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by maguay 16y ago
I'm in the process of switching to using my tech blog domain, techinch.com. My personal site's domain wouldn't be any easier as it doesn't use my name.
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by maguay 16y ago
That's why I was so glad when my college decided to "Go Google". Most college email systems setup for students that I've experienced are slow and awful...
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by maguay 16y ago
Or add a period in the middle of your email, e.g. em.ail@gmail.com. I usually do that when signing up for accounts online, then have all mail coming to a tweaked address autosorted into a folder...
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by maguay 16y ago
Ah, good point there! Gmail is much less likely to go offline than your own domain, though they did have a somewhat shaky start...
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by maguay 16y ago
To answer my own question, I have a number of emails (business, college, and personal domains). Currently I forward them all to my @live.com email address, but I'm planning on switching to my own domain as my primary address soon. The goo
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Poll: What domain do you use for email?
30 points by maguay 16y ago|56 comments
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by maguay 16y ago
Personal domain
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by maguay 16y ago
Business domain
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by maguay 16y ago
Email service (Gmail, Hotmail, Aol., et al)
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by maguay 16y ago
My goals for 2011,originally posted in another thread - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2035432 : - Top 100k pageviews/month average on my tech blog - Write first book - Write first webapp or mobile app - Create something for sale (eBo
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by maguay 16y ago
I've used HN from an older non-touch Windows Mobile phone with Opera Mini, and it worked fine. Not optimal viewing experience, but it was usable. You might want to give that a try; AFAIK Opera Mini would work on your Blackberry.
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by maguay 16y ago
I'm definitely going to have to take time and truly study your book ... It's got tons of info. Best thing is, it makes so much more sense than most of my college business books. I've already used it to study for business reports. Thanks
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by maguay 16y ago
Anyone seen any problems with OpenDNS? iTunes Store has been running extremely slow for me over the last several days for no apparent reason...
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by maguay 16y ago
I got started with Turtle programming when I was 11 or 12 when my Dad introduced me to it. Had the most fun making a turtle script that wrote "Happy Birthday Dad" for his birthday that year. Fun times!
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by maguay 16y ago
My main goal is to profit while addressing a market I feel is under-served. At the very least, I planned to shoot for a $9.99 or less price to get the higher royalty rate on Kindle (and to not looked overpriced versus other books in the sa
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by maguay 16y ago
I didn't realize Getting Real wasn't always available free, but then I only discovered it last year. Very interesting; I assumed the free online book was designed to drive sales of the for-pay PDF. (As a side note, thanks for the great in
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by maguay 16y ago
Right, of course. In the spirit of the post, I was throwing out a crazy idea. Let's just hope that never happens :)
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by maguay 16y ago
Thanks ... much appreciated!
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by maguay 16y ago
That might be a great idea. I've never thought my blog would actually be something someone would subscribe to on Kindle, but you never know. Plus, that'd be a great idea for syndicating a blogged book and making a little extra revenue whi
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by maguay 16y ago
Thank you very much! Lots of great food for thought here. I'm thinking the same as you; I'm planning on writing tech-centric books, aimed at a general audience but with eBooks that are priced much better than the average tech eBook for no
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by maguay 16y ago
Thanks. What are your thoughts about releasing a free web-based eBook and selling a download copy? This would be similar to 37signals' Getting Real: you can read it free online, or purchase a PDF copy. Do you think this would be an effec
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by maguay 16y ago
Ok, I just retitled it to: "Ask HN: Marketing and Pricing Advice for Self-Published eBook". Maybe I'll see some advice now...
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by maguay 16y ago
How would you word the title for this topic? I'm open to suggestions, and definitely don't have anything spammy in mind.
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by maguay 16y ago
6-9AM PST seems to be one of the most active times to me. Would be interesting to see HN's geographical breakdown, though...
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by maguay 16y ago
Ok, I took your advice and reposted the thread. I'd really appreciated any feedback. Thanks everyone :)
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Ask HN: Marketing and Pricing Advice for Self-Published eBook
27 points by maguay 16y ago|13 comments
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by maguay 16y ago
Sure, thanks for the advice. Do you have any thoughts on my original question that prompted this post? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2042898
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by maguay 16y ago
How about "HN is being shut down"? :) That'd be sure to get a crazy level of response!
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Ask HN: Reposting an old Ask HN question
14 points by maguay 16y ago|12 comments
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by maguay 16y ago
That's exactly my current way to stay up to date on news, and it's using much less time per day for me than Google Reader.

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