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Patrick McKenzie and The Long Tail of Optimization [audio]
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- mahmud 16y agoAllow me to disagree. Right now, patio11's claim to fame and his "social capital" has more to do with him being patio11, than with A/B testing, product development, selling education software, or Bingo cards. The way I see him, he is someone who is valuable just because of who he is: his thought, personality, writing, analysis, etc. His birth certificate is his resume.
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- seiji 16y agoPeople remember him because of the bingo cards. No, it's because of his friendly writing, being on a mission to fix other people, and actually improving a product. The cards are just a brand anchor. Much like people associate maxklein with trolling, negativity, cowardly anonymity, and spammy iPhone apps.
- maxklein 16y agoThat's harsh, man. So that's what my 3 years on hacker news boils down to, ya?
- prpon 16y agoMax, Don't let one person's opinion be a judgment on you by the entire HN community. I, for one love your blog and you comments here. I may not agree with all your comments but you provide a different perspective and you definitely don't mind ruffling a few feathers :). Keep up the good work.
- mahmud 16y agoI don't think you know Max as well as you know Patrick. FWIW, I like them both, though they're very different. In any case, let's be nice here :-)
- ericb 16y agoAs a counterpoint to your perspective, which frankly smells a lot like trolling itself, Max went out of his way to help me by passing on some very useful things he has learned on the app store.
- pchristensen 16y agoHaven't listened yet, but the TechZingers do great interviews, and patio11 is a well of knowledge and is generous sharing it. Can't wait!