erikstarck

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   by erikstarck 16y ago

   Well, if you spend all your time programming, then when would you have the time to learn design & composition, color matching, copywriting, blogging, customer relations, viral architecture, business modeling, customer development, inves
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   by erikstarck 16y ago

   I worked for Sony Ericsson when the iPhone was revealed. My job was to translate the thousands of pages of operator requirements that came in (within my technology area: Java) to a technical roadmap for the coming 2-5 years. So I have a fai
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   by erikstarck 16y ago

   The interesting thing here, I think, is how obvious it is that it's the community and the rules of the community that shapes a service like Quora, not the feature set or the web design or the copy used etc. Not that this is very surprising,
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   by erikstarck 16y ago

   What percentage of entrepreneurs are happy?
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   by erikstarck 16y ago

   Fun perhaps, but any reward system for programmers not based on shipping will fail.
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   by erikstarck 16y ago

   Famous rewrites: - Microsoft Word, "Project Pyramid". Never finished, the company decided it would take too long to rewrite + keep up with adding new features. - Netscape 6. Practically killed the company. Dragged on for years. - IE4. Turne
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   by erikstarck 16y ago

   This goes beyond just the digitalization of media. In the age of access you rent more or less everything. Your car and your home (either directly or via loans), your music collection, library - maybe even your furniture and clothes: http:/
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   by erikstarck 16y ago

   The book homepage is also a good example of a conversion-driven design: http://www.startupbook.net/ I like how there are so many different ways (formats) to buy, it's easy to buy and it's clear what the book is about. Clearly he is follow
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   by erikstarck 16y ago

   Yes. Writing one line of code that works is easy. Anyone can do it. Writing two lines of code that works is also easy. Anyone can do it. Writing ten thousands lines of codes, however, is complex and hard. A good software developer can manag
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    by erikstarck 16y ago

    ...except google.com.
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    'Communist Monopoly' Boardgame Teaches Downside of Socialist Life(spiegel.de)

    3 points by erikstarck 16y ago|0 comments
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    by erikstarck 16y ago

    Cyber: yes. Punk: not quite.
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    by erikstarck 16y ago

    There are three kinds of CEOs: The leader who inspires. The manager who administers and nurtures. The entrepreneur who creates and innovates. Some CEOs have all three of these characters in them but most lean towards one of them. A company
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    A Modest Proposal for America: Build 500 Accelerators(us2.campaign-archive2.com)

    2 points by erikstarck 16y ago|0 comments
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    by erikstarck 16y ago

    Except for the ones mentioned in other comments there's also Le Camp in France. That makes it: - Le Camp (France) - The Difference Engine (UK) - Seedcamp (London, Europe) - Aalto Garage (Finland) - HackFwd (UK) - Springboard (Cambridge, UK)
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    Disruptive thinking: what Apple did "wrong" with the iPhone(blog.opportunitycloud.com)

    2 points by erikstarck 16y ago|0 comments
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    by erikstarck 16y ago

    Why April 4th? Symmetric date. Hidden meaning? :)
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    by erikstarck 16y ago

    Sounds like Flattr embedded (sort of) in my credit card. Kewl.
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    by erikstarck 16y ago

    I just can't get enough of the stories from the early days of the PC industry or the internet. It was really special times. The struggle between new and old. The rivalry between the new champions. The battle over who has the brightest peopl
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    by erikstarck 16y ago

    At least there are sites like http://www.thefunded.com/ that lets you rate VCs.
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    by erikstarck 16y ago

    Wow, thanks, I didn't know that Sweden had passed the US (edit: it hasn't see link below). This must have happened the last 4-5 years. Still, the links in my previous post are about purchasing power, not GDP/capita. But you're right, they a
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    by erikstarck 16y ago

    If Sweden would have been a US state, it would have been the poorest of them all. At least that was true a few years ago. EDIT: I only had links in Swedish to sources, but here's one in English: http://www.shsweb.fi/forum/1/28783/28785/ A
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    by erikstarck 16y ago

    The value of Apple soon surpasses the GDP of Sweden.
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    by erikstarck 16y ago

    Insanely great.
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    Young girl survives 13 degrees C body temperature(webnews.textalk.com)

    2 points by erikstarck 16y ago|0 comments
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    by erikstarck 16y ago

    There has to be a better business model than simple display ads for something as amazing as the social graph of all humans. The question is: what? The Facebook Credits virtual currency stuff also has huge potential but I just don't think Fa
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    by erikstarck 16y ago

    I should flesh this out a little bit... the original poster asked for a world without advertising and how a company would find customers in such an environment. My answer: SEO. A world without advertising is a world where search engine opti
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    by erikstarck 16y ago

    SEO.
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    by erikstarck 16y ago

    The vodka is strong but the meat is rotten.
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    by erikstarck 16y ago

    Quite fascinating how some design decisions tend to stick due to technical or other reasons. We will probably still run Windows 2020 on the C-drive. Sometimes the reason is backwards compatiblity, other times it's something that requires a