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by j_b_f 17y ago
They are 100% not going to do that.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
I was all set to write a snarky comment about the WSJ doing another piece on how (retrospectively) brilliant some outlier founder was until I read the piece and discovered that "wisdom" refers to a series of blog posts written by AdMob's Em
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by j_b_f 17y ago
I'm not sure why I'd use this instead of http://answers.onstartups.com/ - I'm much more likely to participate in a community founded and managed by intelligent individuals that I respect. The site makes no mention of who's behind startups
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Extremely weird. Of course I would jump at the opportunity for another person to play me, if only to get a better sense of what others really think of my mannerisms, speech, actions, etc...
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Of course, this rule is true for non-web-app businesses as well. Improvements in quality increase the likelihood that customers will come back, and returning customers usually have higher margins (due to lower sales & support costs) tha
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Global Financial CrisOMGWTFauuuuughhh
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by j_b_f 17y ago
@access_denied - wow, that actually makes me feel better. One other thing I wanted to point out was that it's not as if this came naturally to these guys; they have worked really hard for a very long time to get where they are.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Was it Blast Media? This old SvN blog post from Dec 07 talks about how they used them on a free trial: http://37signals.com/svn/posts/741-ask-37signals-10-ways-to-... another reference: http://37signals.com/svn/posts/307-what-do-you-want
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by j_b_f 17y ago
I think it's a cost/benefit thing. You can probably watch a whole season of House in the time it takes to read one long book. I love fiction, but I certainly don't find his position hypocritical.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
I agree with you about the abrupt ending but I think it's because the article was adapted from an upcoming book ("The Greatest Trade Ever" by Gregory Zuckerman). Weird editing, but maybe the purpose was to make it abrupt enough that people
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Also, if you don't mind paying for stuff, Launchbar is the shit.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
I know we've been over this a million times before, but the whole "FAIL" thing really turns me off. I actually agree with the points but had to force myself to click the link because I immediately assumed the OP was a linkbating troll.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
In the real world there aren't any constraints, but there are plenty of artificial limiters like the $5.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
I had a great conversation with another small business owner the other day. She runs a small design firm that he wants to stay small and nimble. She encourages turnover because more senior employees demand higher salaries and better benefit
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by j_b_f 17y ago
So basically they Wired is just writing about user-driven feature requests and spinning it into a "mob rule" meme? I'm not sure if that's what the article is about because I couldn't read past the capitalized "Retweet Incident" without crin
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Funny + sad.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
http://startupbootcamp.mit.edu/schedule.html - there you go.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Happened to me too today after I upgraded. Super annoying.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
uhm... AT&T? Oh, wait, uh....
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by j_b_f 17y ago
There's no relevant difference between GV and the plethora VOIP & dialer apps out there. At least none that would be explained away with a straight face by the "core functionality" argument.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
If "lack of control" is what defines your fears, then I'd assume you'd be afraid of almost everything. Our water supply, break-ins, the government, etc. Can you ride a bus or sit in the passenger seat of a car? When you ride a bike, do you
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by j_b_f 17y ago
What's more, he's a total geek/lifehacker. So it's not just that anyone can do it, it's actually that WE can do it.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Touche.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
If preventing the collapse of your entire financial system is predicated on the idea that one guy can use his cellphone, I'd argue you're fucked no matter what. But yeah, I'd guess that this was one of those missed calls "of convenience".
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Why does it need to be verified? Is it actionable? Basically it's a shitload of users.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
There's something sort of sad about this statement. Actually, now that I think about it, it was less sad when the site was feed-based. Important stuff bubbled to the top and I felt connected. Now that it's stream-based, it's just a flood of
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Check out Posterous if you haven't already for a good solution to posting basically any file format to Twitter.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
On the StackOverflow podcast Jeff & Joel frequently discuss their goal to get ranked highly on popular search engines.
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by j_b_f 17y ago
8aweek bit the dust a while ago, and RescueTime is too analytics-oriented. This app might be just the thing!
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by j_b_f 17y ago
Other great Semler resources: http://delicious.com/tag/semler

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