ryanhuff

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by ryanhuff 16y ago
It makes sense for FB to want to control the distribution channels, and given their size and the importance of mobile, doing a FB phone is a plausible strategy. Considering the games that go on with some manufacturers (Apple) and the vario
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by ryanhuff 16y ago
Rails is a web framework that uses the Ruby language. Django is a web framework that uses the Python language. Comparing Rails to Python is analogous to comparing Ruby to Rails. That doesn't make sense. Was your intent to compare Django
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by ryanhuff 16y ago
This is one reason why I am not counting out Microsoft with their new WP7 platform. Your average U.S. consumer makes their device purchase decisions in the wireless carrier store. If Android and WP7 are shown side-by-side in a showroom (a
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by ryanhuff 16y ago
That's sweat equity.
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Yep. By making the first offer, they set the ceiling, and it will only go down. They should have gone with the "make me your best offer" and started negotiating up from there.
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by ryanhuff 16y ago
I tried to read your story, but the firewall over here thinks your site has pornography, thus is blocking your site. Anybody else seeing this?
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by ryanhuff 16y ago
What tax cuts are you talking about? My California state income tax bill (or sales tax) certainly hasn't gone down in recent years. You might be right, but your comment is seeded with anecdotal examples that seem politically partisan ("sn
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by ryanhuff 16y ago
Do you acknowledge that Google and Verizon now have an interesting business relationship, where the success of one party in the mobile space directly influences the other? Vested interests do drive people and companies to behave differentl
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by ryanhuff 16y ago
Even that is pretty thin stuff. How long does it take to survey people, or come up with a business model that will likely change a few times over? The cofounders should be honest and ask how they are going to help push this boulder over th
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by ryanhuff 16y ago
This sort of crisis management is always a challenge. How do you communicate this sort of problem to customers without losing credibility later if there is a risk of lingering issues? Based on the tone of the email that you posted, as a c
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by ryanhuff 16y ago
Good question, but the last time I did a cash deposit was when I sold a car. And the time before that was when I sold another car. That's two times in about seven years for me.
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by ryanhuff 16y ago
My guess is that "they will make it up with volume". Controlling large sums of money that can be moved around behind the scenes to the capture the best rates may provide the consumer a better deal than they can get with their more modest su
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by ryanhuff 16y ago
An MBA is a strange, multipurpose animal. While it is a gateway into Wall Street firms, it is also a gateway into various consumer product companies, large conglomerates, management consulting companies, and many others. Having an MBA has
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by ryanhuff 16y ago
What I find interesting is the Samsung Galaxy S. Despite Android being a "free" OS, which would supposedly enjoy a price advantage over the other OS players (Symbian, Windows Mobile, etc), Android phones continue to be sold at the same pri
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by ryanhuff 16y ago
Its never perfect, and there are downsides to any circumstance. It just depends on how execute within the constraints. Small companies often lack the resources that they crave, have to be scrappy, and viable from the start. Big companies
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by ryanhuff 16y ago
Its multi-faceted issue, partly based on a cultural bias in the Valley of using Unix on the web. There are also lower barriers for developers to pick up lamp, rails, etc than the Microsoft stack, which feeds into it. Hosting is also somew
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by ryanhuff 16y ago
Perhaps your Starbucks barista is pulling a Jerry Glanville, the NFL coach who would leave game tickets at will-call for Elvis.
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There are some fashionable memes running through entrepreneurship circles these days that are routinely mentioned in blogs, etc. (fail quick/often, ideas are cheap, etc). They certainly have merit, but are usually generalizations that can
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by ryanhuff 16y ago
I read it different. Last start-up was b2b, and his former company was one of this first clients. This time (b2c) much easier to attract interest. I bit its an apples to oranges comparison though.
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There is nothing wrong with being an employee at a large company. It all depends on your priorities. The important thing these days is to stay marketable in case circumstances change, and that large company decides not to be so accommodat
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by ryanhuff 16y ago
Is that because you're digesting the data through RSS? Scraping would get you the data you need to provide full functionality.
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... and because of these issues, the idea guy usually doesn't understand (or appreciate) the amount of work needed to develop the idea, and so its difficult to come to an agreement on terms (equity share, etc).
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by ryanhuff 16y ago
I had performance issues running on Leopard. Changing to Java 1.6 seemed to improve things. I finally upgraded to Snow Leopard, and am eager to see if things (with Helios) have improved. I'll post an update later tonight.
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by ryanhuff 16y ago
There was a link provided earlier to opt-out. http://oo.apple.com . If you want complete anonymity, don't use a cell phone. Its unrealistic in today's world to expect it while also using connected devices. EDIT: This is reality. If you
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I am interested in hearing more from YC companies on how they balance the point about stacking meetings (10-20 per week) with being product focused. To me, these two objectives seem to be in conflict, and I don't understand how somebody ca
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Interesting. Is such a request typical?
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What's the best way to pass a site over to Matt Cutts? This site has GOT TO GO! http://www.codeweblog.com/ It is polluting my Google search results. As an example, search for "android intent activity pass". The search result titled "and
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by ryanhuff 16y ago
Not specific to Mahalo, but I certainly care about search results quality. My recent experience searching out answers to my Android programming questions (doing my first app) have led to frustration as the Google results appear promising,
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by ryanhuff 16y ago
I get the name, but don't you think something that is easily digestible by people would be less of a risk? It can't be a good thing if you have to explain how to pronounce it to people. Don't handicap yourself with a risky name.
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by ryanhuff 16y ago
Regarding your point about this being something easily duplicated, I think the point of this service is that it frees you of the need to worry about building and maintaining a non-core activity. People could also easily clean their own hou

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