something.



Still working on the experience for people new to readers who don’t have an import file to start with. I hope to have a better ‘getting started’ flow setup soon.



OMGZ!!1! THIS IS THE WORST. ____ IS MISSING AND ____ IS BROKEN!!1 YOU SUCK!! I’M OUT, PEACE!

Pushing code and fixes nearly all day everyday. Keeping my eye on twitter, email, and bug reports. #hivebug



PS: You are amazing. Thanks for sticking around and helping build the best thing on the internet.



Again. Huge thanks to Tivix (especially Andy, Adam, Rex, Bret, Sumit and the rest of the Tivix team) for creating the opportunity to make the reader we all want and need (I hope it becomes everything you’ve ever dreamed of).





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TED: Timothy Bartik: The economic case for preschool - Timothy Bartik (2012)

In this well-argued talk, Timothy Bartik makes the macro-economic case for preschool education -- and explains why you should be happy to invest in it, even if you don't have kids that age (or kids at all). The economic benefits of well-educated kids, it turns out, go well beyond the altruistic. (Filmed at TEDxMiamiUniversity.)



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Our Very Normal Solar System Isn't Normal Anymore

Footnote Labyrinths

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DIY Electronic Bicycle Derailleur

Upgrade your bike with a microcontroller and servo



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And prize-winning farm animals.

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A Bag That Looks Like A Giant Binder Clip by Peter Bristol

Sometimes things still surprise me and I say, “oh! How clever!” I did that with this Clip Bag by Peter Bristol.

Playing with scale, this bag is made of wool felt and aluminum tubing, and looks remarkably similar to those fasteners we have grown to love.

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TED: Taylor Wilson: My radical plan for small nuclear fission reactors - Taylor Wilson (2013)

Taylor Wilson was 14 when he built a nuclear fusion reactor in his parents' garage. Now 19, he returns to the TED stage to present a new take on an old topic: fission. Wilson, who has won backing to create a company to realize his vision, explains why he's so excited about his innovative design for small modular fission reactors -- and why it could be the next big step in solving the global energy crisis.



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Minimalist Iota Playing Cards by Joe Doucet

IOTA is a deck of regulation playing cards by Joe Doucet that dallies with the idea: how much you can take away while still maintaining a playable deck?

Simple geometric symbols are reductive versions of hearts, clubs, diamonds and spades. While it’s necessary to mark the back of regulation playing cards, Joe’s done so with a minimal diagonal line instead of the overly ornamental versions used at your granny’s bridge club. LOVE. So. Much.

Joe Doucet will be debuting IOTA among other projects during his Play exhibition at Wanted Design in New York, May 17-20, 2013.

Photos by Kendall Mills.

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Rorschach Urbanism

Oop! After yesterday's post, I thought of another question.

What's the biggest city in the United States — New York? Los Angeles? How about ... Anchorage! After spending an evening exploring the politics of metropolitan annexation and city–county mergers, I made a quick series of maps of the inkblot patterns of municipal limits — all in comparison to Rhode Island, naturally.

I've also been interested in the contrast in identity-space between the geographically large cities of Texas, Arizona, or Southern California and geographically small cities like San Francisco, Boston, or Washington DC. The contrasts can often be striking: only 8% of the residents of the Boston metro area actually live in Boston proper, while almost two-thirds of the metro residents of San Antonio live within the city limits. Do geographically larger cities enjoy more civic-mindedness, in addition to a wider tax base? My gut says yes, but I'm afraid I don't have any actual evidence yet.

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Is It Worth the Time?

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DIY Screen Printing Kits From DIY Print Shop

Confession: I’ve always wanted to learn to screen print but I’ve been completely intimidated by the whole process. All the gear and supplies and then having to learn how to do it causes me much DIY anxiety. Thankfully there are companies like Print Liberation that came up with the DIY Print Shop that answer my DIY-loving fantasies with kits that include EVERYTHING YOU NEED to screen print t-shirts or posters. Hello, game changer.

Start your own business or just make yourself and some friends a few t-shirts or print some gig posters for your band. The best part is that each kit comes complete with every single thing you need to get started. If you run out of any of the supplies, the shop stocks inks and tools to keep your hobby going.

We love this idea so much we included it in our Luvocracy picks. Stay tuned for a contest to win a free DIY Print Shop Screen Printing Kit!

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The Hacked Tweet That Took Down Wall Street

A rogue AP tweet roils Wall Street; algorithmic trading on machine readable news partially to blame



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You are weird.

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