jfarmer

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by jfarmer 17y ago
Is the X really an issue? That's where it is on Mac OS X.
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by jfarmer 17y ago
Yeah, boy, Facebook sure is in trouble.
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by jfarmer 17y ago
This is less true every day. Facebook-specific companies like Zynga, Playdom, etc. have huge ad spends on Facebook. Facebook ads are also valuable for highly localized companies like Groupon, because you get fine-grained demographic contro
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by jfarmer 17y ago
The last comment here got me downvoted; not sure why. When I read it I was 50/50 as to whether he was being sarcastic or not. I guess I came down on the wrong side. :)
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by jfarmer 17y ago
I have a hard time reconciling your desire to be "the most sought-after, and value-added, angel investor in the world" and the huge shit you just took on Sam's head -- in public, no less. This AFTER you forwarded a confidential email to a t
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by jfarmer 17y ago
Peace and love? http://twitter.com/Jason/status/9866153749 http://twitter.com/Jason/status/9866120496 Bullshit. I also think it's amusing that you call Sam a loser for dithering when asked to give a bribe, but here you are trying to bri
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by jfarmer 17y ago
Customers don't pay for innovation, they pay for value. Who cares if its innovative if it's better?
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by jfarmer 17y ago
I use the previous year's Christmas gift cards to buy gifts the following Christmas. :)
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by jfarmer 17y ago
Hello norld!
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by jfarmer 17y ago
This isn't not delegating. Not delegating would be installing yourself as a manager of an underperforming store, say. Instead, this is an application of Genchi Genbutsu. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genchi_Genbutsu
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by jfarmer 17y ago
They're using the numbers from YouNoodle's report, which only goes back 5-6 years.
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by jfarmer 17y ago
It's not stupid. It's rational. You're lamenting the fact that the market is demanding games that you, as a craftsman, think are crap. Crappity crap crap. On the other hand, if you make one of these simple, crappy games and it is success
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by jfarmer 17y ago
Yes it was. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_10/b41690396...
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by jfarmer 17y ago
Facebook has done this at least three times previously. This time was better than previous because they actually laid out a roadmap with specific dates. http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php/Developer_Road... So, anyone who hasn'
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by jfarmer 17y ago
"Ask somebody who builds for it to describe the specifics, but there are now throttles and some sort of system where you earn the right to use the viral channels." All of that is going away in five days. No more requests, no more notificat
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by jfarmer 17y ago
My response to this sentiment is: STFU, then, and make one of these crappy games. Then you'll have millions of dollars to make whatever kind of other awesome games you'll want forever and ever.
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by jfarmer 17y ago
That's technically true, but not quite what I was thinking. Let's define Xooglers as people who were pre-IPO at Google. Or even just people who didn't originally come to Google through the acquisition of another company. How about in that
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by jfarmer 17y ago
Except ex-PayPal people have been quite successful, by and large. What's the biggest Xoogler success?
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by jfarmer 17y ago
Pretend you have Gordon Ramsay, or someone from your life who can act like Gordon Ramsay, yelling at you. Here's my inner monologue when I know it'd be better for me to do something but I'm too "tired" to get it done: SHUT THE &@# UP Y
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by jfarmer 17y ago
nginx + passenger + REE for Ruby web apps is awesome. It's all I use these days.
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by jfarmer 17y ago
Possible surprise exclusions: Apple Google Any single food or beverage brand, e.g., Coca-Cola. Any single media brand, e.g., NBC Surprise inclusions (IMO): Toyota (they just had two major recalls!) WebMD (what?!)
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by jfarmer 17y ago
Small product nit: I think you weight older messages too highly. #1 on my list is my girlfriend (cool). #2 is my co-founder from my last company (also cool). #3 is my dad. #4 is my ex-girlfriend, and it's telling me to email her (fail).
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by jfarmer 17y ago
Because your contact list doesn't contain frequency information?
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by jfarmer 17y ago
That's just an excuse to quit. So you start with email. Email is the baseline. The important thing is to have a clear vision and start building shit. If it's really important to integrate other services, you can do that later. (I don't
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by jfarmer 17y ago
Hot shit! This was something on my list of things to build for myself. Now I don't have to.
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by jfarmer 17y ago
Those slides are incomprehensible without the accompanying video. Not a critique -- just an FYI for anyone who goes to read the slides rather than watch the video.
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by jfarmer 17y ago
Seems no-risk to me. Put up an order form, play with pricing and DVD contents, etc. DVDs are easy to make and you can take orders before shipping. If you only get 10 orders, burn 'em, mail 'em, and shut down the service as a failure.
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by jfarmer 17y ago
The reflexive anti-commercialism one sees in this community really surprises me sometimes. Startups are nothing if not commercial enterprises! Do you really think HN would vote up a viagra spam blog?
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by jfarmer 17y ago
Doesn't add value to my life. Can't really think who this'd be for. Or is this just a tech demo?
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by jfarmer 17y ago
Accounting, not personal budgeting.

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