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by daimyoyo 16y ago
I am very introverted. I always have been. The fact is that the unique challenges that programming and web design are suited to introverts. Can I be an A-list actor? No. But I can use the talents I have to make something from nothing. So do
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They are ok if you do them correctly. First piece of advice would be do not use a dialer. There are very few things business owners hate more than talking to some robot asking them to press 1. Second, cold calling is VERY hard work regardle
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by daimyoyo 16y ago
His sales would be B2B, which is exempt from DNC regulations.
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While I can fully appreciate your sense of loss about leaving your company, you have to do what's good for you. If you've been in development limbo this long, odds are the CEO doesn't have the vision and or the leadership required to get ov
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by daimyoyo 16y ago
The thing I found most interesting about this article was actually an omission. The hiring process at Apple retail is the most insane thing I've ever experienced. First fill out the application in store. Then follow up with the manager of t
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by daimyoyo 16y ago
The article reminded me of a quote I have framed on my desk. "the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do." Steve Jobs. I think Larry is only getting started and it'll be amazing to see what h
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by daimyoyo 16y ago
Great post. Reading HN is better motivation than any cheesy book on the market. I love HN. :)
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This is the famed "Sold 10% of Apple INC for $800" founder. Frankly, I gave this guys story to everyone I knew under the heading "don't be this guy" and I presume I'm not the only one who did so. I think it's cute that he has a twitter, but
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by daimyoyo 16y ago
And trust me. Don't forget the sunscreen.
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I can fully understand where you're coming from and while it can be rough, this can be a time of unique creativity for you. What I do when I'm down is I start planning the next phase. I'd recommend getting as detailed in your mind as possib
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by daimyoyo 16y ago
Thus begins the swan song of nuclear energy. This is a screaming example of why we shouldn't use nuclear power. It isn't safe, and if it goes wrong, it goes VERY wrong!
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I'm not sure whether to celebrate the fact wired finally has a woman on the cover who belongs there(no. Sarah Silverman didn't belong. She's a great comedian, but she has no place being on the cover of a tech magazine) or complain that it t
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by daimyoyo 16y ago
The biggest reason that misogyny exists in tech comes down to the fact that there aren't many women in tech. As an example my Calculus based physics course in college had 150 people enrolled. 3 of whom were female. And honestly, when roughl
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by daimyoyo 16y ago
I've only ever had one job where a business card is important. The culture behind the business really soured me on having cards and today I just give people who ask my twitter id. I suppose once I have a company large enough to have a masth
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by daimyoyo 16y ago
Why are you collecting people's emails rather than having a simple thread to ask and answer questions?
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It is a coincidence. When I registered 1every.com, it was about 4 months between when I came up with the name and when I finally registered it. I looked the domain up at least a dozen times from several different computers and the domain wa
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by daimyoyo 16y ago
The thing that sets visionary leaders like Steve Jobs apart from your common CEO is threefold: First, and the article went in to this is the clarity of their vision. Second is the ability to inspire people to do more than they think they ca
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by daimyoyo 16y ago
Speaking from experience, success is MUCH harder to attain after your mid 20's but is by no means impossible. As an example, I'd launch my company tomorrow if I could find a way to cover my expenses. Unfortunately, I live 800 miles from my
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Leonhard Euler was contributing to the field of mathematics until the day he died and Paul Erdös was still writing significant papers at an age when most people have long retired.
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I submitted a blog post http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2318747 about my theory of why apple is allowing the iPad to remain sold out today, despite knowing that people would still want one.
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He's right you know. Where would we be without Rickrolling and LOL cats? </sarcasm>
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I went in the my local apple store to try the iPad 2 out when I saw something I'd never imagined I'd see. There was a guy in a blue shirt, hanging out, playing with a smart cover. That's it. Apple thinks this thing will generate enough reve
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No iPad for you(1every.blogspot.com)
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I've been in sales for years and the best way to describe this attitude is with a question. "If their good/service is really worth what they're asking, why are they trying so hard to make this sale?" When you can walk away, the client impli
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by daimyoyo 16y ago
I completely agree. I was raised in a family where the expectation was you went to work right out of(and even during) high school and then you worked hard, and 20-30 years later you retired. I tried this but I found no matter how much I app
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It's actually odd. I've had pretty decent windfalls come my way a few times and after it happens, all the crap I'd wanted so desperately while I was broke, suddenly wasn't that important. Case in point: I found a blue '69 Chevrolet nova at
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by daimyoyo 16y ago
Your solution here is obvious. Several times per week it seems there's a thread here lamenting paypals policy's. My advice to you would be to start a competitor to paypal. (yes they're owned by eBay, but remember that there's potential anti
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There's a big difference between genuine concern for your child's safety and wanting to score points in a custody case. This sounds like the young woman knew very good and well(especially after reviewing the recordings) that her ex wasn't a
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The fact is that the Xoom will fail because it can't compete with the iPad in terms of cost or ecosystem. The iPad has nearly 70,000 apps designed for it. The Xoom, not so much. Plus, it costs more than a 3G+WiFi iPad with the same amount o
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by daimyoyo 16y ago
Great post. Thank you for showing me(I already knew but it's nice to see an example) that for most people business ownership is not something that happens overnight. I too work in a job I hate and burn the midnight oil learning how to progr

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