PaulMest

28 ms·

91.
by PaulMest 14y ago
I do a lot of metric analysis for other companies. It's actually one of the ways that my company starts engagements and eventually leads to selling other services. We start by analyzing what data is already collected. I love looking at da
92.
by PaulMest 14y ago
I do a video podcast that gets about 30,000-60,000 views/week. I have not fully leveraged it, but it has been useful for a few things: * It has helped me connect with people in the press * I occasionally get free passes to conferences and
93.
by PaulMest 14y ago
It's at 216,000+ in under a day... I think it's safe to say it will hit a million.
94.
by PaulMest 14y ago
I've been using this feature for a while (weeks?)... was it in beta before? Or am I mistaking this for another stream-like feed in Mixpanel?
95.
by PaulMest 14y ago
Reed Hastings announced he is not seeking re-election from the Microsoft board after this year [1]. [1] http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/09/reed-hastings-wont-be-retur...
96.
by PaulMest 14y ago
He works at Microsoft[1]. I have been following his predictions on PredictWise.com for the last four months. [1] http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-rothschild/12/651/681
97.
32GB Microsoft Surface to Cost $500(gizmodo.com)
2 points by PaulMest 14y ago|0 comments
98.
by PaulMest 14y ago
I'd also recommend handling the onclick event of your outbound links and sending a custom event up to Google Analytics. That way you can get a rough approximation of how many people are clicking through to other sites.
99.
by PaulMest 14y ago
Nice extension. I'd be curious to see the funnel associated with your "shameless plug" at the end of your post: How many people click through to your consulting page? How many additional inquiries do you get over the coming 1-2 weeks?
100.
by PaulMest 14y ago
That's what we're hoping, too. Mythly is at least unique and haven't run into too many people forgetting it. "Focus on value" is great advice and very much inline with YC's mantra of "build something people want". Thankfully, our prototyp
101.
by PaulMest 14y ago
Heh, is Mythly really that bad? We spent quite a long time trying to come up with an original name. We had a few principles: * The name should be two syllables or at most three syllables. * Something unique enough that we could easily win
102.
by PaulMest 14y ago
Hey, original author here. I had written about a few random topics before, but this post single-handedly dwarfed the rest in pageviews, time on site, and comments compared to all other posts on my site. I was talking with some friends about
103.
Why I Left Microsoft(paulmestemaker.com)
17 points by PaulMest 14y ago|8 comments
104.
by PaulMest 14y ago
Have you seen Domize? How is this better than that? Because it offers browsing instead of just searching? Domize - http://domize.com/
105.
by PaulMest 14y ago
Basically Sarah Lacy was upset that Arrington et al would still participate in TechCrunch-related events. Here is Arrington's side: http://uncrunched.com/2012/04/09/about-pando/ Here is a short blurb by MG Siegler: http://parislemon.com/
106.
by PaulMest 14y ago
Google cached the page on Apr 27 as well with the same content... so it appears Apartment List didn't put up a fake date. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:euCfseP...
107.
by PaulMest 15y ago
I enjoy getting up in front of a crowd of people and helping them learn new concepts in an entertaining fashion. I have taught classes, delivered presentations, recorded video podcasts with millions of views, traveled as a motivational spe
108.
by PaulMest 15y ago
MG has actually turned off all comments on his site, not just this post. http://parislemon.com/tagged/comments http://parislemon.com/post/15288210624/comments-still-off
109.
by PaulMest 15y ago
It seems odd that you want something to go viral, but you explicitly request people not to share it without checking with you first. From your Terms & Conditions: "You may not create a link to this website from another website or docume
110.
by PaulMest 15y ago
There was a pretty funny scene in Middle Men regarding this very topic. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1251757/
111.
by PaulMest 15y ago
I'm guessing Netflix is highlighting this to negotiate better prices for their content while also signaling to the market this isn't a business others should enter. I get the sense that Netflix is splitting up these numbers to help their co
112.
by PaulMest 15y ago
Interesting. This site claims that the intent behind the cloaking is taken into account: http://www.smart-it-consulting.com/article.htm?node=148&... ... Do you agree? Or have you had a different experience?
113.
by PaulMest 15y ago
Wouldn't it be possible to detect if it's a web crawler visiting your site (e.g. user agent) and then let them crawl the site as normal? If it's not a web crawler, then display the "blackout" version of the site?
114.
by PaulMest 15y ago
I was also intrigued when I first saw the large amount of elementary school teachers in the 1%. Then I saw extra information called out on the sidebar: "School teachers don't earn enough to make the top 1 percent on their own, but many liv