rgraham

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by rgraham 15y ago
Don't ever have a great experience when you're young. It'll ruin the rest of your life. Avoid it at all costs. Or maybe you'll move on and it isn't that big of a deal. You have been warned.
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by rgraham 15y ago
I think the OP is okay with the use of the whiteboard, but it should be used as a complement to writing code in a semi-familiar environment. There is no claim that cooking is equivalent to writing code. The claim is that writing code is rar
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by rgraham 15y ago
They had a twilio integrated page that allowed anyone in the US to call their representatives from the page. 300,000 people directed there during the blackout from Mozilla alone did exactly that. I don't have complete numbers, but they were
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by rgraham 15y ago
I like what you're saying in reference to building things up over time and pivoting into new spaces. I think that is the path to finding a co-founder. You have to go out and do things. Your idea reach (part of which is your network) will ex
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by rgraham 15y ago
I think what you're saying is true from a certain perspective, but I also think that a lot of great progress comes from cross pollination of ideas. If field A solves a problem using method X, but field B has never applied method X then some
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by rgraham 15y ago
Sounds like these guys wouldn't sign most such treaties. I'm happy to be a good neighbor, but policy should happen as close to the local level as possible. I don't think that is a shocking insight.
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by rgraham 15y ago
You can avoid the wsj pay wall by typing or copying and pasting the article title into google.
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Lessons learned starting a new software business in 2011.(whitetailsoftware.com)
5 points by rgraham 15y ago|0 comments
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by rgraham 15y ago
Not a bad tool. I'd get excited if it let me also see results for .org and .net domains. Seeing information about search volume for exact match searches would also be interesting.
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by rgraham 15y ago
Got a citation or two for that claim?
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by rgraham 15y ago
'Something' is indeed wrong when no one can seem to even identify what that is. Opacity is the first problem I suppose.
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by rgraham 15y ago
You may be 100% correct, but have you ever experimented with his advice? Don't think you're right. Try it. Experiment and know what works best.
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by rgraham 15y ago
I like the consistency and simplicity of this message. I've noticed that when people have a message this simple and repeat it a lot they usually know exactly what they're talking about. tptacek is on point here. I don't care what your reaso
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by rgraham 15y ago
Because people don't want a machine they can learn to use in order to solve their problems. They want their problems solved right now.
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by rgraham 15y ago
Gamification is a gimmick that can add value when the people are already engaged, but you can't make people interested in education because you can get points or win a badge. They had to want to be there in the first place. Some fields lend
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by rgraham 15y ago
Churchill was not speaking in regard to feelings and a relationship with another nation, but rather dependability in mutual long term pursuits. I think what he says remains true and a useful filter at times.
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by rgraham 15y ago
Winston Churchill was clear in his writing that America could not be trusted as an ally in anything that required steadfast determination over longer timelines. The winds of democracy make America a fickle ally. See 'The Gathering Storm.' P
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by rgraham 15y ago
I'd be interested in talking about BudgetSimple and some specifics of tactics and implementation if you have the time and interest. Handle at whitetailsoftware dot com.
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by rgraham 15y ago
It'd be better to sell the software to clean up evidence in the first place. I bet you could sell it. It might not be a terrible business idea. Sigh.
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by rgraham 15y ago
Why not 'I trust you' and if something is an issue or a potential issue we can talk about it and try to reach an agreeable resolution?
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How do I know if this idea is good enough?(whitetailsoftware.com)
34 points by rgraham 15y ago|10 comments
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by rgraham 15y ago
You're right. Something is wrong with the Census site, but there are images on the tour page. I'll take a look. The Census product uses Mechanical Turk to recognize deer in trail camera photos and determine herd statistics using capture-rec
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by rgraham 15y ago
I think the success of (nearly) every marketing campaign is circumstantial, but your points are valid. Marketing is highly dependent on context.
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by rgraham 15y ago
I agree with your first point. I left it out in implicit agreement. In the article I am talking about meetings...essentially just warm lead generation. I called it conversion because that was the goal I was attempting to convert them to. I
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by rgraham 15y ago
The answer to nearly any marketing question is 'it depends.' My experience in a couple of markets suggests that it does for me. You will have to test it for your context.
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by rgraham 15y ago
I grew up in Texas. I've been hunting and fishing since I can remember anything. When I couldn't walk through the marsh because I was too little for the sucking mud I'd float on top of a mesh bag filled with plastic duck decoys.
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by rgraham 15y ago
These are all good, valid points. For my specific situation spending $1000 to get 20 conversions didn't make mathematical sense. I spent several hours cold calling to get my first 10-15 conversions and if I paid myself for that activity it
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by rgraham 15y ago
I've also tried whitepapers or ebooks with limited success. On the phone, people often assume they are marketing pamphelets and hold no value. I have had success with inviting people to educational lunches with catchy titles. Name dropping
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by rgraham 15y ago
You can train a few people and pay them per conversion. It's easy to get a list of numbers from a service like Hoover's for free at your local library.
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by rgraham 15y ago
Whitetail deer hunting is a 6+ billion dollar industry in the US. Many ranches sell hunts on enclosed ranches for trophy animals and you pay a sliding scale of how good a trophy you kill. This is so popular that many people are getting in t

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