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by freejack 15y ago
I've learned over the years that no amount of criticism, ridicule, feedback, input, commentary or lauding should kill an idea. Its all positive if you take it that way. Every statement made about your idea should be taken onboard and evalua
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Microsoft: Everything is Strategy(byte.org)
1 points by freejack 15y ago|0 comments
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by freejack 15y ago
I live in Canada, and practices are all over the place here as well. Sometimes its chip & PIN, other times its swipe & run. Some places require a signature, some don't. These are just some of the basic pitfalls in the security model
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by freejack 15y ago
according to this profile, it may have move to herndon. http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=59159289&authTyp...
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by freejack 15y ago
Instead of ranting about it here, I thought it might be more appropriate to enumerate my primary concerns in a post to my blog - http://www.byte.org/2011/10/28/the-visa-shakedown/
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by freejack 15y ago
Meanwhile, outside their data centre, they do very little to ensure customer card security and enforce heavy-handed policies that put most of the risk on merchants and downstream processors. --- obDisclosure: I am a merchant who has been de
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by freejack 15y ago
Some economist should do an analysis of the long term prospects of a company that builds "screwing the customer" into their business model. I'm consistently surprised at how many people think its okay to push the bounds of what's acceptable
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by freejack 15y ago
I haven't read the Steve bio yet, however my guess is that his issue lies with the fact that Schmidt was a board member and how that relationship panned out, rather than the specific technology that showed up in Android. If technology of mi
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by freejack 15y ago
I never said revolutionary, you did. Had you asked, I would have probably characterized it as "evolutionary" more than anything - but most innovation is. I disagree that this is imply "voice input". Siri takes a step beyond simple data inpu
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by freejack 15y ago
I think much of the commentary misses the fact that Siri is not a feature, its a UI, and a very early-stage one at that. Criticizing Siri as less than useful in its current iteration is like criticizing WIMP as less than useful 20 years ago
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by freejack 15y ago
Well, I can say that it has been a great use of my time :-) The increased focus has demonstrably paid off in terms of real revenue and customer activity that I don't think we could have tapped into with a lesser focus. Everyday I'm seeing n
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by freejack 15y ago
OT: we moved our unsub link to the top of our mailers and complaints have dropped to almost zero.
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by freejack 15y ago
Whether or not it's a waste of time depends on the commitment you've made to your customers. Jobs obsessed over design for a reason. Our promise is to provide exceptional customer service, so that's how we prioritize our time.
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by freejack 15y ago
In theory, I think your approach is fine, but in practice, there will always be opportunity to personalize. If you are really motivated, you can google the person and see if something interesting comes up, or you might already know the pers
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by freejack 15y ago
Its not an engineering problem, its a customer service, business and relationship problem. I contend that the more you humanize these types of interactions, the better your results will be, the more you will learn. Look at it this way, 30 s
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by freejack 15y ago
This is a great recommendation for a startup looking to differentiate based on customer service. I don't buy the implication that this isn't a great use of "executive time". I'm not the CEO, but I run a business unit and the buck definitely
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by freejack 15y ago
The lesson here is to never rely on someone else's hiring process to do your screening. Big Corps VP can easily become your douchebag if you aren't on the ball. This is a great startup story - I think the original poster got off easy. For t
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by freejack 15y ago
The only thing keeping the trolls slightly at bay (such as it is) is that they are forced to do their own prosecution. I think its only a matter of time until the IP lobby wises up and start agitating to pass laws that make patent violation
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by freejack 15y ago
"Featured in" often means "advertised on" - i.e. "We advertised this product on CNN", etc.
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by freejack 15y ago
The point that most people seem to be missing about Jobs reaction to Android is that Schmidt was on his board at the time. I'm certain that Steve would point to specific functions that Eric got early wind of that made their way into Android
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by freejack 15y ago
kinda weird that this is pointing to a full excerpt of an article from the New Scientist reproduced in a blog. Is this a new splog attack vector or legit and just misguided?
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by freejack 15y ago
Yeah, and I'm sure that his entire statement would have been quoted in the press :-) "We talked with Yegge and dealt with the matter internally, and besides, I didn't read past the first thousand pages" gets quoted as... "I didn't read past
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by freejack 15y ago
Yegge already knew what Brin thought of his post long before Brin made that comment. You can't seriously think that this wasn't dealt with internally. The only reason that Brin is making jokes about it is because it is 100% water under the
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by freejack 15y ago
wifi enabled thermostat with web-based controller at a reasonable price.
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by freejack 15y ago
I'd think hard about who your customer is. At most companies, there's a designer either on staff or on retainer that worries about these sorts of things and I'm not sure they are likely to spring for your services. Similarly, the vast major
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by freejack 15y ago
There's still room for disruption in the U.S. wireless space. Check out our latest project, http://ting.com , which went into private beta last week. Hopefully its a boat-rocker.
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by freejack 15y ago
The First Law of Being a Kid states; "If you can't break it, try harder. If that doesn't work, whack the shit out of it." You are 100% correct in your observation that tinkering leads to innovation. I think that just means that we're going
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by freejack 15y ago
I would have tried to buy "timelime.com" - or maybe they did and had to settle for timekiwi.com Either way, great looking app. Good luck.
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How RIM can save RIM from RIM(byte.org)
1 points by freejack 15y ago|0 comments
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by freejack 15y ago
I think this only solves part of the problem. Apps need to become addressable in order for discovery to properly work. I think its a great startup opportunity. I wrote a longer thought on this at my blog earlier tonight - http://www.byte.o

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