thehickmans

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by thehickmans 11y ago
Accounting/record keeping/informatics systems, industrial controls - anything that would lead to a catastrophic loss of some kind.
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Ask HN: On premise applications, what do you include in your support contracts?
4 points by thehickmans 12y ago|0 comments
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by thehickmans 14y ago
Did you do any validation on the book idea before you started writing? How much time did you invest before you decided to publish it?
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by thehickmans 14y ago
What was the response like when you originally posted on Reddit? Which subreddit did you post in? Reddit seems like a great place to test ideas, but I'd be concerned about being labelled as a spammer.
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by thehickmans 16y ago
Another point - I agree that adding customer reviews would be a nice addition, but how about a twist - allow for "trip advisor" style reviews to show off the designer's end product. This niche has a large emotional buying component to it an
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by thehickmans 16y ago
First, beautiful design and implementation! A couple ideas for growing and monetizing: - partner with wedding planners to help grow your community of designers and users - start subtle (prime placement or pro's choice) advertising relations
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by thehickmans 16y ago
I did a few quick searches and Vancouver would be at 25 on their scale for a single-family detached house. That's using a median listing price of $900,000 and median rent of about $3000/month. The data is out there and the Canadian real est
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by thehickmans 16y ago
Plug and Play Tech Center is supposed to be opening a branch office here, but nothing concrete has happened AFAIK.
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by thehickmans 16y ago
You might find http://www.leadgenerationbook.com/ useful. It will seem like common sense, but for me the book was valuable in that it showed what a comprehensive sales and marketing program might look like.
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by thehickmans 16y ago
What an excellent app, great job! Have you thought about adding a social angle, i.e. allowing users to make comments on or recommend specific seats? Perhaps another heatmap layer to display desirability? Personal beef - Rogers Arena in Vanc
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by thehickmans 16y ago
You could combine IP geolocation and caller ID phone verification. Geolocate the user's IP during the sign-up process and provide the user a code to activate their account through a 1-800. Compare their area code against the location they p
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by thehickmans 17y ago
Thanks for the painfully juvenile replies, guys. I was looking for something more insightful than the press releases and media coverage that turn up in search results.
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by thehickmans 17y ago
That is fun to play with! It reminds me of Circuit Simulator? from the MacPlus days. I think you should make the simulator stopped/active control more obvious.
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by thehickmans 17y ago
This idea has a lot of potential, especially if you were to focus on a few situations that I've seen over and over in the corporate world. The most common scenario I've seen is data coming in an extract format like CSV, containing informati
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by thehickmans 17y ago
Any plans for receiving SMS messages?
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by thehickmans 17y ago
I have the same issue with the naming - it needs to be related to suggestions, comments, feedback. I had to chuckle when the 'create a premium dropbox now!' button took me to... a dropbox! You're taking the MVP approach pretty seriously, ar
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by thehickmans 17y ago
I'll second a few that have been mentioned already: * http://blog.startwithalead.com/weblog/ (Brian Carroll's blog) * http://www.amazon.com/Lets-Get-Real-Not-Play/dp/1883219507 you can read more from Mahan Khalsa at: http://www.ninetyf
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by thehickmans 18y ago
I would caution you against looking at e-learning as a single market - there's the K to 12 market and then the post-secondary market. You also need to look at geography and the educational direction of countries, regions, states, etc. For e
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by thehickmans 18y ago
I'll second http://kuler.adobe.com as a great tool to find or piece together a color scheme.
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by thehickmans 18y ago
This sounds like a good way to keep motivated, having tried and failed to get through SICP on my own. Count me in.
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by thehickmans 18y ago
I've incorporated a number of companies in BC and the process has been simple enough to do on a self-serve basis. After a quick search, I found the following site for incorporation in Ontario, http://is.gd/eDJP - it looks the same as what
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Learn while doing?
4 points by thehickmans 18y ago|8 comments
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by thehickmans 18y ago
You've got to look at the native resolution of the LCD, which for a 1080p TV would is 1920x1080. For a comparison, a 30" Apple Cinema Display is capable of 2560X1600. So, fewer pixels over a greater screen area = kinda chunky!