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by terrellm 16y ago
I develop a herd management software for cattle ranchers and wanted to call cattle-something. I wrote a program to generate lots of 3 and 4 letter combinations and ended up settling on Max. I checked whois and CattleMax.com was available.
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Tech Support Is Sales(blog.asmartbear.com)
38 points by terrellm 16y ago|7 comments
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by terrellm 16y ago
Congrats guys - 60,000 app milestone last week, $10m funding this week. It's a great service and I'm glad to see it continue to grow.
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by terrellm 16y ago
http://www.LearnVisualStudio.net has some great videos along with sample code.
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by terrellm 16y ago
I think this kind of thing is great - people gaining a closer connection with nature and also knowing where their food comes from. My wife and I have a small ranch near College Station Texas (home of Texas A&M University) where we raise
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by terrellm 16y ago
>> Prior to the iPhone, there was virtually no real development allowed on phones that achieved any levels of success (carriers had the platform locked down hard). Windows Mobile / Windows CE phones have been around for years. I st
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Emotional Interface Design: The Gateway to Passionate Users(carsonified.com)
2 points by terrellm 16y ago|0 comments
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by terrellm 16y ago
I got a kick out of this: "These are Jason Chen's computers" http://topherchris.com/post/551530253
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by terrellm 17y ago
My wife and I dropped a $75/month DirecTV bill over a year ago and haven't looked back. Now, all the DirectTV box does is serve as a stand for our projector to sit on. Hulu has most of the new television shows and if they don't have one of
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Customers first - our customer service hiring philosophy(cattlemanagement.com)
6 points by terrellm 17y ago|0 comments
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by terrellm 17y ago
"User of AirBnB" This should be a requirement rather than a bonus. I can't tell you just how helpful it is to hire people who are customers/users of your service. They obviously believe in what you are doing because they use the service a
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Flash CS5 will export to HTML5 Canvas(9to5mac.com)
151 points by terrellm 17y ago|52 comments
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by terrellm 17y ago
The Google branding being removed was to rename the "Google" button to "Search". They aren't actually removing Google search... at least not yet. Here's a link with before and after http://www.macrumors.com/2010/04/10/apple-removes-google
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by terrellm 17y ago
FYI the article is dated June 12, 2002.
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by terrellm 17y ago
Seeing as how EC2 IP addresses are being blocked by many spam blocking services*, I don't know that I'd want to depend on Amazon to ensure my emails are delivered. Sure I realize it's probably a different block of IPs, but I wonder how long
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by terrellm 17y ago
I've done CPC advertising with Facebook and found the quality of traffic to be lower than G/Y/M but the lower CPC cancels out and makes my cost per conversion similar.
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by terrellm 17y ago
There is not a single answer in my opinion. I like to focus on cost per conversion since I know what a conversion is worth to me. Another metric I like to watch is total conversions. It's a balance between optimizing for ROI and optimizin
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Speeding up StackExchange(blog.stackexchange.com)
12 points by terrellm 17y ago|2 comments
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by terrellm 17y ago
I wonder how a Mac-like PC (no trialware, no excessive stickers, minimal blinking lights, etc) would sell. The kind of people who appreciate that and are willing to pay a premium buy Macs. The kind of people who don't or can't appreciate
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How the NASCAR-like experience of new PCs hurts customer confidence(keepingitrural.com)
6 points by terrellm 17y ago|5 comments
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by terrellm 17y ago
I don't see how the fact that it's a web app, content site, or desktop software would matter. You value an asset, taking into consideration the acquisition and maintenance costs. I haven't figured out the $250k for Retweet but I tend to b
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by terrellm 17y ago
Agreed - most books become outdated by the time they reach the bookshelves. I'm saying more of a book approach than a screencast approach. Most books start at the ground up, with each chapter building on the previous, while many screencast
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by terrellm 17y ago
I'd think you would have to look at it like writing a book, except with the chapters being in video instead of text. I think trying to approach it as a series of RailsCasts would not cater to the type of people who want such a structured l
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by terrellm 17y ago
The "bad thing" is the inconsistency with Google letting large sites get away with the shady practices while punishing the little guy.
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A Designed Startup(woothemes.com)
12 points by terrellm 17y ago|6 comments
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The Wordperfect Axiom(sethgodin.typepad.com)
2 points by terrellm 17y ago|0 comments
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by terrellm 17y ago
It's hardly a rant when it comes from a guru like Tufte. The guy has literally written the books on displaying information, so he has a lot of experience to speak from. Also, he provides specific examples (negative space by cross hairs, to
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Tufte on Windows Phone 7 Series interface design(edwardtufte.com)
58 points by terrellm 17y ago|22 comments
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by terrellm 17y ago
Exactly... it all starts with finding a problem that needs solving. If you can find friends, family members, or local businesses where you have a connection then it may be easier to get started. My first business was started when I had an
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by terrellm 17y ago
I wasn't trying take anything out of context - I was just trying to gain a better understanding of why RoR was mentioned. Thanks for the clarification and I agree it can be a challenge keeping up with any software that is modular and utiliz

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