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by scottporad 6y ago
First, what is the app? Beyond that, check out the book "Contagious: Why Things Catch On" by Jonah Berger. I found it very helpful.
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A new framework for consumer marketplace strategy – Priya Garg(medium.com)
2 points by scottporad 6y ago|0 comments
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by scottporad 6y ago
Imgur. (Though it’s not as good s as it used to be.)
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by scottporad 6y ago
What’s your take on social media sites curating user-generated content for accuracy? It seems like it might be worth it, but I’m not so sure. Thoughts?
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PSA: Premier League set to resume on June 17(bbc.com)
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by scottporad 6y ago
Absolute bedlam in the US. Trump's base would _lose their flippin' minds_. Would it go as far as an actual civil war? I'm not sure who the opponent would be. If I were @jack, would I be scared for my life? Yes.
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by scottporad 6y ago
To my way of thinking, there is also a lot of communication with "requesters" (business people, designers, product managers, etc.), so they need to be in the time zone as the engineers too.
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by scottporad 6y ago
Anybody have thoughts on how much traction Libra and Novi get? At first, I was skeptical, but I’m thinking that over 3-5 years that it will catch on.
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by scottporad 6y ago
Everything comes with a trade off. What are some of the downsides?
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by scottporad 6y ago
I am in Seattle, and have worked on teams with engineers located across the US, across Europe and in Mexico. I have found talented engineers everywhere. As mentioned below, there are political reasons you might not want to this. And, ther
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by scottporad 6y ago
This is the guy who created the Black List: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Leonard
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Black List – Most popular not-yet-produced Movies(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by scottporad 6y ago|1 comments
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Job Market: companies that are hiring/frozen/layoffs(airtable.com)
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by scottporad 6y ago
I hired two contractors to do the exact same project for the exact same amount. It was a fixed dollar amount, so I didn't have the problem of them running up the hours. This cost twice as much, but I wanted a long-term relationship, s
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Turing Machines by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy(plato.stanford.edu)
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by scottporad 6y ago
I’m sorry that you had that experience. Maybe enough up votes will get Google’s attention.
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by scottporad 6y ago
I would look for a “technical writer” or “content manager“. I would look for that over an IT person who can write because I would want someone who is looking at this from the customer/user perspective. The key skill you want is “expla
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Coronavirus productivity data: the pandemic is changing device and app usage(blog.rescuetime.com)
1 points by scottporad 6y ago|0 comments
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The 2018 Wealthfront Career Launching Companies List(blog.wealthfront.com)
10 points by scottporad 9y ago|3 comments
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Vuex Mixins: A Proposal(engineering.rover.com)
1 points by scottporad 9y ago|0 comments
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by scottporad 9y ago
I think there's another aspect...which is that there is the job and the tools to do the job. The framework is the tools...the job is, in Rover's case, building a web site.
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by scottporad 9y ago
I slightly disagree. "Networking" doesn't often yield amazing results because, as the author says, simple networking is transactional. However, I would state that "having a network" is priceless. In part, the autho
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How to be a good code reviewer(engineering.rover.com)
1 points by scottporad 9y ago|0 comments
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by scottporad 9y ago
And with that amount of money, they're going to hire a lot of engineers. Keep an eye on their job board: https://www.rover.com/jobs/
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Cast audio to your Chromecast from unsupported apps on Mac and iOS(castbridge.io)
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by scottporad 10y ago
This is very clever, but with all the research on the ineffectiveness of multi-tasking, I'm not sure it's a great idea to use it.
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Haiku Deck releases iPhone app as more users seek to create ‘anytime, anywhere’(geekwire.com)
2 points by scottporad 10y ago|0 comments
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Which Occupations Are Priced Out of Homeownership?(estately.com)
146 points by scottporad 11y ago|191 comments
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by scottporad 11y ago
Totally agree on the more casual and low(er) stress. I've found that working in an office with a lot of dogs really keeps things mellow...I've, literally, never seen anybody lose there cool and I attribute that to the dogs. It&#
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Dog-Friendly Workplaces Make Life Better(rover.com)
14 points by scottporad 11y ago|2 comments

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