mattdeboard

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   by mattdeboard 16y ago

   My. God.
2. 1682.▲
   by mattdeboard 16y ago

   Yeah, I just ran around showing all my coworkers, even the non-tech-savvy ones. Each was blown away. Gladly paid $10 for this.
3. 1683.▲
   by mattdeboard 16y ago

   Cool hack, and I noticed that as well (on other non-word objects). However I'd rather it be over- than undereager or slow.
4. 1684.▲
   by mattdeboard 16y ago

   I stand corrected. In my defense, however, in a reply to another poster he seemed to imply that because someone hadn't researched his point, his points weren't untrue.
5. 1685.▲
   by mattdeboard 16y ago

   "and more." I think they just copy/pasted a press release.
6. 1686.▲
   by mattdeboard 16y ago

   Interesting, though I was a bit taken aback that it turned into an ad for Keynote around slide 60. Not that it doesn't have merit, just made me raise an eyebrow.
7. 1687.▲
   by mattdeboard 16y ago

   Is there some reason you expect anyone to try to prove or disprove your bald assertions? This type of reasoning is called argumentum ad ignorantiam, or argument from ignorance. When you boldly assert 'x', then provide no proof, then subsequ
8. 1688.▲
   by mattdeboard 16y ago

   I don't know about that. Looks to me, just from eyeballing it of course, that there are two periods of logarithmic decay. The first in 1918-1969, then another period of logarithmic decay until present day. A brief Google search reveals some
9. 1689.▲
   by mattdeboard 16y ago

   Gee, there's been a 90% decline in deaths by fire since we stopped using open flames for light and heat? That's astounding.
10. 1690.▲
    by mattdeboard 16y ago

    Sure, but lying about it is a great way to not get published.
11. 1691.▲
    by mattdeboard 16y ago

    I'm an in-house PR specialist (i.e. not a contractor/PR agency employee). Half the fight of getting your story in the press is finding the outlet and reporter whose beat/publication matches up with the story. Just because a concept comes fr
12. 1692.▲
    by mattdeboard 16y ago

    I had to do a double take after I read this to make sure I didn't write it and forget about doing so. I too am 31, changing careers, and building space into my day job to do interesting things. Of course, the Adderal prescription helps.
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    by mattdeboard 16y ago

    I think his point is that this is just a link to a software company, with no news for hackers. HackerNews. QED.
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    by mattdeboard 16y ago

    > Anything that you can have a 'career' in is a trade. Well, sure, but clearly he meant trades that host artisans like carpenters, mechanics and so forth. People who make tangible things other people use, and can employ the artful piece
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    by mattdeboard 16y ago

    This is called "procrastination."
16. 1696.▲
    by mattdeboard 16y ago

    This is my question as well. I do wish I could ctrl-click or mousewheel-click to open up a new tab with the link. Also an indication that "e-book" is an amazon link to the kindle version. I (naively, of course) thought there were free e-boo
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    by mattdeboard 16y ago

    Sincere question from someone who is working on his first projects now: why did you publish without infrastructure enough to support even the relatively meager "HN effect" (see also: Digg effect, Reddit effect)? Not criticizing you for your
18. 1698.▲
    by mattdeboard 16y ago

    I'm all for adding game mechanics to enhance user participation or to build in a 'hook,' but it seems like making an RSS feed something interactive that beggars caretaking would be contrary to the whole point of an RSS feed in the first pla
19. 1699.▲
    by mattdeboard 16y ago

    I'm in Indiana and was excited about a tech story based out of this deadwater (non-biotech-wise) state.
20. 1700.▲
    by mattdeboard 16y ago

    Sincere question: Does that make you better than those who enjoy the "quick cash" entertainment? FWIW I think the answer to that is affirmative, but then I'm a walking example of confirmation bias on this topic.
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    by mattdeboard 16y ago

    What is unfortunate from my perspective (as a former WoW/EQ player) is that "real" social games are now besting Zynga at its own game: turning away from generating content for gameplay's sake and instead (again in my opinion) turning these
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    by mattdeboard 16y ago

    Buenos dias! I'm a PR professional toiling in the American Midwest after leaving the San Francisco Bay Area for family reasons. My plan, in another couple of years, is to leave the job I'm working at now for the startup industry. I'm not a