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I will keep Twicsy going until it makes much less than no sense at all!!!!!!! But, I am already working on the next thing and we have generated more revenue in

I will keep Twicsy going until it makes much less than no sense at all!!!!!!! But, I am already working on the next thing and we have generated more revenue in the last few months than Twicsy/Dumbfind/Searchles did in 10 years.

rattray 13y ago
That's incredible, congratulations! Care to share what you're working on? Or at least what process led you to the new project?
- dumbfounder 13y ago
  http://distillerylab.com http://distillerylab.com Sounds boring to most probably, but I love to play with data! And we have real clients!
  - wsieroci 13y ago
    I do not know what distillerylab.com does. On the site I found only general info about it. Could you say more, what you are doing there?
    - pnathan 13y ago
      It's a BI platform for analyzing social media. Unfortunately, it's not presented very well.
      - dumbfounder 13y ago
        At least you understood! To be more specific, we analyze specific topics for companies and quantify their presence in the market. Right now it is still hard to measure ROI on your PR and marketing, we are trying to change that.
  - mark_integerdsv 13y ago
    I am currently playing in a very similar space - would you care to throw me a bone and give me some idea of how you landed your first clients? I'm totally stuck in this regard. So much so that I've begun to hate myself.
  - dennisgorelik 13y ago
    I cannot understand what service distillerylab provides. Did you get any leads from your web site?
lubujackson 13y ago
I agree with this perspective. Every idea can't be curing cancer, and many innovative ideas are stumbled on while playing with something else - like Feynman discovering quantum electrodynamics because he was curious about why spinning plates wobble. You need to follow your instincts. At a minimum, you're providing a service to thousands of people and sheparding a product through its lifecycle. I don't know if working on Twicsy will have any real influence on your future work, but following its story seems more valuable than dropping it to "pivot" off in some random trajectory.
- NovemberWest 13y ago
  There is also not much money in "curing cancer", unfortunately.
  - jonny_eh 13y ago
    That's non-sense, people (and their pets) will continue to get cancer, even if a cure is found. The Nobel prize alone would be worth it.
    - chacham15 13y ago
      I think what he means is that the ratio of the profits to the cost to discover a cure is much smaller than in other industries.
      - NovemberWest 13y ago
        What she meane is that wellness is not a welcome topic in most circles, nor easily monetized. Everyone wants a new drug, literally or figuratively -- a quick fix, easy answer. No one wants to eat right, exercise, make dramatic lifestyle changes, etc. Wellness looks more like religious edicts than it does medicine. This I cannot comprehend. Compared to the drugs I have gotten off and the potential surgeries I have evaded, what I am currently doing is a pleasant picnic. But trying to share that info has gotten me mostly open hostility. So I took the site down.
oacgnol 13y ago
Can I just say that I love your attitude? A borderline unhealthy sense of self deprecation and just 'doing it' because you can - qualities I wish more tech people had.

rattray 13y ago

That's incredible, congratulations! Care to share what you're working on? Or at least what process led you to the new project?

dumbfounder 13y ago
http://distillerylab.com http://distillerylab.com Sounds boring to most probably, but I love to play with data! And we have real clients!
- wsieroci 13y ago
  I do not know what distillerylab.com does. On the site I found only general info about it. Could you say more, what you are doing there?
  - pnathan 13y ago
    It's a BI platform for analyzing social media. Unfortunately, it's not presented very well.
    - dumbfounder 13y ago
      At least you understood! To be more specific, we analyze specific topics for companies and quantify their presence in the market. Right now it is still hard to measure ROI on your PR and marketing, we are trying to change that.
- mark_integerdsv 13y ago
  I am currently playing in a very similar space - would you care to throw me a bone and give me some idea of how you landed your first clients? I'm totally stuck in this regard. So much so that I've begun to hate myself.
- dennisgorelik 13y ago
  I cannot understand what service distillerylab provides. Did you get any leads from your web site?

lubujackson 13y ago

I agree with this perspective. Every idea can't be curing cancer, and many innovative ideas are stumbled on while playing with something else - like Feynman discovering quantum electrodynamics because he was curious about why spinning plates wobble. You need to follow your instincts. At a minimum, you're providing a service to thousands of people and sheparding a product through its lifecycle. I don't know if working on Twicsy will have any real influence on your future work, but following its story seems more valuable than dropping it to "pivot" off in some random trajectory.

NovemberWest 13y ago
There is also not much money in "curing cancer", unfortunately.
- jonny_eh 13y ago
  That's non-sense, people (and their pets) will continue to get cancer, even if a cure is found. The Nobel prize alone would be worth it.
  - chacham15 13y ago
    I think what he means is that the ratio of the profits to the cost to discover a cure is much smaller than in other industries.
    - NovemberWest 13y ago
      What she meane is that wellness is not a welcome topic in most circles, nor easily monetized. Everyone wants a new drug, literally or figuratively -- a quick fix, easy answer. No one wants to eat right, exercise, make dramatic lifestyle changes, etc. Wellness looks more like religious edicts than it does medicine. This I cannot comprehend. Compared to the drugs I have gotten off and the potential surgeries I have evaded, what I am currently doing is a pleasant picnic. But trying to share that info has gotten me mostly open hostility. So I took the site down.

oacgnol 13y ago

Can I just say that I love your attitude? A borderline unhealthy sense of self deprecation and just 'doing it' because you can - qualities I wish more tech people had.