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Parse.ly Blog: Parse.ly's

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 20:20:47 -0600

Parse.ly Blog: Parse.ly's :

parsely:

You may have seen that Parse.ly was featured in a TechCrunch article a couple of days ago. It was a great writeup by Sarah Perez, and we wanted to share it with you here.

Parse.ly Will Launch Its Pageview-Generating Machine Called “Dash” This Month:

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superamit: Many of you have asked, so here’s what’s going on...

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 19:37:46 -0600

superamit:

Many of you have asked, so here’s what’s going on with me.

WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE

8/1979: Born. Grew up in CT, built a killer eraser collection, fell in love with computers.

Left college to start a company. Fell hard. Fled to India for 3 months.

Started 2nd company. Learned to be an adult. Fell in love with NYC.

Moved to SF, discovered burritos & some of my fave people on Earth.

9/2011: Got diagnosed with Leukemia!

Cried. Went through 3 cycles of chemo. Hurt. Thought hard about what I want out of life. Grew up a second time.

TODAY

… After over 100 drives organized by friends, family, and strangers, celebrity call-outs, a bazillion reblogs (7000+!), tweets, and Facebook posts, press, fundraising and international drives organized by tireless friends, and a couple painful false starts, I’ve got a 10/10 matched donor!

You all literally helped save my life. (And the lives of many others.)

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

Tomorrow, I’ll be admitted to Dana Farber in Boston for 4-5 weeks.

First I’ll get a second Hickman line to allow direct access to my heart (for meds and for nutrients if I’m not able to eat). Over the next week, the docs blast my body with a stiff chemo cocktail to try and eradicate all traces of cancer cells. In the process, the immune system I was born with, and my body’s ability to make blood, are destroyed.

Next Friday, I get my donor’s stem cells by IV. I start on immunosuppressants to prevent my body from rejecting them (I’ll be on them for 12-18 months). For these weeks I’ve no immune system, so I’m severely vulnerable to viruses and bacteria. My hospital room and hallway become my world.

Meanwhile, the stem cells make their way to my bone marrow and, with some luck, start producing platelets, red blood cells, and white blood cells. At this point, my blood type changes to the blood type of my donor. And my blood will now have my donor’s DNA, not my own.

This is science fiction stuff. I can hardly believe it’s even possible, and there’s lots of chances for things to go wrong. It’s frightening.

AFTER THE TRANSPLANT

Recovery to a new state of “normal” takes about a year, but there’s a few storm clouds hovering:

My immune system is new, like a baby’s. I’m prone to getting sick.

Just as with any organ transplant, there’s a chance of rejection. Except in this case, it’s my blood that’s the foreign body, and it touches every organ. They call it graft-vs-host-disease and it can cause health issues and organ complications for the rest of my life.

Successful transplant or not, Leukemia can relapse. Stubborn mofo.

Overall, 75% of AML transplant patients survive year one, 50% make it through year five. My odds are a little better since I’m young.

THE GREAT NEWS

I’ve got a long road ahead. But I’ve got a donor & amazing family & friends. A few months ago I didn’t have many options. Today I have a plan.

I am alive. I start tomorrow. Wish me luck!

Thank you.

Parse.ly Blog: Parse.ly presentation at NYC Search & Discovery Meetup

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 18:50:11 -0600

Parse.ly Blog: Parse.ly presentation at NYC Search & Discovery Meetup:

Hi Parse.ly fans. Andrew here. I just wanted to let you know that I presented Parse.ly at the NYC Search & Discovery Meetup on Thurs, Oct. 29. The meetup is organized by Otis Gospodnetic (blog), who is one of the authors of Lucene in Action and the author of the forthcoming…

Roadmap for 2011

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 18:08:22 -0600

Roadmap for 2011:

oscommerce:

Published by Harald Ponce de Leon

The biggest milestone in our history will be reached on March 31 2011 with the release of osCommerce Online Merchant v3.0. This is the result of years of hard work, community feedback, and patience! We thank the community and our partners tremendously for their support during this long development…

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Parse.ly Blog: NY Tech Meetup, API Launch & Consumer Beta

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 17:26:20 -0600

Parse.ly Blog: NY Tech Meetup, API Launch & Consumer Beta:

Tomorrow Parse.ly will be presenting at the NY Tech Meetup. We’re part of the “university demo” segment, though we’re not actually university students anymore (if only!). This is a particularly good time to for us to talk to the New York Tech community. We have a few upcoming product…