jonpaul

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   by jonpaul 16y ago

   I agree with you in principle. That would have been a better outcome. But as they say, hindsight is always 20:20. When you're in the thick of things, the last thing you want to do is quit. Sometimes you only want to quit when you have to, s
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   by jonpaul 16y ago

   Agreed. But, I think it makes for a fun discussion.
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   Don't Ask, Don't Tell(i.imgur.com)

   2 points by jonpaul 16y ago|0 comments
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   Pay to Read, Or We'll Sue(techdirt.com)

   1 points by jonpaul 16y ago|0 comments
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   by jonpaul 16y ago

   Too bad they don't invest more resources in GXT.
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   by jonpaul 16y ago

   Can you give us a sense on the amount of revenue you make per year?
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   by jonpaul 16y ago

   Am I one of the few who doesn't see a problem with this? If our tax structure is so f'd up that it allows for this, we need to change it. In the meantime, why wouldn't Google minimize its tax liability? If you're an entrepreneur and are aga
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   by jonpaul 16y ago

   I would hope most entrepreneurs don't have the attitude of "it's not fair." Maybe it isn't fair. But as we all know life isn't fair. Meta-discussion aside, any entrepreneur worth his salt won't be thinking like this.
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   by jonpaul 16y ago

   I think this is huge. I say this coming from working with MVVM in .NET/WPF for the last year. I've worked with Javascript (ExtJS) before, but I always found it a pain in the ass to use. MVVM promotes testing, while allowing developers to bu
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    Low Level Bit Hacks You Must Know(catonmat.net)

    158 points by jonpaul 16y ago|47 comments
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    by jonpaul 16y ago

    I'm working iPhone and Android sports apps: http://reflect7.com I also blog about entrepreneurship and my experiences http://techneur.com
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    by jonpaul 16y ago

    While I appreciate the ingenuity of reverse job application, by looking at his resume I'm not surprised that he hasn't been hired. You're right, he needs to make it one page. I would put an objective, and I don't mean some BS objective, but
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    by jonpaul 16y ago

    Yup. One of Mark Cuban's finest lessons: http://blogmaverick.com/2005/05/30/success-and-motivation-yo...
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    by jonpaul 16y ago

    I love GitHub. Can you give the HN community a sense of your monthly revenue?
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    by jonpaul 16y ago

    He had me until: "What’s your final level at Microsoft? Please don’t say CEO or Technical Fellow – I can almost guarantee you it’s not." He may be right, but there are some ambitious employees at Microsoft who truly do want to be CEO. If t
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    by jonpaul 16y ago

    I came to the web page and looked around a bit. I was asking myself what problem does this solve that Excel or Google Spreadsheet doesn't solve? If I was just someone casually browsing I think I would have left your page then. I then watche
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    by jonpaul 16y ago

    This is kind of cool. My major concern is that everyone would be quick to go to chat and ask the question instead of posting a question. I mean, we all want instant gratification, so why wouldn't we use chat?
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    by jonpaul 16y ago

    I admire his humility. I believe it's Jim Collins (Good to Great book) who describes these types of CEOs as Level 5 leaders. I don't know Sculley's career, but maybe he would have been more successful being in an industry he was familiar wi
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    by jonpaul 16y ago

    I don't think he meant to be formal. I think he said "Sir" in the dick-headed way that Keith Olbermann says it.
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    by jonpaul 16y ago

    +1. I once wrote an article on why the idea of luck pissed me off too. You succinctly described my own thoughts better than I did. Thanks for writing this.
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    by jonpaul 16y ago

    That's exactly right. Ideas aren't worth much. I like Siver's article on ideas as multipliers. Execution and the 'business side of things' as you stated are what matters. If Zuckerberg didn't execute like he did with Facebook, Facebook woul
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    by jonpaul 16y ago

    You can build an email list cheaply, just use Google Forms: http://www.google.com/google-d-s/forms/
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    by jonpaul 16y ago

    You know what would be funny? If they sold 37 seats at $1000 and then when you get there they told you that's what they did. All kidding aside, if I had the money, I would be interested in this. It is a bit steep, but I admire these guys an
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    by jonpaul 16y ago

    Your other CarWoo business partner already submitted a link about CarWoo to HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1787451
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    by jonpaul 16y ago

    Why wouldn't you just buy a used car from a person? I'm asking this sincerely. Why do people buy from dealers? You save so much money by buying from individuals than from dealers.
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    by jonpaul 16y ago

    Thanks for pointing this out. There is one major difference, Mindspread is suppose to be completely altruistic.
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    by jonpaul 16y ago

    I'm still wondering if this idea is good: http://techneur.com/post/635311152/announcing-mindspread Call it 'Pay-It-Forward for Books' It's essentially a webapp where you give someone a book with the promise that when they are done reading
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    by jonpaul 16y ago

    Meh. This was a nice anecdotal story. But, I was expecting more of an extracted lean/agile process from it though. I'd like to know how you could apply such techniques to build devices like this: http://www.picarro.com/gas_analyzers/ch4_h2
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    by jonpaul 16y ago

    Forgive me, but it's still not clear (in terms of the outcome) to me what the difference is between: var a = new Array(); and var a = []; Would someone shed some light on this?
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    by jonpaul 16y ago

    $1000 a week? That's it? Yes, I know that you can make a decent living on that (in the Midwest)... but for what? Would you truly be happy doing that? It just seems like a lot of busy work with little long-term return. Most software devs mak