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by imp 16y ago
Yeah, that's interesting. One thing to note is that they don't sprite their small images, which is one of the first things people recommend for improving page load time.
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by imp 16y ago
Yeah, that's a good point. I guess I forgot how dumb they were.
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by imp 16y ago
Rarely, usually only when I'm stuck on a problem or before I begin long-term planning for a website. It's usually both work and fun. By myself. No techniques, just a fat sharpie marker and lots of blank scrap paper. Sometimes I tape up p
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by imp 16y ago
I think the DC sniper is a bad example. Once they were caught, people stopped running around in zig zags, and only people in DC were worried at all. If a small terrorist attack needs to be running at all times, or at least once a week, th
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by imp 16y ago
A search for "Gargamel Robot Fan" with quotation marks returns zero hits. Not anymore... http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&#3...
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by imp 16y ago
Well, they do say that the product is #1. I think the focus of the slides was the nontechnical stuff.
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by imp 16y ago
I have a friend who works for the patent office reviewing patents, and I've asked her a bit about the process. Overall, they are incentivized to verify claims because they want to do a good job. Same as any other employee at any other job
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by imp 16y ago
I didn't know some of the unusual specifics, but then again, I don't think that I need to either. It seemed less like a tutorial on what every web developer needs to know than it was documentation on what every browser maker needs to know.
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by imp 16y ago
A fully-polished business plan may be a waste of time, but it is definitely useful to put together financial projections for a couple years in the future. Especially for a social networking website. If his only revenue stream is advertisi
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by imp 16y ago
I agree, PCI is a really cool book. All you need is some basic Python knowledge and it takes you through so many actual data mining examples. I used some of that code to analyze data using Amazon Elastic MapReduce, and got results that I
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by imp 16y ago
Here's the non-shortened link: http://www.pluggd.in/startup-pr-firm-strategy-297/ There's no character limit on HN, and shorteners can be used to hide malicious links.
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by imp 16y ago
You really need a trademark lawyer to do a search and review of that name. Don't trick yourself into thinking you'll be okay without getting a qualified opinion. I'm sure MS has tons of filed trademarks, and until you get a trained person
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by imp 16y ago
I would be wary of self improvement programs that charge money. I'm not sure what exactly you've looked into, but there's a lot of information out there for free or cheap. I've spent a decent amount of time reading self-improvement books/b
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by imp 16y ago
When I'm doing work on my own projects, I prefer to work with a sharpie marker and blank paper. It's the easiest way to get my ideas out as quickly as possible. The downside is that it's not digitized or searchable. Usually when I'm done
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by imp 16y ago
I've had success with domain-specific forums. If your product really is something that people can get passionate about and you present your website in a non-spammy way, there's a chance that you'll get initial traffic and then eventually t
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by imp 16y ago
There were also probably no death threats.
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by imp 16y ago
Mech E here also. Spent two years as a design engineer until I made the jump for web programming. I didn't leverage any domain knowledge though. Light bulb design doesn't have much to do with fantasy football :)
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by imp 16y ago
That's a good article, and I can definitely see how it applies to spending time with young children. However, if you don't have children (like myself), I'm not sure if I like the idea it's promoting. It's kind of saying that my life is go
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by imp 16y ago
This article was written by someone who sells email utilities like spam blockers, etc. This is his proposed solution to the problem: "This non-confrontational approach can be achieved by using an e-mail monitoring tool that will not only m
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by imp 16y ago
Also, I'd like to add that Feedback Army is great for this kind of high-level website feedback: http://www.feedbackarmy.com/
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by imp 16y ago
After spending time looking it over it seems like it's potentially a really cool and useful service. From the little marketing I've done, I know it can be tedious to manage a bunch of services. Here's my feedback on your home page: 1) No,
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by imp 16y ago
Reminds me of the Simpsons: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701245/quotes?qt0207833 Homer: [to Doug] Let me ask you a question. Why would a man whose shirt says "Genius at Work" spend all of his time watching a children's cartoon show? [paus
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by imp 16y ago
Cool, thanks. I've been using ZoneEdit without any problems, but I may look into those providers also.
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by imp 16y ago
Do you have providers that you recommend?
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by imp 16y ago
I've found myself going through the HN archives when I'm looking for advice. Part of the issue with fewer ask HN questions may be that a lot of common questions have now been answered. I do think those posts are more fun to read and comme
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by imp 16y ago
The article linked to another one that mentions how in some cases single-member LLCs don't provide protection from personal liability. Is that another disadvantage of LLCs for single founders? Or is the risk of the corporate veil being pi
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Single-member LLCs may not protect against personal liability(entrepreneur.venturebeat.com)
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by imp 16y ago
There's some discussion on that on the website for the book Building Reputations: "Leaderboards Considered Harmful" http://buildingreputation.com/writings/2008/12/leaderboards_...
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by imp 16y ago
I'm a web developer, and I'm a little confused on who the target audience is. Is this something that I would buy and then resell as a product to clients? Or is this something a mom-and-pop store would buy for themselves and hook into thei
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by imp 16y ago
Makes sense. It's no more of a bribe than the "bribe" your employer gives you to come into work everyday.

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