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by imp 16y ago
You've managed to use this website though, despite no blue or purple links.
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by imp 16y ago
Venture Pimp has some unique startup reviews: http://venturepimp.com/
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by imp 16y ago
If you have some money to spend towards this, I can recommend the Name Inspector, http://www.thenameinspector.com/ . He can help with the whole project, or even just review a list of names that you've developed. He's written a lot about
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by imp 16y ago
1) You're potentially breaking the web because those links you're posting aren't guaranteed to last forever. 2) By posting bitly links, you're encouraging people to click on shortened links. Shortened links can be used to disguise malware,
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by imp 16y ago
I prefer to nag people to not use shorteners at all if you're not on Twitter. I don't know if it works, but I feel that it's a habit that needs to stop.
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by imp 16y ago
I don't know, that seems like a passive aggressive way to handle the problem. If someone feels like they have an issue with the work they've been assigned, they should have the responsibility to handle it themselves. It seems lame to have
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by imp 16y ago
1. Yeah, that stuff is a pain, but it's a "good problem to have." Nothing to be scared about, just annoying. 2. Cache your landing page and upgrade your server beforehand. If it's any help, I survived getting to #4 on the reddit home page
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by imp 16y ago
I don't know. For some reason they never really put it all together. I've only loosely followed them since the 1997 world series. Been more of a Browns fan lately. It's easier because I don't have to worry about being disappointed. Any
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by imp 16y ago
Yeah, that seems non-commercial. One suggestion: After the initial team search, it would be nice to be able to browse the teams or games somehow. I liked the surprise of the score and description, and it would be cool to easily browse or v
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by imp 16y ago
Cool, that's fun. Could be more fun if I wasn't an Indians fan :( Where are you getting stats from?
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by imp 16y ago
I used to get a lot of emails from companies and organizations too. Then I just unsubscribed from all of them. Problem fixed.
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by imp 16y ago
Awesome, I'm glad this is still alive somewhere. His writing really was great while it lasted.
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by imp 16y ago
The article above links to the page for Annapurna, one of the deadliest mountains on earth (40% fatality rate for climbers), which said this: The second summit team, Alison Chadwick-Onyszkiewicz and Vera Watson, died during this climb. (Ve
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by imp 16y ago
I can't figure out what the trivial fix is. Would proxying all S3 requests through his server fix the issue, or do the headers get passed through to Amazon anyway?
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by imp 16y ago
Learning web development will take time. How you approach it will depend on your financial situation and general life flexibility. Even if you need to keep your day job, you should be able to start learning on your own in your free time.
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by imp 16y ago
There's an MIT OpenCourseWare class (6.00) that is an introduction to Python and computer science. If your friend wants to do the problems in that course, there are people working through it together on Curious Reef (disclaimer, it's my web
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by imp 16y ago
That's awesome. The article on the Mayans is really interesting.
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by imp 16y ago
One last thought on this: In DropBox's lessons learned slides they said they had a lot of trouble getting customers via search because that was just a way to harvest demand, not create it. This product feels like it may fall in the same tr
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by imp 16y ago
You're obviously going for maximal SEO with a name like that. Good luck getting ranked highly. I know you're a whiz at that, but that keyword looks pretty darn competitive: http://www.google.com/search?q=appointment+reminder I'm guessin
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by imp 16y ago
If you're at zero, just try to get to 10 first. Then go for 100. Think small, get feedback, and improve. I think Paul Buchheit said that a startup's first goal is to reach 100 passionate users.
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by imp 16y ago
They don't use the word "important", they use the words "top contacts", which I think more accurately refers to "frequent contacts." So you would know ahead of time that the investor's email isn't going to be in that list.
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by imp 16y ago
Send it through AuthSMTP to avoid any EC2 related problems: http://www.authsmtp.com/ (and set SPF correctly). It does cost money though. You can also send an email to this address and get a report on basic spam and deliverability issues:
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by imp 16y ago
1) HTML/CSS -> PHP/MySQL -> Javascript -> Python 2) Random tutorials online and an O'Reilly PHP/MySQL book. 3) Yes, and that was critical. I basically learned what I needed to get the next thing done 4) A friend helped get me po
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by imp 16y ago
The N900 is definitely an awesome phone. Amazing browser. Nokia doesn't seem to want to market it much though.
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by imp 16y ago
Wow, cool. That was fast. Hopefully you'll get an increase in activity.
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by imp 16y ago
No. It hurts the advertiser. Send an email to the website saying how much you appreciate what they do. That's worth a lot more than $0.30.
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by imp 16y ago
It's most likely not nefarious. The combination of your email deliverability and people's laziness will mean that a lot of people probably won't click the activation link. How are you sending email? Are you using AuthSMTP or something lik
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by imp 16y ago
I set up a temporary standing desk at home for my work at night and on the weekends. I didn't really have a problem typing for five hours at a time or more. However, after about three weeks, I was getting aches in my ankles and calves. I
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by imp 16y ago
I did that on a small scale, sort of accidentally, and dozens of people have emailed me with the equivalent of "Wow! That's cool!" It has also developed into a small, active community. Although customer development is great and popular rig
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by imp 16y ago
...because I didn't have my own backup."

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