kn0thing

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by kn0thing 17y ago
I think it'd be fun to ask non-entrepreneurs what they think of us (I'm sure most would be equally as tolerant, but I'd like to hear their impressions). Anecdotally, I've been pitied before for working the startup lifestyle -- running one o
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by kn0thing 17y ago
I'm in Armenia at the moment, actually :) but I did move to SF post-acquisition (with a stop in NY on the way) per the deal. I'm probably moving back to NY when I get States-side, though. Cambridge was definitely on the table, but alas, Bro
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by kn0thing 17y ago
Thrilled to the startup scene in Boston getting some love. Sign this angel investor up!
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by kn0thing 17y ago
Yes, Bowker is definitely baking a lot of unnecessary 'features' and thus justifying extra costs. Looking for better options and will definitely update.
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by kn0thing 17y ago
This seems like a no-brainer, especially going to Lulu (or like) route, especially if you don't want to make money on it and you're more hesitant about the initial capital cost to paying a printer for a few thousand copies. I'd give you mo
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by kn0thing 17y ago
Ah, this is unfortunately something I know little about, because it was handled by xkcd's distribution center. I'd love to update the entry with suggestions, but this was operating under an assumption that the book would be an extension of
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by kn0thing 17y ago
Love it! You should threaten your publisher with talk of self-publishing. I'll answer any questions that may come up (as long as you promise to write your own tutorial when it's done). It'd mean more money for that nonprofit, too. I've alw
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by kn0thing 17y ago
Please share the link and I'll gladly update the entry (with citation)! I wish I'd known.
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by kn0thing 17y ago
Please steal this model. And even if you don't go the 'dead tree inventory route' consider selfpublishing via Lulu.com or the like once you've got a blog/website with a solid userbase (OnStartups, I'm looking at you).
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Step by step guide on how to publish a book (how we made xkcd: volume 0)(breadpig.com)
47 points by kn0thing 17y ago|21 comments
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TED Talk: Bill Gates on energy - Innovating to zero(on.ted.com)
9 points by kn0thing 17y ago|1 comments
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by kn0thing 17y ago
This is going to be quite the odyssey! I'd love a photo of xkcd in Bangalore - bonus points if you can involve naan.
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by kn0thing 17y ago
Ah, I see, I counted it as 'profits' in 2008 because it wasn't a cost until 2009 (when we put a downpayment on the books).
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by kn0thing 17y ago
That's the magic of xkcd's fulfillment center. Without it, we'd probably be using Amazon (or shopping indies). Davean can speak better about just how it works, but there's one facility in Virginia that serves the USA and another in N. Ire
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by kn0thing 17y ago
Thanks! BTW, did that shipment ever make it to India? :)
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by kn0thing 17y ago
Costs were for inventory & production (we don't have any employee salaries): Book production (cost of printing, binding, shipping to xkcd fulfillment center) - by far the most expensive thing Contracted design work ISBN registration
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by kn0thing 17y ago
Sorry about the misunderstanding, yes, at the end of 2008 we donated $15,000 of LOLmagnetz sales to the SF/SPCA (keeping the other $15,000 to cover cost of inventory. At the end of 2009, we donated $22,000 to the SF/SPCA to cover the $15,0
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$53,000 profit in 3 months--from books? Insights gained from xkcd: volume 0(breadpig.com)
93 points by kn0thing 17y ago|26 comments
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by kn0thing 17y ago
Great! Sign me up - I'd love to see codified and prominently on reddit. And while I'm at it, I'm going to register a few Hacker News usernames... let's see... Microsoft, Apple, Pitchfork... update: Breadpig has just registered UniversalAUP.
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by kn0thing 17y ago
You've got a good point here: tumblr violated that trust it had with its users. I think we'll become a bit more careful as a result (tho, maybe fortunately, not everyone reads HackerNews) but more powerful than that, I think we ought to ch
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by kn0thing 17y ago
It would please me to no end if we had a crowdsourced database grading the terms of service and practices of sites. Or some version of AUP that was created with CreativeCommons-like elegance and simplicity...
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by kn0thing 17y ago
Bravo, Apress. I love reading great examples of companies doing the right thing (alas, they're not good linkbait). While no one can call me a fan of digg, they rightly recognized you as someone who genuinely liked their company and were onl
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Twitter Stole My [username] At The Behest of a Corp (why this is a non-story)(breadpig.posterous.com)
28 points by kn0thing 17y ago|21 comments
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by kn0thing 17y ago
edit for clarity: >[...] was either because of Steve and me OR because of Steve alone.
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by kn0thing 17y ago
OK, I'm listening to the interview. And confirming that everyone now knows about "the muffins." Andrew, I love what you're doing at Mixergy, but you weren't giving enough credit to Steve. I hope I didn't say in our interview that there wa
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by kn0thing 17y ago
I wanted to read these comments before watching the interview... big mistake.
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by kn0thing 17y ago
Well, when you say it like that... There's also a big-font preface: "This only happened to work out well in a very specific instance and while a few elements of my story may be generalizable to your startup, so don't follow any of my advice
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by kn0thing 17y ago
It's about time PG just put an Amazon affiliate ad for that book on the front page. It really has become mandatory reading in all the entrepreneur circles I seem to travel in. Or maybe I need to get out more -- that's probably it. I would
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by kn0thing 17y ago
It's all a facade. Dude eats babies.
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by kn0thing 17y ago
I'd like to think it made a difference, but you'll have to ask PG.

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