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   by callmeed 18y ago

   Personally, I like what 37s has to say. It's the same thing people here (myself included) have said to all these "How to survive in hard times" articles (and that is "why do sound business principles only count in hard times?"). I'm glad so
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   by callmeed 18y ago

   I'm sure there's a team of Verizon folks somewhere trying to figure out a way :)
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   by callmeed 18y ago

   I wonder if this affects texts sent via an email->SMS gateway. I'm working on a small project that uses SMS, but we're just emailing them to number@smsgateway.com.
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   by callmeed 18y ago

   Last week I tried to buy some FB ads ... couldn't get past the setup/purchase screens (was improperly validating my info). Do I have to wait 3 years for that to work?
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   by callmeed 18y ago

   We have an image storage/sales service that uses S3. We're about 6 months in and have just under 1 TB.
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   by callmeed 18y ago

   I agree that Rails developers will probably still have plenty of work in the downturn. But, then again, Django & PHP developers may also. However, I'm not sure I buy the argument that the work will come from corporate IT projects. FTA:
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   by callmeed 18y ago

   I don't think you sound negative, but I'm not really keen on your use of the word "we" everywhere. I don't run my business that way, I didn't buy a house I couldn't afford, and I never encouraged anyone else to do those things.
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   by callmeed 18y ago

   "Who is to blame? We are - i.e. you and me." Don't blame me. My business pays its bills and payroll out of the money we make every month.
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   by callmeed 18y ago

   No, I would say free markets expose existing moral/character flaws (namely greed).
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    by callmeed 18y ago

    Using Git, Mercurial, and SVN ... for diff projects
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    by callmeed 18y ago

    agreed. I love RT
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    by callmeed 18y ago

    the category killer exists ... it's called "notebook + pen"
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    by callmeed 18y ago

    I'm not a fan of partnerships with large companies. In my last 2 startup companies, I've had 2 partnerships with large, publicly-traded, tech firms in the valley. Other than a few nice, free dinners and the temporary ego boost of having the
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    by callmeed 18y ago

    I thought this was interesting as Derek Sivers of CD Baby had gone back and forth between Rails and PHP in the past. I've used Disk Makers too and they're a great company.
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    CDBaby Acquired by Disk Makers(news.opb.org)

    7 points by callmeed 18y ago|3 comments
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    by callmeed 18y ago

    You can deny statistics all you want, but the US is still a dominant economic force–even with a financial crisis (and partly because the crisis affects the EU and the rest of the world). Europe may have a centralized bank–but they _don't_ h
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    by callmeed 18y ago

    2007 GPD in millions of USD: (1) United States 13,843,825 (2) Japan 4,383,762 (3) Germany 3,322,147 (4) China (PRC) 3,250,827 (5) United Kingdom 2,772,570 (6) France 2,560,255 (7) Italy 2,104,666 Hey Spiegel, why don't you com
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    by callmeed 18y ago

    I love how every idea is a CamelCased name ... MovieMeetup–when a movie in your queue is delivered, your FB friends are notified and invited to come over (if they bring popcorn). TweetFlix–when your movie is delivered, "Joe is gonna watch T
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    by callmeed 18y ago

    Yeah, some basic SEO can go a long way. I always say–decide what your highest valued search phrase is and start your browser title with that phrase. It would help to know more about what industry you're targeting.
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    by callmeed 18y ago

    This is great ... since one of my main businesses is providing Flash-based sites, this is welcome news (if it performs well).
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    by callmeed 18y ago

    So, when times are good, "think dumb and burn money"? Seriously, these are good points but why only follow them when the economy is down? In my opinion, really smart businesses do these things all the time. My business partner is a total no
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    by callmeed 18y ago

    You lost me at "Windows Explorer"
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    by callmeed 18y ago

    The only thing I learned from this article is that the tech/web scene needs some good headshot/editorial photographers.
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    by callmeed 18y ago

    absolutely. I think there are tons of opportunities for saas offerings targeted at small biz (the kind that use QuickBooks, not Oracle; that do $6M in revenue, not $6B). For them, user experience will go a long way.
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    by callmeed 18y ago

    Not sure if user experience really matters that much in the enterprise. I say that because, in the enterprise, person making the purchasing decision isn't the person using the software. I would say they are more concerned about security, co
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    by callmeed 18y ago

    I'm curious how many YC-funded startups are considered to be in the "enterprise" space. Anyone know off hand?
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    by callmeed 18y ago

    I dropped out of a top-ranked (undergrad) cs program my senior year (to work on my startup, natch). This was in '99/'00, and a lot of my classmates who graduated took .com jobs in the valley. A lot of them ended of getting laid off, so I do
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    by callmeed 18y ago

    But the Rocky Mountain News has it figured out! http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Story?id=5790930&page=1 /sarcasm
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    by callmeed 18y ago

    I think it's starting to happen. I was watching CNN this morning and they did a brief spot promoting one of their twitter feeds. Newspapers are using them too. When the media and entertainment people start using it, I think more mainstreame
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    by callmeed 18y ago

    I disagree ... once the user-base reaches a certain level, people will stay simply because everyone else is there. Nobody moved to an ad-free social network once Facebook started placing ads.