Swannie

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by Swannie 16y ago
Because building the right executive team is hard... who do you go to for great guys? Based on this the current generation of telco execs is a no go. So do you look outside the USA? Now we're talking hard work for a pretty risky venture. Th
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by Swannie 16y ago
Agreed, especially when I can't find ex-co workers who I want to follow up. Except my resume is better (apart from the few recommendations I have). LinkedIn format is a little stifled, but it is great for checking out other people as it is
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by Swannie 16y ago
I don't have much experience with VPS either, but I'm using Linode and finding their platform super easy to use. When I asked around my friends, http://www.wizzvps.com/ was recommended if I didn't need the 'support' of Linode.
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by Swannie 16y ago
Nicely done, not sure what video's I'd use if for though.
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by Swannie 16y ago
Great stuff! Didn't see anything like "invite your friends to this room" buttons... if they were there they should be clearer.
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by Swannie 16y ago
Do you know what that would cost? I'm just wondering if you're talking $300 consultation, $1000 or what? Even 0.5% ($1500) spent carefully on advice could turn out to be the best thing possible.
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by Swannie 16y ago
I'd rather have a nice clean interface where I can filter relevant articles than go near that cluttered rats nest of links called Reddit. So far so good. Concentrate a bit more on the filtering/finding new topics a bit more. You could becom
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by Swannie 16y ago
Add analytics. I'm not sure how, but I believe there is a market out there for twitter tools to measure stuff in searches/twitter streams. Integrated with a client sort of makes sense to me. But I'm no social marketer, so I may be way off
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Big customers that won't close(swombat.com)
15 points by Swannie 16y ago|4 comments
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Development at Crisis Speed (NZ Earthquake Feb 2011)(phirate.posterous.com)
10 points by Swannie 16y ago|2 comments
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by Swannie 16y ago
Nice one. Does this mean an API might be just the other side of SXSW? :-P P.S. This post dedicated to Tristan, who asks "what's up with you commenting on every Lanyrd thing on HackerNews?!"
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by Swannie 16y ago
Agreed. I read that to mean "when you produce a bank statement with €5,000 in the account, we will pay you the first half".
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by Swannie 16y ago
I watched the video. It's too long: I got the point quickly, I wanted to know how much it would cost after 25s, and had to wait until 1:09 to hear that. Then 1:40 to find out my minimum investment. That info isn't "above the fold". Stuff li
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by Swannie 16y ago
Another small readability thing, the text on the buttons doesn't stand out that well.
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by Swannie 16y ago
"my whole goal was to just hurt less. Suicide would have been gladly welcomed"
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by Swannie 16y ago
I think Mz is trying to make the point that conventional /wisdom/ in modern medicine, is primarily to prolong life, and does so in preference to giving quality of life.
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by Swannie 16y ago
I'd guess lots of decompression & file creation. Windows install = lots of CAB files in a flat file structure.
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by Swannie 16y ago
I feel for you. One of my perceived barriers to my on-the-side startup idea is this very thing. If you get to fill in the form again, declare yourself as a director of the company /you will form/ to hold your IP. That's all, do NOT list the
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by Swannie 16y ago
1-4 yes, 5-10, there to make up the numbers :-/
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by Swannie 16y ago
I taught myself "programming". By the time I attended university I had written a few small programs/toys. When we were formally taught Java at university, there were 10 hours of tutored labs available. I certainly didn't need any help to do
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by Swannie 16y ago
Yeah, I was going to suggest that too :-) The ratio I observed in Israel was much better than most Western countries too.
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by Swannie 16y ago
Off topic: I've always thought that the top talent in India either: a) left to a G8 type country or b) worked at an Indian start-up, that will in times to come, be better placed to understand hyper-scaling than those working soley in the US
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by Swannie 16y ago
No idea about millions, but I remember Simon saying something like it running happily at (IIRC) 60second intervals. Hopefully he'll elaborate.
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by Swannie 16y ago
Nat & Simon, if this is the sort of site that you're putting together for free for SXSW, I'd love to see what you'd put together for another big conference that paid you guys ;-D Should be even more awesome-er when you've got the loca
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by Swannie 16y ago
On even days it works in the future, and scales to 1000/i/ users. SimonW, well connected with the timelords, or Harry Potter... not sure which ;-)
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by Swannie 16y ago
+1 for the tankless heater +1 for the efficient tank Great hack, but get a modern heater and a shiny micro controller for it, that may even speak ZigBee or some other home automation protocol.
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by Swannie 16y ago
Pretty similar here too. For work, with a nice A4 pad: I only date if it's a meeting/phone call. Otherwise I'm a bit lax, never found that to be a problem. I don't distinguish between scratch and "tidy". Tidy means it probably should be in
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by Swannie 16y ago
"HR department exists to protect the company from being sued by current and former employees" This is, of course, true. There is a surprising amount of work involved in making sure that the company operates within the bounds of employment l
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by Swannie 16y ago
Anyone have some good advice on getting out of this sort of pattern, if it was established in your youth? The only teacher that broke that habit at my school was my Chemistry teacher. He knew I was very smart, and I started handed in the ba
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by Swannie 16y ago
"It gives them an incentive to slack, and while that may work in the lower tiers of the school system, they're going to hit a brick wall at some point, and for many, it will be too late for them to do anything to catch up." Agreed. I hit th

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