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Ask HN: Where's All the Entrepreneurship / Bootstrapping Content?
3 points by thenomad 11y ago|3 comments
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by thenomad 11y ago
So in summary, most websites have settled on a design with: - Headline / key attention-grab in the most visible size possible - Subhead / attention -> interest converter right below that - Attractive visual element providing em
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by thenomad 11y ago
The Art Of Asking by Amanda Palmer. More autobiography and less advice than I was expecting, but very interesting, and extremely engaging.
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by thenomad 11y ago
Add me to the "decreased tolerance for cynicism" list. It's lazy, it's arrogant, and it's a great way to miss hundreds of opportunities. Although I suspect that may be less about age and more about the last decade o
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by thenomad 11y ago
a modern version of bullfrog's syndicate You may find Satellite Reign interesting: http://satellitereign.com/
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by thenomad 11y ago
One question: do you hear your non-tech colleagues (and in particular, your boss) complaining about the scheduling process? If so, you may be onto something. If not, step #1 before writing a line of code is to sit your boss (if possible) do
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Ask HN: Where Has All the ISV / Entrepreneurship Content Gone?
2 points by thenomad 11y ago|0 comments
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Editor’s Case Study: Krita, the Opensource Photoshop Replacement(beccajuddproofreading.com)
5 points by thenomad 11y ago|0 comments
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How Innovative Are You Willing to Be?(ittybiz.com)
1 points by thenomad 11y ago|0 comments
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by thenomad 11y ago
Thanks!
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by thenomad 11y ago
Thanks - worth knowing.
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by thenomad 11y ago
The cost of switching to Mac seems a bit extreme - for a really high-performance 3D box I'd be looking at whole-number multiples of the cost of my existing workstation, as far as I'm aware. Otherwise I'd be considering it.
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by thenomad 11y ago
OK, since everyone's saying "now's the time to switch to Linux" - would I be able to switch yet? Requisites: 1) Adobe Creative Cloud working with no performance loss. Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere are probably the m
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by thenomad 11y ago
Ah, that's a very interesting point - and I'd agree with it from personal experience, to a certain extent. My own consumption of media seems to be split between new and old at the moment. I've bought an unusually large number
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A Storm of Stories(antipope.org)
11 points by thenomad 11y ago|3 comments
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by thenomad 11y ago
Presumably you're allowed multiple tries, on the challenges that time out?
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by thenomad 11y ago
As a data point - I'm one of the people Patrick mentions. I like his writing a lot and would be very happy to see an 8k word essay from him every Friday. He's on my very short list of 3 or so people who do email marketing particu
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Wikipedia Is Steadily Losing Google Traffic(searchengineland.com)
21 points by thenomad 11y ago|25 comments
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by thenomad 11y ago
Covered at least in part in http://ericdodds.com/research-and-the-realities-of-time-work... - including perception vs reality of productivity in crunch time. He has a graph on that: http://ericdodds.com/wp-c
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by thenomad 11y ago
No hookup to Motionbuilder, I see. Sigh . If Stingray had that single feature, this would have been a case of "shut up and take my money". As it is, not so much.
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by thenomad 11y ago
Very true. Incidentally, that feeds into one thing that I found about 20-hour weeks when I tried them: in many ways they're harder than doing an 80-hour week, because you've got to be so disciplined about always doing the most eff
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by thenomad 11y ago
I've been reading about this lately. Here are two articles arguing that it's entirely affordable even at the level you suggest: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-santens/the-economist-ju... https:/&#x
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by thenomad 11y ago
I continue to be amazed at the number of people who don't get the whole "after 40-50 hours, you're less productive" thing. In a very selfish way, I'm rather thankful for it, though. Being able to outcompete your com
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by thenomad 11y ago
I did some research on this a while ago. Can they learn from previous conversations and parse large corpuses of text? Yep. Is there an open-source project? Yes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_Linguistic_Inter
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by thenomad 11y ago
Are there any specific articles / sections which could use the help of a professional editor who doesn't have a degree in Physics? I know an editor who is looking for high-profile things like this to volunteer on right at the mome
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by thenomad 11y ago
I used one of the Ergotron line of mechanically adjustable sit-stand desks for a long while. They're pretty good - I've subsequently changed to a full-on powered sit-stand desk because I can fit more monitors on it, but the Ergotr
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by thenomad 11y ago
If it's not sleep, it could well be stress. I notice I make silly mistakes more often when I've been in a stressful situation for a while. Meditation's very good for stress. So is therapy, in (almost) any of its varying forms
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by thenomad 11y ago
That's a very good point. I hope that backers take it the same way. New stuff is risky by definition - and KS has funded some pretty major successes on risky projects too (Oculus).
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by thenomad 11y ago
I agree - like a lot of these things, the top end is going to be safe for a long time. But the points that the article made about corporate videos were very interesting. 99% of all video editors aren't Eddie Hamilton (Mission Impossibl
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Are video editors about to be automated?(provideocoalition.com)
2 points by thenomad 11y ago|2 comments

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