rwhitman

94 ms·

841.
by rwhitman 16y ago
There was definitely a cultural problem at facebook in terms of how they were treating the developer community. The copious unanswered critical issues in the forums among other things sent a very clear message that FB has other priorities.
842.
by rwhitman 16y ago
I agree, an up-to-date unofficial FB developers wiki would have been really useful on the last fb api project i worked on
843.
by rwhitman 16y ago
The reason Subway doesn't invest much in its website is because its primarily a franchise sales tool. The consumer doesn't really factor in here much at the corporate level. I did a bunch of bids for some other very large franchise company
844.
by rwhitman 16y ago
The question is how long will it take major game developers to build a similar game and turn on the marketing faucet? I don't know much about game development, but it sounds like it would be a pretty easy game to replicate, right?
845.
by rwhitman 16y ago
Its great that they're trying to simplify it and use standards, its not so great that the way they've been getting there is to simply switch old things off without notice and not document or adequately announce the new ways of doing things
846.
by rwhitman 16y ago
Probably not a bad thing. I don't have an android phone, but I could definitely see Amazon doing a better job of running a store than google, after all its their core competency
847.
by rwhitman 16y ago
I don't believe every entrepreneur should write. Sometimes those of us with the passion & ability tend to take things a little too far... Its almost impossible for me to write something decent that isn't essentially a heated op-ed pie
848.
by rwhitman 16y ago
I just came off of a project where we built the entire auth system on facebook. No other regi options - just facebook. I will never do that again. If that was to become the standard, facebook shot themselves in the foot with their crappy AP
849.
by rwhitman 16y ago
Just want to say I'm really happy you wrote this post. Unannounced changes to the platform - breaking core things we were working with - under deadline, with a client recently resulted in one of the worst disasters I've ever had to deal wit
850.
by rwhitman 16y ago
If anything you're infringing on thepiratebay.org more than ebay. Maybe another route is take a hint from pirate bay, and move your operation offshore.
851.
by rwhitman 16y ago
In almost every important system in our economy, self employment is consistently overlooked or treated as an afterthought. Its not just the federal government, its pretty much everything. Taxation, business licenses, bank accounts, legal pr
852.
by rwhitman 16y ago
I'd say there's a pretty obvious reason why bartenders have a higher divorce rate than engineers - access to alternatives. A bartender spends a good chunk of their time socializing with alternatives to their spouse. They're bound to meet so
853.
by rwhitman 16y ago
The last startup I was involved in, the guy who was running it talked to the lawyers and got them to waive a good chunk of the retainer fees when it sank
854.
by rwhitman 16y ago
You should edit your post if you can to mention that its a C-Corp. From what I know the C-Corp should be protecting you from personal liability, but I'm sure other commenters here have more expertise
855.
by rwhitman 16y ago
Yup, I got the same email from that same company for 2 different sites. Glad to confirm that its a scam for sure. I figured it was an easy one to pull - play it off like there's trademark infringement and then sell the 12 'hijacked' domains
856.
by rwhitman 16y ago
Agreed. The fact that its still up there, unedited, gathering link juice, says a lot about the motivations of the author.
857.
by rwhitman 16y ago
Amen! I tell ya, I have had so much stress over the last few months as the direct result of this. Well put.
858.
by rwhitman 16y ago
You're right, I should have phrased it "And that, my friends, is one of the many reasons its risky to build your entire business on top of FB Graph API." Just went through a nightmare building a product entirely on top of fb graph. FB f
859.
by rwhitman 16y ago
This post is a real gem as well: http://www.sebastianmarshall.com/?p=236
860.
by rwhitman 16y ago
And that, my friends, is why its risky to build your business on top of FB Graph API. In terms of reliability, FB is not twitter, but it certainly isn't google either...
861.
by rwhitman 16y ago
Its not a cultural thing. I certainly found it creepy as well. And I also agree that its a self-serving post. He basically boosted his own profile by tearing down a popular community member for linkbait and then injected himself into the co
862.
by rwhitman 16y ago
I agree, that post was really stepping over the line. Its disturbing that he wrote it without actually interviewing him or asking permission.
863.
by rwhitman 16y ago
Did most of the direct advertisers come to you, or did you actively look for them? I've seen the link shared by friends before, is most of your traffic just organic/viral link sharing?
864.
by rwhitman 16y ago
When did you start the site? At what point did you start realizing that Adsense was scaling well? Just really curious to hear your story.
865.
by rwhitman 16y ago
I have had so many debates surrounding this over the years its not funny. I feel elated to have a definitive reason to go with 'your' over 'my' and an article I can send people when they challenge me. Win.
866.
by rwhitman 16y ago
Has anyone actually used Solvate - either as talent or a buyer? Experiences?
867.
by rwhitman 16y ago
A lot of folks misinterpreted this and I can't edit it. A sole proprietorship, a single-owner LLC and an S-Corp are all pass-through to your personal income taxes. Meaning that in the eyes of the government you are still self-employed and n
868.
by rwhitman 16y ago
I had always thought that the skyscraper version of vertical farming was more of a fantasy technology. Everything real I've seen is focused on what you mention, low-rise warehouses with racks of hydroponics and skylights - making it essenti
869.
by rwhitman 16y ago
Honestly 3 years in, everything was fantastic for me too. I'm a web developer / project lead. Its hard to explain why things have been negative for me lately, there are a number of compound factors over time. I got too comfortable relying o
870.
by rwhitman 16y ago
The point here is that if you are a single owner LLC, sole proprietorship or s-corp you can't technically claim it as your employer - at least for tax purposes. Yes you get liability protection and so forth, but you are in the eyes of the l

More ›