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by robbiemitchell 14y ago
The last page will try to sell you on the DVD. Just change the page_id to "16" to read the conclusion.
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If you have strong thoughts on this, consider contributing to this related question on Quora as well: http://www.quora.com/Venture-Capital/Why-do-people-care-abou...
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We also recently released a Github project for doing this called "WP Stack". Git, Capistrano, CDN rewrites, and staging environment all in one toolkit. knewt.ly/N119BM
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Love the announcement. But a followup question: if WP Engine has excellent built-in caching and optional CDN, why meter so strictly by visits? It reminds me of A/B services that scale similarly: by the time you get up to 100k or 250k visits
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by robbiemitchell 14y ago
This previous (brief) conversation about it might help: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=519749
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Announcing WP Stack, a Deployment System for Professional WordPress Sites(knewton.com)
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> For most students, I do not think that is the case. Unfortunately, most students in this world have shamefully little access to quality education. Access is definitely a problem. Even well-funded education systems have limited access
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Something that often gets glossed over in explaining version control to a non-developer is, "WTF is happening with my files?" The concept of a single folder containing multiple versions of your stuff is a big deal; the fact that you can't s
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by robbiemitchell 14y ago
> If so, you chose them very badly. I love how this starts out by (wrongly) assuming that "you" is a single person or even stable group of people, and that the answer to a changing URI is to say "You did it wrong."
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by robbiemitchell 14y ago
The term "growth hacker" may be debatable, and the examples used in this blog post don't do it justice, but the spirit is right. People like Andy Johns (user growth at Facebook, then Twitter, then Quora) mix marketing with technical chops a
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It's a CLI with terrible feedback. So many people (including people whose jobs are in some way related to Twitter) don't know that when you start a message with an @reply, only your followers who also follow that other person will see it. A
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by robbiemitchell 14y ago
Nothing wrong with diversifying just a tad.
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Does it mention "without compensation" or even "forced overtime" anywhere? You're assuming bad motives unnecessarily.
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by robbiemitchell 15y ago
Interesting that, in the demo video, he "shares to his circles" rather than to a specific circle. Even in the Google+ future, it's easier to share with everyone than to segment everyone endlessly.
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Why was it announced if it isn't ready yet? Reminds me of the way lifepath.me was treated. Not sure what the pre-announcing accomplishes if your goal is to ship things people can use.
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Exactly. Logos, wordmarks, etc. come with strict standards for appropriate and inappropriate use.
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My former boss (a Harvard professor) consistently beat them. It was incredible, inspiring, humbling, and maddening at the same time.
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Tips on Making Better Rules for Kids(mayan.org)
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