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by amr 17y ago
But aren't you punishing your target audience by making them pay money, no matter the amount, so you can "weed out the chaff?" If that is their motivation, I don't like it.
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Telecommuters fearing swine flu may clog Web networks, GAO says(washingtonpost.com)
1 points by amr 17y ago|0 comments
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by amr 17y ago
Sometimes the best UI is the one you don't remember.
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by amr 17y ago
So in order for you to track your metrics, you willing to annoy your client's followers. I am not sure that's a good idea.
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by amr 17y ago
You are not crazy. It is just people on both side of the debate are feeling a little extra defensive about the subject.
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by amr 17y ago
Because according to Andrew, they make $1 billion in sales. The site is making a lot of money with the existing design. I can see why they don't want to fix what is not broken.
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Ask HN: Anyone using Compass CSS framework?
3 points by amr 17y ago|1 comments
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Editorial - The Government and the Web(nytimes.com)
1 points by amr 17y ago|0 comments
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by amr 17y ago
wtf? Identifies Arabic correctly but displays the Saudi flag. I like the service, though, despite of this minor annoyance.
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by amr 17y ago
I worked on many multi-lingual websites and always used the name of the language in its native form (Arabic => عربي, Greek => Ελληνική, etc ) to offer language selection. It works very well for me. I agree with others who advise aga
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Obama Web-Tracking Proposal Raises Privacy Concerns(washingtonpost.com)
3 points by amr 17y ago|0 comments
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by amr 17y ago
Down the road from both of you in Silver Spring, MD
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by amr 17y ago
It is one thing to say start your business for the right reasons but this takes it a bit too far. Hope people don't get discouraged.
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by amr 17y ago
Boycotting large companies rarely works without a highly organized campaign and participation by the masses. Unlikely in the case of Apple and their very popular iPhone. I agree, though, that we need to demand respect as customers.
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by amr 17y ago
In her jurisdiction, it is illegal to use the phone while driving without a hands free device.
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by amr 17y ago
And I don't understand his complaining about EA not charging more for their game. Is he saying they are not making money? Or that they are not making enough money? It is odd to see someone argue that.
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by amr 17y ago
Quicksilver is still better because it is more than a program launcher. QS provides a wide array of tools at your fingertips like a calculator, terminal commands, email commands, image manipulation etc.
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by amr 17y ago
But to get people to sign up, you need to show them data or explain the benefit of signing up. Read the rest of the comments on this page on how to make people sign up. People will not sign up just because you ask them to. Give them somethi
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by amr 17y ago
I agree. Marketing is, largely , how you interact with your customers. But there is still a need for the work described in the question. As a business you still need to do outreach to new customers. And that is the type of work I would rat
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by amr 17y ago
Great, a twitter application that is simple, easy to use and does not generate noise. Nice work.
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by amr 17y ago
how much time does it take to type 140 characters? If you want to say something thoughtful and not generate noise into the tweetsphere, it takes a long time and a lot of tries to express your thought intelligently in 140 characters. At le
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by amr 17y ago
Yes, you can, if the the other person is a public figure: "Under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, as set forth by the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1964 Case, New York Times v Sullivan, where a public figure attempts to br
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by amr 17y ago
I don't think he intended to land them as clients. This is more to showcase his skills and gain publicity. A page from 37 signals playbook. I think he has few good points about the user experience. However, the hyperbole turned me off.
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by amr 17y ago
Is this related? http://notificator.com/
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by amr 17y ago
It is hard for me to feel bad for newspapers when they have been slow to adapt to the changing world around them. NYT & WP have had plenty of time to come up with a better business model. Instead, they spent their time building useless
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by amr 17y ago
This is nice but too big for most forms that use captcha (comments, feedback, etc...).
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by amr 17y ago
By the time one earn those "cached judgements of merit", he/she is less likely to be interesting. I turn off caching and judge for myself:-) As for the study, I find it silly.
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by amr 18y ago
Can you tell us why?
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by amr 18y ago
I get a "502 Bad Gateway" when trying to access the provided link.
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by amr 18y ago
It reminds me of http://oursignal.com . Maybe that's why I am having hard time with it. Except for the lead story, all articles have the same size square and color. Lack of visual anchor makes hard to read.

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