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   Selling Umbrellas In A Synagogue(danshipper.com)

   56 points by dshipper 14y ago|24 comments
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   by dshipper 14y ago

   A lot of my most popular blog posts are ones that I've written to address questions that I had as a younger version of myself but that I've since answered with experience/introdpection. This is definitely a viable technique.
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   by dshipper 14y ago

   Agree with you there
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   by dshipper 14y ago

   Thanks for writing! Sorry to keep asking questions, but why does it have to be any every day thing? At least for me, the quality of the content goes down significantly if I have to do it any more than once every couple of weeks. Really impr
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   by dshipper 14y ago

   I'm actually a subscriber! How did you get readers? Just by word of mouth? And do you think it can be as successful if you only send the email once every two weeks or so? Or does it have to be an every day thing?
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   by dshipper 14y ago

   Honestly sorry you feel that way. But I guess it's not for everyone. Thanks for the feedback!
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   by dshipper 14y ago

   Thanks! Really happy you've enjoyed it :)
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   by dshipper 14y ago

   Interesting idea. I think writing 500 words a day is great. To me this looks like something that is more meant for you, than for your readers. If that's the case that's completely fine - at least for me part of the nice thing about blogging
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   by dshipper 14y ago

   Honestly, it's awful. I used to really like it back in the early days. But since they got acquired (and even before when they started to concentrate on Spaces) it really started to go down hill. I need to switch to Wordpress soon, but I hon
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    How To Build A Blog Readership(danshipper.com)

    121 points by dshipper 14y ago|29 comments
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    by dshipper 14y ago

    I think that's to be an angel investor but I could be wrong. Plus I think there's new legislation that makes anyone able to invest in startups, which is why Funders Club works.
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    by dshipper 14y ago

    As a Penn entrepreneur I couldn't be more excited for this. They opened up a completely new office on our campus and in addition to the fund are offering student entrepreneurs free office space. The way this has happened has honestly been a
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    The Regret Fallacy(danshipper.com)

    1 points by dshipper 14y ago|0 comments
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    by dshipper 14y ago

    We chose screensharing over a word like "cobrowsing" because we felt that people understood more clearly exactly what was going on. It's definitely not an exact term, i.e. you can't see the whole screen, but it is screensharing in the sense
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    by dshipper 14y ago

    #1. Good catch, changing that now. The button also has the ability to be hidden and the screensharing activated via Javascript or keyboard shortcuts. #2. IE9+ with IE8 coming soon. Good catch, thanks! #3. That's actually a screenshot from a
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    by dshipper 14y ago

    That's a great point, we're thinking about allowing you to record sessions down the line and re-use them. For many companies screensharing is an integral part of the support process already, it's just slow and requires downloads. We're solv
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    by dshipper 14y ago

    Thanks for the feedback, admittedly we're hardly video experts :). We'll get that sorted out in the next few weeks or so.
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    by dshipper 14y ago

    We may do that in the future, but for now we're concentrated exclusively on screensharing.
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    by dshipper 14y ago

    Technically it's co-browsing software. So basically what we do is grab the DOM from the customer side and transfer it to the representative's side. There's no screenshot involved which gives us a number of advantages 1. It's more private. T
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    by dshipper 14y ago

    Thanks for the tip. We'll get that sorted out today :)
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    by dshipper 14y ago

    Hey guys, I'm Dan Shipper one of the co-founders of Firefly. Just to answer a few likely questions: 1. It's download free because it runs completely in the browser with Javascript 2. We're differentiated from other similar services like GoI
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    Show HN: Download-free screensharing for better customer support(usefirefly.com)

    38 points by dshipper 14y ago|29 comments
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    by dshipper 14y ago

    I had to work on it. Every day. I'm pretty shy normally. Around the end of freshman year I started to get tired of being nervous every time I met with someone. So that summer I tried to meet someone new or reconnect with someone old every d
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    by dshipper 14y ago

    Really glad you think so :)
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    Your Goals Are Holding You Back(danshipper.com)

    104 points by dshipper 14y ago|36 comments
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    by dshipper 14y ago

    That's absolutely the way it was meant to be read.
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    by dshipper 14y ago

    Thanks for the reply zipop I really appreciate the other perspective. That said, you said some things in your response that make me think that the way I wrote my post may have lead you to misinterpret the point I was trying to make. Sorry a
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    by dshipper 14y ago

    Interesting take, although I think that there's more at play here. I agree that they could start charging for the API and add premium accounts, but all of those major changes runs a big risk of irrevocably altering their service. Whether th
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    by dshipper 14y ago

    Thanks, really glad to hear it :)
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    by dshipper 14y ago

    Interesting, I've never read that book. But that's a nice take: your feedback loop isn't functional enough to notice diminishing returns. Putting it on my list.