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by dkrich 12y ago
And don't forget, while it is unethical to intentionally deceive a reporter, a large part of a journalist's job is to vet sources and do some research to make sure claims are true. In reality, blogs make their money on advertising
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by dkrich 12y ago
As someone who went through almost the same exact process, these are my tips for getting coverage: -Keep your email brief (three sentences, tops). -Tell a story. Many of the stories on publications like TechCrunch are as much about the foun
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by dkrich 12y ago
Poorly-conceived article. tldr: Search advertising doesn't seem to work because you don't know whether people would have bought your products anyway, and the advertisement for the search term "Nike" appears directly abov
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by dkrich 12y ago
Ford, (NYSE:F), my largest personal holding, reported $1.4 billion dollars in Q1 2014. They currently trade at a valuation of around $67 billion. Facebook reported (according to Siegler), $642 million last quarter. So if his argument stands
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by dkrich 12y ago
I believe no discussion of poor customer service is complete without the inclusion of PayPal. Just yesterday I attempted to close a business account and was presented with the message "We're sorry, but your account cannot be close
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by dkrich 12y ago
I actually respectfully disagree with this advice. Delaware LLC's are expensive compared to most states (I believe mine was over $300 when I filed plus have high dissolution fees should you need to dissolve it or transfer it to another
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by dkrich 12y ago
In response to poster below: I've actually had a great deal of success by emailing people. Most people assume that everyone has developed a shield that will bounce any email bordering on a sales pitch. The reality is that whether this
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by dkrich 12y ago
To directly address your point and why I disagree- what we're really talking about here is the economics concept of consumer surplus. What the OP was eluding to (and he's correct) is the fact that if demand is such that tickets ar
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by dkrich 12y ago
Well I thought the article specifically mentioned that the MFi license was for headphones that connect via the Lighting port.
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by dkrich 12y ago
I was wondering about this too, but it's not inconceivable that they could overcome this by releasing a new cord with a subtle connection port that accepts a device to be plugged into it. Although I'm not familiar enough with the
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by dkrich 12y ago
Very poorly-written post. I'm not usually one to troll, but since the article has such a direct, condescending tone, I'll offer some advice of my own. If you are going to make an assertion like the following: " At any rate, f
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by dkrich 12y ago
Exactly. And I've found that more often than not that the "we MUST complete this by xx/xx/xxxx or ELSE" mentality stems from some arbitrary date promised for no good reason. The company wasn't going to lose any
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by dkrich 12y ago
The problem is that he's assuming the primary goal of the site's UI is to make reading the content as enjoyable and efficient an experience as possible. Sadly, that's rarely the case. A site like Forbes gets paid every time y
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by dkrich 12y ago
Really? How much are a mirror that you have to fashion yourself, a fisheye lens, and an iPad stand going to cost you? And after you've found all that you still don't have the games. $58 shipped to you seems pretty reasonable to me
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by dkrich 12y ago
I'm not familiar with housing costs in SF, so I'm not sure how considering surrounding areas would change the data, but I know in DC that the surrounding areas are by-and-large as expensive (and in many cases more expensive) than
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by dkrich 12y ago
Open question: has anybody ever considered or tried publishing updated versions of evergreen content? Textbook publishers make a great living doing this so I'm wondering if it wouldn't be possible to apply this same technique to e
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by dkrich 12y ago
I completely agree with the OP's advice. Without knowing anything about the site at all (I'm not familiar with your services at all so I can probably offer a pretty useful data point), I clicked through, looked for about five seco
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by dkrich 12y ago
Apart from the counterarguments already cited, this seems very one-sided. You don't seem to apply any blame when it comes to the customers to whom the ads are shown (or apparently deceiving). They choose to purchase from advertisers an
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by dkrich 12y ago
I agree with this, in the sense that he is obviously on one end of a major chasm between his own perception of his value and the market's. I say "market" because he quickly glossed-over the fact that he took the job relucta
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by dkrich 12y ago
I was thinking this, too. It's hard to say for sure what I'd want in that situation but I think sincerity helps because eventually when good news comes it makes it much more believable than coming from somebody who never gives you
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by dkrich 12y ago
From "Trust Me I'm Lying": " When you see "We're hearing reports" know that reports could mean anything from random mentions on Twitter to message board posts, or worse. When you see "Sources tell us.
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by dkrich 13y ago
I think this idea that the US has moved to the optimistic indeterminacy quadrant coincides nicely with the rise of the internet and cable news where there is a huge bias towards focusing on perceived bad news, no matter how important any of
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by dkrich 13y ago
Think of it this way- you're either paying them up-front with your time and work or they're paying you up front with some cash. As somebody who has been burned badly by somebody who didn't pay up after work was delivered I ca
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by dkrich 13y ago
A better analogy would be Alice doing a bunch of research up-front to think that she needs all kinds of cool features before opening and then hires the plumber to enable them, rather than just hiring him because he knows how to build comple
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by dkrich 13y ago
1) Meet with business people, 2) sell them on a solution that will save them time/money or increase sales/revenue, 3) very often implement the solution, 4) and maintain/add enhancements to said solution.
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by dkrich 13y ago
It's very hard for me to take the info in this article seriously with a statement like this: And given how that’s an average, it’s certain that many consultants are working far longer in order to keep their clients happy. Well, yeah,
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by dkrich 13y ago
Misleading title. He donated $500 to a candidate in 2004 who later in 2006 voted to define marriage as one woman/one man. The title implies that Yagan donated directly to an anti-gay campaign. Not speaking in support of Cannon or Yag
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by dkrich 13y ago
Wow, cunning insight from BI. tl;dr: Silver's Final Four prediction failed because.....wait for it......wait for it....... picking all four teams correctly is really hard, even for a statistician!
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by dkrich 13y ago
Well, first the father would have to press charges against his 5-year-old son. Probably not likely, and, eh, I just can't.
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by dkrich 13y ago
Which part is troubling to you then? Eich has every right to hold his beliefs, and Mozilla has every right to ask for his resignation when they believe his beliefs run too contrary to their own.

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