mjwhansen

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by mjwhansen 6y ago
"That sucks" may be intended as empathetic, but usually comes off as callous. You might try the combination of [name the feeling] + [broad question], like: "That sounds frustrating. What have you tried to solve that?" or
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by mjwhansen 6y ago
It says a lot about you that you recognize that this is a skill that you need to work on and is worth working on. It is completely normal that you see yourself being sympathetic by creating solutions, when people are asking you for empathy.
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by mjwhansen 6y ago
Clarification: this app is only for curbside slots, not delivery.
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by mjwhansen 6y ago
sorry :( does Woolworth's have curbside? Maybe we could add it! edit: just checked and they're only doing it for people who are confirmed as high risk (which is good!) Are there any grocery stores in AU that are doing pickup open
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by mjwhansen 6y ago
We've got Tesco and Waitrose on the list to add! (Sainsbury's is out because they're verifying against NHS lists of high risk people) https://github.com/MiniCodeMonkey/curbside/issues
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by mjwhansen 6y ago
Ideally, the grocery stores or Instacart will add this functionality so it's baked in to the pickup experience. I honestly wouldn't mind if they did that and effectively forced us to shut down the app. This is a feature they shoul
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by mjwhansen 6y ago
The tool doesn't prioritize HN readers. We released this almost two weeks ago and have primarily posted it on local neighborhood listservs and our own social media so far. We haven't tried to get national press coverage because we
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by mjwhansen 7y ago
It's next on the list!
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by mjwhansen 7y ago
You can stop notifications by replying DONE to the text message. You can add stores by going to the website again and selecting different stores. It resets for each monitor.
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by mjwhansen 7y ago
Thanks, I appreciate your honesty. We're all struggling through this and need to vent it. We hope that since this doesn't require any real tech knowledge, even people who aren't super tech savvy can use it. I've shared i
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by mjwhansen 7y ago
I commented this already above so forgive me, but in the UK, Sainsbury's is limiting curbside and delivery to high risk people. But they're only able to do so because they're getting a list of high-risk people from the govern
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by mjwhansen 7y ago
Many of the stores offering curbside, like Wegmans, are using Instacart shoppers, so it's not taking away store employees per se.
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by mjwhansen 7y ago
It sounds like this crisis has been especially frustrating to you and my heart goes out to you. One of the reasons we decided to release the app was so friends of ours who are immunocompromised could use it. The ideal scenario would be for
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by mjwhansen 7y ago
Co-creator of curb.run here. To add to what kelnos said, curbside pickup is better for public health because it limits the number of customers in the store, reducing vectors. It's also better for the workers themselves. Wegmans and a b
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by mjwhansen 7y ago
> “don’t have to talk to a sales guy as a service” I haven't heard this before, and it's great. I always get a chuckle when customers are dumbfounded that they don't have to have a call with us before using Geocodio. They&
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by mjwhansen 7y ago
> As a service provider, I love using usage-based pricing models as it means I can focus all my energy and effort on what I do best: running a service. It lets me focus on the quality of my service above everything else. Usage-based pric
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Geocodio Processes 2B Requests per Month(geocod.io)
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Why Do All New Cars Look Alike?(5thcolor.wordpress.com)
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by mjwhansen 7y ago
Co-founder of Geocodio here :) Glad to hear our free tier model worked for you all. Would love to send some swag your way -- send me your address! mhansen (at) geocod (dot) io
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Tax this but not that at Halloween, depending on where you live(foxbusiness.com)
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by mjwhansen 7y ago
An unfortunate truth of solo/duo entrepreneuring is that things get created and written quick and dirty. You simply don't have the time to do everything by the book, especially when you're nights/weekends. Getting to the
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by mjwhansen 8y ago
I’m giving an attendee talk on this at MicroConf in a few weeks! Y’all should come :)
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Bootstrapping a Business: 5 Years In(indiehackers.com)
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by mjwhansen 8y ago
Like many services, it has suffered from frequent management changes and short-sighted initiatives that have ultimately prioritized marketing and sales over the core service experience.
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Availability of the Government of the United States(govavailability.info)
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The Time Value of Skill(medium.com)
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To My Immigrant Parents, Entrepreneurship Wasn't a Real Job(marieclaire.com)
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by mjwhansen 8y ago
The recommendations are still being reviewed and digested, but the definition of qualified business looks promising for owners of product-based tech businesses above the crucial $157k/$315k income point. Everyone qualifies up until tha
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Treasury Issues Proposed Regulations on New 20% Deduction for Pass-Throughs(home.treasury.gov)
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by mjwhansen 8y ago
To me, the crux of the problem is how the platforms see themselves, vs. how many in media and the informed general public see them. The informed general public opinion seems to be that Facebook and Twitter have mainstream media-level respon

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