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by jeremydavid 16y ago
What a coincidence - I am in the middle of this book right now. It is a fantastic book backed up with tangible examples (psychology studies, mainly), and if you are in the business of persuading customers, I suggest you grab a copy. It cove
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by jeremydavid 16y ago
I think you may be mistaken Amazon.com is now selling more Kindle books than paperback books. Since the beginning of the year, for every 100 paperback books Amazon has sold, the Company has sold 115 Kindle books. Additionally, during this
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StrongLifts "fitness for geeks" 5x5 Guide (.pdf)(s3.amazonaws.com)
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by jeremydavid 16y ago
That is a really interesting idea. The only issue I would see with this is that having the sudden "We lowered the price!" message would influence conversion rates at the final step. You would have to measure and compare the number of "add t
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by jeremydavid 16y ago
I just booked a flight on Hipmunk today. Brilliant work guys :) You have succeeded in your effort to make finding an agony-free flight easy.
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by jeremydavid 16y ago
I've seen something like this before - very interesting concept. Now, "seamless product integration" can take place post-production, instead of having ad executives read through scripts.
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by jeremydavid 16y ago
So, how do you like it?
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by jeremydavid 16y ago
Of course you should apply. If you don't, there's a 0% chance you will be accepted. Even if you aren't chosen for an interview, I have read many comments here from people who found going through the application process was a worthwhile ende
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by jeremydavid 16y ago
This is how I got through University. As I read my textbooks I wrote out every main point as a question. At the end of my reading I would have a huge list, and when I could answer them all I would finish studying. Never failed a test, or wa
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by jeremydavid 16y ago
That made me smile :) "Look at this brilliant technology. Just take a picture of this symbol and your phone automagically translates it into list of specials and prices!" "Why don't they just put up the menu/specials?" "oh..."
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by jeremydavid 16y ago
Not knowing which keywords referred visitors would be terribly annoying to webmasters. Unless you're using dodgy 3rd party advertisers, I don't see what's so bad about aggregating referrer data. I have a feeling Google might be keen to hold
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by jeremydavid 16y ago
Already? Wow... it feels like just yesterday applications were open for Winter
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by jeremydavid 16y ago
I guess this is working a little too well for them...
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by jeremydavid 16y ago
How about any internship? You work for free in exchange for the opportunity to learn something and broaden your skills and experience.
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by jeremydavid 16y ago
Yes.
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by jeremydavid 16y ago
Beautiful video. I might be moving to London for a few months, and the "stay for a month" line certainly persuaded me to take a look when I do.
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by jeremydavid 16y ago
That's why they have the ebay-like "review" system. It works pretty well for the couch surfing websites, so I am sure it works well here too. (but yes, I agree with you - I don't know how keen I'd be to leave someone the keys to my place wh
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by jeremydavid 16y ago
I'm working on a language app and an authoritative (and public domain) list of the most frequent words / phrases would be tremendously helpful :)
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by jeremydavid 16y ago
I would love for someone to download all the data and put together lists of the most frequent 10,000 1, 2, 4, and 5 ngrams. The datasets are just too large for my computer to handle. http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/datasets
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by jeremydavid 16y ago
Very interesting indeed. How is it hosted? I am impressed that it can withstand traffic from both Reddit and HN without feeling sluggish.
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by jeremydavid 16y ago
Sorry to sound like an asshole, but I have to agree with you - this guy is annoyingly obnoxious. In the first minute of the first screen cast all he was able to highlight was that Canadians don't live in igloos, and that he thought his "nei
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by jeremydavid 16y ago
Thanks Paras, I always like to see startups getting into CRO, and it's very generous of you to make it easier for some to try it out :)
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by jeremydavid 16y ago
I think you may be mistaken. These guys were acquired by Google "after a rejection from YC". http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1940386
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by jeremydavid 16y ago
Hey Patrick, I don't have a question, but I just want to say that you're a huge inspiration... and I'm so close to getting ready to take the plunge, get off my ass, and start working on my own projects. Thanks for being so open with your ex
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by jeremydavid 16y ago
I would love to see some examples.
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by jeremydavid 16y ago
I hope the Barbra Streisand Effect happens here. I love Kik; it is a brilliantly simple app that I use everyday and I would certainly be happy if more of my friends used it.
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by jeremydavid 16y ago
"The only way to combat this and return trust and quality to search is by taking an editorial stand and having humans identify the best sites for every category." There are billions of webpages. Who is going to do this review? Is someone ho
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by jeremydavid 16y ago
If a YC startup was to never be acquired, what sort of dividend structure would you think is ideal? What sort of returns would you consider a "successful" investment?