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by orky56 15y ago
Let's say the US population breaks down to 50% Democrat and 50% Republican. If I am a D candidate, I want the Ds to show up and the Rs to stay at home and same if I were R. If I defend the Ds too much, the Rs take it offensively and vice ve
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by orky56 15y ago
This reminds me of the second mover advantage aka fast followers. You are essentially letting the first mover do the hard work looking for validation while you use it as an opportunity to iterate. If one is only considering payoffs, the Nas
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by orky56 15y ago
Congrats! Adam Rifkin can really make things happen. Definitely worth meeting and knowing him.
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by orky56 15y ago
Google is cornered and is taking the appropriate stance. They did not get the patents from the Nortel sale and Apple is already successful in putting pressure on HTC and perhaps other Android manufacturers in the near future. If the situati
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by orky56 15y ago
Raising capital and valuations are just temporary measures and good faith to turn the product into a company. Having money to hire more people just exacerbates the problem. They now have higher operating costs (where this new capital goes)
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by orky56 15y ago
These productivity hacks always really confuse me. Maybe it's just me. Here's my logic: If you want to be productive (i.e. you have prioritized the current task/goal above all else), you just do it with full attention. If it's not very impo
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by orky56 15y ago
My favorite examples are where the product satisfies its objective (fulfills the customer need) AND does it does it better than the competition (via user experience, number of features, visual design, speed, cheaper). Often people create an
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by orky56 15y ago
I would say the data in contacts. Imagine if Google Contacts was robust enough with Rapportive technology to be the one place to >>view<< all relevant info on a contact (email, FB, Twitter, etc.) rather than have to wait for
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by orky56 15y ago
"a job isn't a right but something you earn" I definitely agree but when you are at a company who has employed you for a long time and have been doing your job well, then who's not to say that now unemployed person hasn't earned that job. T
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by orky56 15y ago
Let's see if Rapportive can get all this type of info into Contacts. That's the next place where this would make the most sense.
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by orky56 15y ago
Not trying to sound pretentious but... Have you tried thinking these ideas all the way through? When I'm coming up with a new idea/design/product I first try and imagine why the current iteration is the standard way of doing things. Also, I
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by orky56 15y ago
What if there was another ISP in the area offering a similar service but also had the same restrictions? The problem would be exactly the same and this guy would be in the same situation. Competition and having options wouldn't really chang
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by orky56 15y ago
Product people are always preaching this. Every interaction should be judged based on the return of that investment (the investment being the interaction). If the product improves and can deliver that much better of an experience (matching
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by orky56 15y ago
99designs is worth a shot.
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by orky56 15y ago
sjigjinni@gmail.com thanks!
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by orky56 15y ago
I totally agree. Their recent focus on consistent design is a step in the right direction. However, we all know that Engineering wins pretty much every time at Google so I'm especially curious and pleasantly surprised they pulled a product
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by orky56 15y ago
Amazing job with these apps! I think each solves a definite need in the market. My challenge to you, however, is to integrate them all in a way that makes sense. Even though it's bundled, it's a different app for each type of task. They are
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by orky56 15y ago
Sales engineer type at a company like Cisco seems right up your alley. Equal parts software and hardware would ideal.
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by orky56 15y ago
Definitely. Google wants to ensure that people understand it's not a Steve Jobs type situation at Google. Innovation comes from everywhere. I think it's impressive that they could successfully implement a site-wide redesign despite the frag
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by orky56 15y ago
You've got to hand it to him for being so classy and humble about it. It's much easier to be quiet and take the praise. Only when someone is modest enough and truly believes that others deserve credit does he/she actually advocate for other
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by orky56 15y ago
There is a fundamental business reality however that following an extended period of hyper growth (during which RIM nearly quadrupled in size over the past 5 years alone), it has become necessary for the company to streamline its operations
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by orky56 15y ago
Developer Town http://www.developertown.com/ in Indiana does something pretty similar. I'm sure there are other but this one popped in my head
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Ask HN: What do you do while code is compiling?
6 points by orky56 15y ago|15 comments
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by orky56 15y ago
That's what I thought too. The only certain thing is that doing both (local and less meat) is the way to go.
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An Inside Look at the Secret 500 Accelerator(blog.500startups.com)
1 points by orky56 15y ago|0 comments
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by orky56 15y ago
I got an idea that's more disruptive than incremental. Shoot me an email/message if you're interested in chatting about that or just getting over the creative hump. I'm in Silicon Valley.
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by orky56 15y ago
Wow you really did your research and took initiative on this issue! I can't understand why/how PMs don't have an outlet for this. From the links you shared it seems that PMs are still having an identity crisis in terms of who they are and w
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Ask HN: HN for PMs?
6 points by orky56 15y ago|3 comments
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by orky56 15y ago
I usually don't pay attention to these kinds of guesses BUT this Kevin Fox really has some good insights on the pattern of Apple's strategy. Apple wants to essentially create a line of physical devices varying in performance (dumb devices t
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by orky56 15y ago
I love the green! However, white text is a bit difficult to read on the light green background in your footer nav bar. I'd recommend going the darker green there.

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