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by alexknowshtml 13y ago
I came here to say that your long-form copy is quite good! One very small change that you can make to get more people INTO the long-form copy is to "lead with the pain" in that paragraph. For example, in the opening paragraph, you
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How I use cloud-init + Vagrant in my local dev environment(davemartorana.com)
1 points by alexknowshtml 13y ago|0 comments
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Startup Definition(startupdefinition.com)
1 points by alexknowshtml 13y ago|0 comments
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by alexknowshtml 13y ago
Killer :) I've got a question about the current dashboard: by default, "Today's Volume" seems to include more than today. "This Month's Volume" also seems to include more than this month (the range goes to the end of this month). How are th
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by alexknowshtml 13y ago
I bought a copy. It looks nice, but I had to add it to the pile of Stripe "add-ons", app or otherwise, that don't do the ONE thing that I'm constantly trying to figure out manually (and I imagine other SaaS owners would, too): Based on CUR
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by alexknowshtml 13y ago
To start, practice not comparing your insides to other peoples' outsides. Everyone else is just as afraid as you are. They're just better practiced at not making decisions based on fear. Decision making & your emotions are always at odd
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Recommended reading/watching list for community builders(tour.businessofcommunity.com)
15 points by alexknowshtml 14y ago|1 comments
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Domino from launch to $50k+ per month in revenue(davemartorana.com)
10 points by alexknowshtml 14y ago|4 comments
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The funding platform for open-source software.(bountysource.com)
6 points by alexknowshtml 14y ago|2 comments
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by alexknowshtml 14y ago
Are you writing for you, or for your reader? Which do you think matters more? Also, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_prose
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Community Leadership Lessons from Open Source(dangerouslyawesome.com)
2 points by alexknowshtml 14y ago|0 comments
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by alexknowshtml 14y ago
You're actually a big sack of chemicals, mostly water. It's actually remarkable that those chemicals manage to form such complex and remarkable things as habits.
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by alexknowshtml 14y ago
+1 to the writing as a practice. I look back at things I wrote a year ago - sometimes as much as 6 years ago - and wonder if they were really written by me. Writing every day and being willing to do it even if it's just for throwaway is the
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There's Never Only One Community(alexhillman.com)
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by alexknowshtml 14y ago
Depends on a lot of things, but here's a particularly good day of sustained traffic in the top 10. https://img.skitch.com/20121001-earf66yyjrpj7b11tjek89i9ii.j... The source of that spike was 300+ concurrent uniques high turnover for a go
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by alexknowshtml 14y ago
You're being pedantic about the definition of culture. Many companies "cultures" are held together by a single personality, or a select few. When that person or people leaves (or stop beating the drum), the "culture" dies. GitHub - much lik
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GitHub and Emergent Culture By Design(alexhillman.com)
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by alexknowshtml 14y ago
Relevant username.
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Get notified when a periodic task doesn't run(deadmanssnitch.com)
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by alexknowshtml 14y ago
Then maybe it wasn't written for you. - signed, OP
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by alexknowshtml 14y ago
Hm, I didn't expect a novelty account on HN.
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by alexknowshtml 14y ago
That was the difference for me, too. If I took notes at all it wasn't in one place (a mix of text files and iOS notes for me). Switching to Byword and a single file was faster and I was more consistent about jotting notes down no matter whe
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How I Learned to Defrag My Brain(alexhillman.com)
271 points by alexknowshtml 14y ago|83 comments
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by alexknowshtml 14y ago
While I'm no longer a member of the wonderful team at Beanstalk, I can tell you for certain that this comment is appreciated. Happy to answer any questions about Beanstalk Deployments which is my personal favorite part of the system: http:
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Considering My Influences: Diagnosis & Systems, Patterns, Curiosity, and Mentors(alexhillman.com)
1 points by alexknowshtml 14y ago|0 comments
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by alexknowshtml 14y ago
Without a doubt. Money makes everything more complicated, even "clear business models" aren't so clear.
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by alexknowshtml 14y ago
I never said the money is irrelevant, quite the contrary. It's VERY relevant. Just not in the way that the other author I'd cited made it out to be, nor does money have the protective alignment that I think people have convinced themselves
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by alexknowshtml 14y ago
> I don't think it's as simple as... Is kinda the point I've been trying to make. :) A big part of twitter's initial growth was due to 3rd party development. But the tides shifted there as well, not (just) because of advertisers but bec
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by alexknowshtml 14y ago
"...too green to know that I should have run for my life after that statement." Yep.
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by alexknowshtml 14y ago
Neither of those points safeguard you from it turning into something other than what YOU want. That's the point I'm trying to make. I don't have a specific reason for doubt, but I don't have evidence for confidence either. I'm 100% behind a

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