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by ryanelkins 16y ago
Well the question is which you use, not which is "right". I guess an option for "I use both" would be appropriate.
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by ryanelkins 16y ago
I found this to be a really worthwhile read. This is about the stage we are at right now and I've really been thinking about many of the points that were brought up here which clarified my thoughts. It's long, but definitely worth it.
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by ryanelkins 16y ago
I like the idea - not so sure about the execution. We are a global community of hand-selected entrepreneurs, scientists and engineers. The network acts as a breeding ground for creating disruptive ventures by connecting selected cofounders
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by ryanelkins 16y ago
Perhaps some of the disconnect is that it's not easily explainable to non techie types without going in to more detail. The Gmail/Office example you gave holds true for any web app, regardless of it is hosted on Force.com, a $9/mo hosting p
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by ryanelkins 16y ago
I think it feels "buzzwordy" because too many people abuse it. It is a legitimate term but it is being stretched to the point where it is no longer useful. To me a cloud is a system where I can dynamically change my resource usage without h
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Ask HN: What does "the Cloud" mean to you?
27 points by ryanelkins 16y ago|56 comments
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by ryanelkins 16y ago
I'll be at Launchup tomorrow if anyone wants to meet up.
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by ryanelkins 16y ago
People seem to make this movie out to be far more confusing than it actually was. I found it pretty straightforward, so although there is a lot to keep track of, it's not really difficult to follow. Now something like Primer, on the other h
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by ryanelkins 16y ago
To me this is a very old school, closed off way of looking at things. Who are the comments for? Just the author? If so, why make them public at all? If they are for the readers, how many readers are going to come back 24 hours later to chec
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by ryanelkins 16y ago
I think some of this just really magnifies how powerful game mechanics and the need to "win" can be for some people. I think any type of game built into a system really needs to be designed carefully and with an eye to the consequences as w
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by ryanelkins 16y ago
What if your product is just not critical? Is that a terrible thing? I can't imagine every application is absolutely critical to an operation. I would argue that most B2Cs and a good percentage of B2Bs are not critical software, but many
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by ryanelkins 16y ago
I think this is more interesting as a one time thing. Sort of like a slightly more modern singing telegram. I just can't imagine enjoying getting that call every day. "You're good enough, you're smart enough, and, gosh darn it, people lik
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Having Fun Isn't Always the Point (Game Mechanics)(gametheoryonline.com)
4 points by ryanelkins 16y ago|0 comments
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by ryanelkins 16y ago
I tried to take the survey but I guess you really only want responses from people who has used these sorts of apps before (which is fine). I answered 'No' to the first two, which means there is really no answer fro the next 3, which were al
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by ryanelkins 16y ago
I don't think the point was that you HAVE to choose between coding skills and social skills. The point was when the two come into conflict you should choose coding skills. They are making the point that coding skills are more important and
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In Search of the Mythical VP Sales & Marketing(interwest.com)
2 points by ryanelkins 16y ago|0 comments
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Why Game Thinking is a Bigger Idea Than Game Mechanics(gauravonomics.com)
2 points by ryanelkins 16y ago|0 comments
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by ryanelkins 16y ago
You should probably mark this article with a tag - [2007] as it is currently about 3 1/2 years old.
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by ryanelkins 16y ago
The tagline makes the name make sense. When thinking about the name it seemed like it should be relevant but I just couldn't put my finger on what it was trying to conjure up.
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by ryanelkins 16y ago
This seems really cool. I imagine there is a large audience out there of people who keep hearing they should get more involved in social media but have little to no idea what that really means or how to go about doing it. I think this could
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From Design Thinking to Game Thinking(gauravonomics.com)
1 points by ryanelkins 16y ago|0 comments
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Keep Your jQuery Code Simple with Templates(blog.reybango.com)
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The New Games People Play: How Game Mechanics Have Changed In The Age Of Social(techcrunch.com)
2 points by ryanelkins 16y ago|0 comments
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by ryanelkins 16y ago
We are on a MS stack: http://www.iactionable.com (our landing site is Wordpress) We use ASP.NET MVC 2 and most of Azure offerings. The reason for the lack on MS based startups probably goes back to using what you know and where founders c
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by ryanelkins 16y ago
I really like this site. Even as a non smoker I found it really interesting to browse and read about the different types of strains available. It will be interesting to see how you can monetize but I think the backbone is there for a site t
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by ryanelkins 16y ago
There is a book that came out a few months ago by the people who built the reputation system that Yahoo uses called, aptly enough, "Building Web Reputation Systems". It's a really good book. One of the things they make very clear is that th
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by ryanelkins 16y ago
The Microsoft one you are thinking of is called Terrarium. It was built to help people learn .NET 1.0 but I don't think it's been updated for newer versions of .NET (currently 4.0). It was .NET specific, meaning you could write your dll in
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by ryanelkins 16y ago
I think the analysis here is close but perhaps slightly off. 1. Your company has to have freemium pricing. - This is a factor that affects conversion rate. It's not so much about freemium as it is about friction. I think the idea here is
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by ryanelkins 16y ago
Your 98 Boxster is 12 years old. They cost about $60k brand new. Holding 15% of it's value over that time isn't too bad, considering you're down to about 55-60% original value in the first year alone. You're probably at 30-35% after 3 years
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by ryanelkins 16y ago
While that might work on a small scale, I think at larger scales it starts to just turn into excessive noise. It also becomes hard to distinguish between "marginally interesting" and "karma whoring". I think long term its much better to enc

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