no: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1058850
Does it matter? mmmm, I can't say the wiki is better, at least for time being. A social network would work, not a wiki.
Of course this is less fancy than your regular recruiting/social networking site, but the simplicity of it must be a plus. (you don't need an account to add/edit). The success of the Google Doc idea is also due to it's simplicity.
The wiki is about startups, but you sourced it from data about people. I am not a startup, I am a person.
About people vs. startups, you are right, they are no the same. I'm not sure what to call that entity that is something between an idea and a startup. If you create an account you can list your skills in the "Person form". There will be a search for that.
I've watched the flurry of activity and up until this moment people are still editing .. hanging out on the Google Docs. I'm sure it's been a real learning experience for everyone who participated, especially those who have been watching closely. I wonder if I should write up a "lessons learned" blog post.
If you step back you'll see that it's amazing how the HN community got together to collaborate and provide feedback, and now people attempting to improve on the initial idea of all the co-founder data in a flat table on Google Docs spreadsheet.
Ultimately we'll see if the market decides if they want something other than a flat tabular data or not.
That's why we're all here, right? We want to "make something people want".
p.s. shoutout to Paul from UCSD who's graduating and is helping out 280 North (I met him for coffee after we found each other, thanks to the Google Docs).
I told you I spend too much time here :-P
Not everything needs a social network :)
