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by ares2012 15y ago
I've started plenty of companies as well and there's a big difference between smart money and people you like. There are plenty of investors that are nice and friendly but are completely clueless when it comes to critical decision time. Som
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by ares2012 15y ago
This is a great line: "If you can’t protect it, don’t collect it." Coming up soon: Amazon Web Protection Services
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by ares2012 15y ago
I agree with some of the conclusions but not all of them. The following are definitely true: 3. Choose investors who are investing in you. 9. Get references Everything else is either derived from those (points 4, 5, 6) or are just not real
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by ares2012 15y ago
I agree. The author is confusing the language with how well it's used. Java still has the advantage of running within a virtual machine while being faster than interpreted languages. If you don't want to tie yourself to a single platform an
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by ares2012 15y ago
The article has a good point, but really it's just another example of the "Innovator's Dilemma" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_technology ). Simply put, the leader in a given market is the least likely to benefit from disruptive
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by ares2012 15y ago
This is a really brilliant idea. I wonder, though, what you would do if you found photos taken with your camera? Is there really any action you can take?
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by ares2012 15y ago
If you're building an app this is important to consider. With in-app purchases apps are no longer either "free" or "paid". A lot of apps that are "free" allow you to download and install for free but you have to purchase a subscription to a
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by ares2012 15y ago
I actually couldn't find a copy of the survey to see what the actual phrasing of the question was - which is why I raised the question of bias. If the question was phrased the way you quote then it would be more accurate.
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by ares2012 15y ago
True, but the survey from the article is from January 2011-March 2011 so it was well before this promotion started.
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by ares2012 15y ago
That's interesting, but I suspect it was biased a bit by the affordability and ubiquity of Android devices. It's hard to turn around in a mobile store these days without bumping into a load of extremely cheap Android phones. Perhaps people
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by ares2012 15y ago
So it is as bad as we feared. The only silver lining I can see is that Sony made the difficult business decision to turn off the network until they were sure it was secure. While that doesn't make me feel better as a PSN user I do respect t
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by ares2012 15y ago
I think this is brilliant. If you can get enough people typing in their current salary you could have a significantly better data source for affluency than the US census (which is what everyone uses now). That database (completely anonymize
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by ares2012 15y ago
I have to say that I have great respect for Zynga. They have overcome their roots in "Scamville" and built a growing business that now looks like the Facebook to EA's Google. Despite the fact that I don't play any of their games I find myse
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by ares2012 15y ago
In my admitted limited experience (I've worked with and hired PMs but never been one myself) typical questions can include: 1. Describe a project you have managed that went wrong and how you fixed it. 2. What process do you use to ensure a
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by ares2012 15y ago
I wonder how much the timing of Facebook Deals is being driven by the upcoming Groupon IPO. A competing Deal service that is free to businesses could upend the Groupon model, making them more open to an acquisition instead of an IPO. Or may
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by ares2012 15y ago
If they didn't I imagine that Sony is afraid that they could have. I'm more curious if credit card numbers etc. were stolen...
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by ares2012 15y ago
Wow. Considering that you can't play Netflix on your PS3 without the Playstation Network operational and the article on the front page about Netflix being bigger than cable companies, I wonder how much this is affecting Netflix traffic. I r
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by ares2012 15y ago
Companies like Google and Apple have been eager to collect data on the GPS locations of cell towers, wifi access points and other network locations. In fact, there are entire companies (Skyhook http://skyhook.com ) that drive cars around m
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by ares2012 15y ago
Personally I wouldn't use it. The biggest problem with ticketing for most teams isn't speed - it's sorting through the noise to identify the bigger picture (i.e. 5 tickets might all be for different parts of the same thing). However, if it
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by ares2012 15y ago
I will begin hoping against hope that Yahoo! finally makes good use of one of their acquisitions. If only so that they stay as an independent company who provides exits for interesting start up companies like IntoNow. However, based on expe
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by ares2012 15y ago
I really like the way the article frames the fact that data center outages happen. AWS isn't magic, plan for failures. This is the best line: "Blaming the Cloud for these outages would be like blaming your hard drive manufacturer for lost d
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by ares2012 15y ago
Project managers, depending on the company, can be the project leads or the project scape goats. At well run companies the project manager is in charge of coordinating all the groups, running the project meetings and updating executives on
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by ares2012 15y ago
Great, insightful discussion of the key problem with people building on top of AWS today - it does not solve all of your problems. You still have to have an operations strategy, a high-availability strategy and a disaster recovery strategy.
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by ares2012 15y ago
I like that the price point makes it one of the most affordable Android "tablets" but the e-ink refresh rate must make motion games like Angry Birds hard to play. Has anyone given it a try?
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by ares2012 15y ago
I have found they are a useful tool for group brainstorming. It helps provide structure to the unstructured thought process of a group of people without really constraining their thinking in any particular direction. However, you need a ver
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by ares2012 15y ago
The timing is a bit tongue-in-cheek but it's still a great cause. Upvoted for the environment.
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by ares2012 15y ago
Does he even give an excuse for missing the meeting? It's possible that his absence is his way of telling you that he doesn't think meeting everyday is important. I would hope it's not just that he forgets or can't wake up that early at lea
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by ares2012 15y ago
The most interesting part of that article for me is that 4sq is moving into the local merchant coupon business against Groupon and LivingSocial. With Yelp pushing their own deals and Facebook with Deals how soon before this discount bubble
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by ares2012 15y ago
I agree with the author that there is too much data but the conclusion is very accurate. Great leaders can evolve as the company evolves and smoothly move from being an individual contributor to a manager/delegator. If you want to grow a bi
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by ares2012 15y ago
You have absolutely no sense of humor.

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