geoffw8

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by geoffw8 15y ago
...unless of course you are Google, and actually lost out on a substantial amount of money.
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by geoffw8 15y ago
Yeah - don't do it at all, thats my advice. I learned to write some Rails about a year ago, best decision of my life. Yeah, I get its me, but I can't imagine doing it any other way. When you start your business it will need endless tweaks a
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Ask HN: Why don't the labels create a torrent tracker?
1 points by geoffw8 15y ago|0 comments
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by geoffw8 15y ago
You are not wrong, however, I think the you have maybe missed the main point in the article which is yeah, competition is inevitable, but at least while your getting started its probably best not to share your idea (yes, just an idea) with
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by geoffw8 15y ago
You are absolutely right. I used to be all about the ideas and think it was all about ideas, it'll be hard to explain here in few words but I think ideas are worthless up till a point. Yeah, the startup process is heavily weighted towards e
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by geoffw8 15y ago
While I'm happy discussing my "ideas" with most, I don't think discussing them on an open forum such as HN (entrepreneurs, coders, wannabe's, veterans, the lot) is a smart idea. You wouldn't openly discuss a "oh my god I've just stumbled ac
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by geoffw8 15y ago
Not no more.
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by geoffw8 15y ago
Probably somewhere in New Zealand where he can get in a plane/car/jet...
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by geoffw8 15y ago
You know what, I'm totally new to this party in that this is my first ever written comment on the situation. But I have to admit, I'm starting to get pretty pissed. The thing that really gets me, and the thing that has recently dawned on me
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by geoffw8 15y ago
What would I do? I guess firstly I'd try and be as realistic as I possibly could, what I mean bu that is to approach this in a real hard-ass way as opposed to a "its my idea, so I should keep x" kind of way. But you don't seem like that kin
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by geoffw8 15y ago
Yeah, look, best of luck to you and we're in a similar space. I'm all for social commerce, I just think possibly the boundaries of whats within their intended scope are being pushed here. I don't want to get into it too much because we'll u
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by geoffw8 15y ago
Yeah, but look at the design - I mean I don't have a position on this, but in my opinion it LOOKS like a Facebook button... I'm sure they didn't intend opengraph to be a landgrab of sorts.
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by geoffw8 15y ago
Wish I still had the data on hand - as you would imagine - mostly porn.
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by geoffw8 15y ago
I used to work with a company who provide most of the network/software/hardware for hotels/airports/tran stations/lobbies around the world. Some very interesting insights from the hotels side of things.
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by geoffw8 15y ago
There are open source java based tools that let you do this. Can't think of any, but this isn't new...
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by geoffw8 15y ago
CSS is not "very, very hard" - I learned Rails after HTML css, and its simple as pie. I wouldn't classify myself as super smart. I just think the structure is such that is straight forward, <div class="something"> to .something {} I
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Jolicloud goes from Netbook OS, to content aggregator?(jolicloud.com)
1 points by geoffw8 15y ago|0 comments
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by geoffw8 15y ago
Netvibes was pretty much dormant right, didn't Tariq move on a while ago? Not surprised someone picked it up.
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by geoffw8 15y ago
In all seriousness, if anyone is racking their brains for an idea I'm happy to share some thoughts. I'm an idea's guy at heart (coder by day) and there just aren't enough hours in the day. I might even start a blog, open source ideas.
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by geoffw8 15y ago
If your a coder is sure as hell does. I couldn't live without my two 22"s. Code on the left, browser on the right. ...I could maybe even do with another ;)
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by geoffw8 15y ago
"legally it is required only where the content creator is making endorsements that they financially profit from" To my knowledge, its Pintrest making the revenue right, not the content creator?
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by geoffw8 15y ago
Hmm, interesting suggestions. I don't think any of those could do any harm. I do think if your the kind of person who wants to buy through your own kickback/charity type thing then you probably would do that before any purchase anyway . Bu
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by geoffw8 15y ago
To be honest, I think there's absolutely nothing wrong with monetizing links. Not to pidgeonhole this comment but I'd say its a damn sight better (not that I disagree with it either) than monetizing YOU as a person (read: Facebook). If you
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by geoffw8 15y ago
Or do what I did, and install your own window manager :) Got awesome running and very happy at the moment.
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by geoffw8 15y ago
Cool. I hope it doesn't turn into an OpenCoffee mirror/spam board for events/etc. Bookmarked :)
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by geoffw8 15y ago
If I was zuck, I would totally have my own version/skin.
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by geoffw8 15y ago
Do NOT outsource your tech. Learn to code. This a million billion zillion times. Oh my god how I wish someone had branded this on my chest. Words can't describe the satisfaction of thinking of a change, sitting down and making it happen. Ri
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by geoffw8 15y ago
Hey I guess I'll be the first to say make sure your doing enough for the traffic that you already have. Make sure your nailing your conversion rates, and try and get a reasonable level of virality happening i.e. Users inviting other users.
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by geoffw8 15y ago
I'm currently looking for an IRC client, and being a relatively simple app, I'm making my decision based solely on how it looks!
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by geoffw8 15y ago
Thanks Peter.

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