AlexBlom

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by AlexBlom 14y ago
Wow. Surely Yelp can pick up on a continuous, consistent pattern of negative reviews. The hard part is staying one step ahead of less-legitimate accounts. There's always somebody trying to cheat the system, and stopping these users often re
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US Congress grilling iOS App Developers(thenextweb.com)
1 points by AlexBlom 15y ago|0 comments
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Lemonade Stand Startups(alexblom.com)
3 points by AlexBlom 15y ago|0 comments
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by AlexBlom 15y ago
Was wondering what was happening. At least they are responding fairly quickly to the queries.
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by AlexBlom 15y ago
Internet was a general statement on my part, since corrected. It will be interesting to see how the "unlink" plays out in the indictment.
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Megaupload Implications are plain scary for Cloud Storage(alexblom.com)
77 points by AlexBlom 15y ago|32 comments
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by AlexBlom 15y ago
At least in the banks I deal with, there is a huge difference between what is considered core, and peripheral services that 1) rarely hold sensitive data, if any; 2) never hold the master and 3) are not part of the day to day banking experi
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by AlexBlom 15y ago
I have to give Google props on this one. I've spent a lot of time selling tech platforms / programs to the larger banks in North America. Speaking bluntly, most of the adoption is being driven by a struggle to keep the lights on, vs. a natu
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by AlexBlom 15y ago
Another issue with the 18 month coop is that, at least from the UW students I speak to, most go with startups. All of the UW students I personally speak to are receptive of doing a coop with a startup. It is significantly harder for startup
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by AlexBlom 15y ago
Exactly. Waterloo have had some solid pops, just as everywhere else. Waterloo simply seems to be some of the most visible.
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by AlexBlom 15y ago
I agree that commissions can generally be corrosive (and are a hallmark of lazy management, generally speaking), but I have to wonder how this would work in larger teams. In smaller teams (when managed well, and with the right talent), the
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by AlexBlom 15y ago
Same question as bsenftner. I'm not sure I'd be comfortable authenticating just yet.
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by AlexBlom 15y ago
Seems down. Can somebody paste here?
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by AlexBlom 15y ago
Right or wrong, this has to be due to the repackaging of content and charging for it. Perhaps the response would be different if the app was free? Excluding radios (which don't repackage in the same way, but I understand the authors point)
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Pope Accused of Crimes Against Humanity(google.com)
3 points by AlexBlom 15y ago|0 comments
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Notes on US College Debt(alexblom.com)
1 points by AlexBlom 15y ago|0 comments
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by AlexBlom 15y ago
I like the idea of pledging, though there may be some variance (what if a startup violates a startup, margin is high, the technical innovation was real, etc?) That being said, there is a lot to be said in simplicity. I'm no lawyer - I have
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Macbook Batteries Vulnerable to Security Hole(neowin.net)
2 points by AlexBlom 15y ago|0 comments
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by AlexBlom 15y ago
Thanks!
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Charlie Munger & Lollapaloozas (using common sense vs. models)(alexblom.com)
2 points by AlexBlom 15y ago|2 comments
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by AlexBlom 15y ago
Very curious to see how long this agreement is for. I'd be concerned for Zynga if there was not pre-built renewal clauses.
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by AlexBlom 15y ago
Note: Mostly differences between American and British English.
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Forget Acquisitions: Apple control the Supply Lines(alexblom.com)
63 points by AlexBlom 15y ago|60 comments
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by AlexBlom 15y ago
Should we be concerned that this is so pervasive, or that educators fail to realize deep essays written by one with a professed lack of domain knowledge?
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by AlexBlom 15y ago
This amazes me. What I find more amazing is that there is 1) Not a way to detect and brick these installations and that 2) Apple allows users in the Game Center without associating with a purchased e-mail address (or an alias, for multi per
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Organizational Charts: Amazon, Google, Facebook & Oracle(ritholtz.com)
4 points by AlexBlom 15y ago|0 comments
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RIM placing focus on Talent Acquisition amid layoffs?(alexblom.com)
1 points by AlexBlom 15y ago|1 comments
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by AlexBlom 15y ago
Uniques are down, but I'm wondering how much subscriptions have gone up (if at all)? I'm also wondering how many of those 'dropped' uniques are scrapers, quick bounces, etc?
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by AlexBlom 15y ago
I'm working again in enterprise startups, and one of our huge selling points is the huge difference in UX / UI.
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by AlexBlom 15y ago
Agreed, the author misses some very important points. Regardless of adoption, quite often the buyer is not the user, and the user is very rarely the early adopter. There is nothing wrong with serving all audiences, and creating software tha

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