malachismith

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The Real War in the Cloud (hint... it's not Forking)(christacy.blogspot.com)
1 points by malachismith 14y ago|0 comments
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Startup-advising robot dino Fake Grimlock moves to books(venturebeat.com)
10 points by malachismith 14y ago|0 comments
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by malachismith 14y ago
Partial Cliff Notes for the works of Eric Ries.
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by malachismith 14y ago
Seriously?!?!?! Ummm.... I'd suggest seeking professional help. It's pretty clear you have some deep-seated issues.
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by malachismith 14y ago
Having worked in both, I actually do not think the developer community is better (or less awful) than the advertising / media / sales community. The former is simply more nuanced and subtle. The sexism in the Ad / Media / Sales world is sim
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Everybody Loves PaaS; PaaS is Failing(blog.appfog.com)
3 points by malachismith 14y ago|0 comments
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by malachismith 14y ago
Depends on who you are trying to reach. If you want to reach developers and the "entrepreneurial market" then Hacker News drives more traffic (and if the product / audience fit is good will convert better too). If you want to reach business
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by malachismith 14y ago
Yes, No, No. It's a shakedown - and successful entrepreneurs need to start getting smarter about this shit. We've actually got something to lose now.
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by malachismith 14y ago
You're talking retrograde change (a change back to a prior state). But yes... the demographics obviously favor the Dems when it comes to Tech.
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by malachismith 14y ago
If you are resistent to change, it's hard to attract people who want to create change....
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by malachismith 14y ago
If, as the theory goes, the product structure mimics the organizational structure of the group that created the product - you could extend to situations like this. In which case, you would argue that until the GOP changes its (hierarchical
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by malachismith 14y ago
Wow... no-one posting on Hacker News?!?!?! What WOULD we do?
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The Rise of the New Kingmakers - How Developers Conquered the World(blog.newrelic.com)
2 points by malachismith 14y ago|0 comments
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by malachismith 14y ago
So, basically, the suburbs are the problem?
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by malachismith 14y ago
Great start. Wish it were set up to be collaborative so we could suggest some of the missing elements.
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by malachismith 14y ago
Lifestylists. (Not people doing businesses around users' and customers' lifestyles, but people doing businesses FOR their own lifestyle). Also known as dilettantes.
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by malachismith 14y ago
OK. Would you do the work to make your product SUPPORT 2% of the market?
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by malachismith 14y ago
IE across ALL mobile devices currently represents less than 2% market share according to NetMarketShare. In other words, less than the Blackberry browser. Would you optimize YOUR product for that?
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by malachismith 14y ago
Reading through the comments before reading the article is different from posting your thoughts without reading the article.
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by malachismith 14y ago
Oh... and as a hint, if your response includes ".. you don't understand .. " at any point... please understand that you are insulting the person you speak to.
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by malachismith 14y ago
A plea to designers.... Read the original piece carefully and try to avoid being defensive. This is an important post for all of you. I've been a defender of Design and designers for 2 decades now. But you all are your own worst enemies. Th
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by malachismith 14y ago
1 - the link between blogs of all sorts and the bottom-line is tenuous at best. If you're an ad revenue business, you can make the argument that all traffic has an impact on the bottom line, but suffice it to say that none of the advertisin
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by malachismith 14y ago
You are confusing art with design (formerly known, perhaps more accurately, as commercial art). If you are creating "unlimited idealistic perfection" you are creating art. If you are selling soap it's design.
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by malachismith 14y ago
> Free word of mouth advertising and free blog articles written about the beauty of the > pixels contribute to the bottom line much more than the cost of doing a little > pixel fitting. Really? Give me the data to back up your b
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by malachismith 14y ago
Being a customer of restaurants and being an investor in food tech start-ups is not the same as understanding operating a food service business. That logic is similar to the logic of people who say, "I love cooking, I'll open a restaurant."
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by malachismith 14y ago
There are hundreds if not thousands of amazing dim sum restaurants in Hong Kong and Saigon that prove you wrong. Beyond that.... as a former back of the house restaurant employee (10+ years, Cordon Bleu, blah blah) I can tell you that the o
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by malachismith 14y ago
Is this statement based on your experience working in quality focused restaurants?
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by malachismith 14y ago
Using a condom is hardly comparable to having a kid (in work, implications, responsibility -- ie "decision)
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by malachismith 14y ago
It should not be "decide to not have kids" It should be "decide to have kids" Having kids is a major decision. Not having them is not.
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by malachismith 14y ago
Every day I say a little prayer of thanks for getting to where I am without having kids. Every time I spend time with my (many) friends who have kids (and now grandkids in some cases), I understand why they've made this choice and yet feel

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