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by jmm 16y ago
The timing of the iPhone (its OS and its app store ecosystem) played a significant role in the check-in model, I think, as it encouraged developers to [finally] sidestep the carriers, and also prevented background processing. Though this is
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by jmm 16y ago
I can see why Braintree would have no interest in businesses that are destined to maintain smallness, but they're missing out on getting into bed with some young companies whose payment volume will eventually pop. And leaving the door open
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by jmm 16y ago
Right. But this could have happened at any point once Android became a legitimate competing platform, and that's where the argument loses steam for me.
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by jmm 16y ago
Did anyone else take the title to mean "reasons why you shouldn't read Fred Wilson's blog?" :)
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by jmm 16y ago
Except that the dispersant /necessarily/ makes it way into the water. Because they put it there.
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by jmm 16y ago
A bookkeeper will want to eventually categorize all your receipts by type, so if you're losing detail by going paperless (or losing track of things altogether), you may need to rethink that.
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by jmm 16y ago
There's bookkeeping and there's accounting. Some accountants will set you up with a bookkeeper to take care of the more menial and regular tasks and then coordinate when that bookkeeper (or not) when the time comes for more formal and "art
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by jmm 16y ago
I've been helping out a friend's office recently and their books are a total mess. Some checks entered against invoices, some not, accounts receivable and accounts payable are totally unorganized, nothing reconciles... So here's a recommen
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by jmm 16y ago
Sure. Though Jonathan Ive has gotten a fair amount of credit/exposure of the years, too, for the industrial design side of things.
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by jmm 16y ago
Unless you count trash pick up as a utility. Would that it were tiered/pay per lb... would encourage less waste.
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by jmm 16y ago
Good stuff. Really like the artwork and the idea. I just dug out a bed in the back yard which is waiting to be planted, so I would seem to be your target customer. However, I'd be inclined more to use your free email reminder service and
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by jmm 16y ago
Here's the site if anyone is curious about Farmscape: http://www.farmscapegardens.com/#home The cost saving argument is probably a stretch: "In many cases, installing a Farmscape garden in the place of an existing lawn can lower your mo
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by jmm 16y ago
Jason would probably defend his manner as east coast shoots from the hip, no bullshit. But that's a joke. He's just rude and coasts have nothing to do with. Passion is a good thing, and Jason's passion here is warranted, but the guy needs a
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A Call for the End of all Tumblr Book Deals(gq.com)
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by jmm 16y ago
Huh? First off, I'm not really into Malcolm Gladwell. Second, what are you replying to anyway? The general point that anything one does matters?
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by jmm 16y ago
I'm often amazed at how cavalierly advice like this is given. We're talking about a major (yes, major) decision here. And the logic... drop out of college because a handful of very smart entrepreneurs were able to start successful business
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by jmm 16y ago
Soft lock in? I don't know... I guess I'm being a bit literal with the term "lock." It's not binary (literally handcuffed or not), but more of a continuum taking into account the cost of moving away. So sure, I guess I missed that. And t
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by jmm 16y ago
Accountable to users is a HUGE point. What happens to a site when users feel alienated or violated or whatever? Those users begin to walk away towards an emergent alternative. The facebook "lock in" isn't a lock in at all. It's more like
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by jmm 16y ago
Holy... The output of this guy is as awesome as it is diverse. Way to go, Zed.
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by jmm 16y ago
cool! that was one of my original hangups, if i can call it that.
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by jmm 16y ago
I don't know if I'd call it "artificial" exactly, but last time I checked, Posterous was limited by how big of an email you can send (gmail limits to 20 or 25 mb, I think). Have they opened up on-site uploads yet?
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by jmm 16y ago
Right. I suppose Sachin has to say that Posterous is for everyone, but it's really not. Those who want to socially share within a walled community will continue to use Facebook. Those who want to curate their media online without as much
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by jmm 16y ago
Well, not literally a Ponzi scheme, but I guess I get the point. He means to say, simply, that advertisers will eventually catch on and stop using facebook ads because they're ineffective. The analysis suffers in trying to shoehorn faceboo
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by jmm 16y ago
This is a bigger issue than simple exposure. Students studying finance/econ at Ivy League schools are on a track that starts early (our author, I assume, applied directly to Penn's Wharton School). The expectations and goals start in high
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by jmm 16y ago
another similar issue i've come across is when there are multiple like buttons on the same page. e.g., does one like this blog/site or just the article? not a terrible confusion or potentially too sinister, but a bit more attention than us
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by jmm 17y ago
$1000 plus fees to install a web app that doesn't do much more than a stand alone mobile phone? Hmm.
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by jmm 17y ago
Yeah, yeah, I know my comment was too off the cuff and sentimental. But the ethical evaluation of labor practices is not as simple evaluating an improvement in standard of living. There is a line that can be crossed - the line certainly is
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by jmm 17y ago
I myself am from a former steel/rail/textile boom area and have seen the effects of the exodus of big manufacturing in the states on a local level. I suppose a service economy isn't "icky" in and of itself - it's that people often operate
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by jmm 17y ago
Yeah, petty. Deleted.
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by jmm 17y ago
Two part terribleness of globalization - we port manufacturing jobs overseas to cut costs. The cost savings are based on acceptable exploitation in another land. Meanwhile the US transitions to an icky service economy and lose core middle c

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