Top 10 Startups of 2011

This year’s top 10 startups list is a combination of companies that launched in 2011, and others that gained considerable attention. We chose these startups based on how they’ve changed or disrupted their niches and how they’ve influenced trends this year and for the year to come. They are listed in no particular order. Take a look after the jump.

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风景摄影口诀：
大景靠勤跑，睡前看气象
正午沒好光，好光在晨昏
奇景重气氛，雨雾不放过
天雨帶相机，傍晚等放晴
大底加慢片，脚架快門线
变焦易耀光，尽量用定焦
取下保护鏡，裝上遮光罩
脚架要鎖紧，預鎖反光鏡
风景测中灰，白加黑要减
长曝勤测光，上下包几张
负片宜稍加，正片可略减
广角重主題，長焦压縮景
小光圈景深，全开糊背景
拍花側逆光，慢門显动感
溪流宜长曝，綿綿又密密
见山寻側光，见水拍倒影
对焦对主题，水平要抓平
偏光去反光，漸变平反差
反差如过大，黑卡效果佳
长曝避車灯，岩石要湿润
有云天要多，无云地为主
前景位关键，三分九宫格
人物增趣味，画龙要点睛
观景去杂物，拍前拣垃圾

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Here are your Finalists:

Best Technology Achievement (2010 winner: Google Self Driving Cars)
Lytro
NFC
OnLive
Siri
Tesla Flat Pack Battery

Best Social Application (2010 winner: DailyBooth)
Facebook Timeline
Instagram
Google+
The New New Twitter
Path 2.0

Best Shopping Application (2010 winner: Groupon)
Birchbox
Fab
Gilt Groupe
Lot18
Warby Parker

Best Mobile Application (2010 winner: Google Mobile Maps for Android)
Evernote
Flipboard
Pandora
Spotify
Square
TaskRabbit

Best Location Application (New category for 2011)
Airbnb
Foursquare
Grindr
RunKeeper
Uber

Best Tablet Application (2010 winner: Flipboard)
djay
Eventbrite At the Door
Fotopedia
GarageBand
Netflix
StumbleUpon

Best Design (2010 winner: gogobot)
Gojee
Orchestra
Path 2.0
Pinterest
Quora

Best Bootstrapped Startup (2010 winner: addmired)
Github
Imgur
Instapaper
Onesheet
Tap Tap Tap (Camera+)

Best Cloud Service (New category for 2011)
Asana
Box
CloudFlare
Dropbox
Okta
Twilio

Best International Startup (2010 winner: Viki)
Badoo
Klarna
Peixe Urbano
Rovio
SoundCloud
Wonga

Best Clean Tech Startup (2010 winner: SolarCity)
Alta Energy
Array Power
EcoATM
EcoMotors
Hara

Best New Device (2010 winner: iPad)
Galaxy Nexus
iPad 2
iPhone 4S
Kindle Fire
Nest

Best Time Sink (2010 winner: Cityville)
Modern Warfare 3
Quora
Skyrim
Turntable.fm
Words With Friends

Biggest Social Impact (New category for 2011)
Charity: Water
Khan Academy
Kickstarter
Practice Fusion
Twitter

Angel of the Year (2010 winner: Paul Graham)
Ron Conway
Paul Graham
Reid Hoffman
Keith Rabois
Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi (AngelList)
Kevin Rose

VC of the Year (2010 winner: Yuri Milner)
Marc Andreessen & Ben Horowitz
Matt Cohler
Vinod Khosla
Aileen Lee
Yuri Milner
David Sze

Founder of the Year (2010 winner: Mark Pincus)
Leah Busque (Task Rabbit)
Brian Chesky (Airbnb)
Jack Dorsey (Square, Twitter)
Susan Feldman & Ali Pincus (One Kings Lane)
Drew Houston (Dropbox)

CEO of the Year (2010 winner: Andrew Mason)
Dick Costolo (Twitter)
Daniel Ek (Spotify)
Phil Libin (Evernote)
Mark Pincus (Zynga)
Jeff Weiner (LinkedIn)

Best New Startup of 2011 (2010 winner: Quora)
Codecademy
Fab
Nest
Pinterest
Turntable.fm

Best Overall Startup of 2011 (2010 winner: Twitter)
Dropbox
Instagram
Gilt Groupe
Spotify
Square
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1.一组极简风格的大屏背景网站 附有PSD

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过去的2011我很怀念，写此文以纪念

工作方面-

你经历的过往总会让你看清楚很多事情；

前半年继续投身于之前的点点创业，只是情况越来越坏，七八月份的时候真的是达到一个新的压抑程度，整个人弄得很紧，基本上没有太多顾及自己的别的方面：生活，家庭以及其他想法的尝试，代价很大，收获也很大；真正的投身于一个从无到有的创业项目中，各种问题各种挫折都经历过，这都是财富，还是那句话：打仗这种事，不能只听别人说，自己上一次战场下来就知道个中滋味了。

一切终于在九月份结束，或许应该更早，或许这就是最好；唯一遗憾的只是大家最初如此走到一起，到最后竟落得了这样的结局，事成不成不要紧，人才是最重要的，最后弄的形同陌路，情何以堪，这是我当初无论如何也没想到的结果；不过，过去了就过去了。

之后休息了一个月，想理清楚思路继续再走，因为知道自己有些事情不想清楚是不甘心的，也觉得入行三年之际，好好的停下来沉淀总结一下，觉得这样会让自己以后走的更好；坦白的说，此时此刻，确实有点迷茫，对于行业对于产品对于自己的路，有很多不确定性的思考；

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