tom_rath

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by tom_rath 18y ago
Respect has to be earned. If one's morale is buttressed by toadies and 'respecting' yes-men who gush about how awesome you are just because of your job title, things are more likely to go off the rails when the sun stops shining. By all me
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The Columbia Accident Investigation Report is available.(nasa.gov)
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by tom_rath 18y ago
Having a higher level of respect and more assurance will make a huge difference in your general happiness and future success. I'm not too sure about that. If other people's opinions will strongly influence your mood and business outlook,
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by tom_rath 18y ago
He was with me until he started bringing earthquakes and volcanoes into the mix. What's bringing that about? Too many fat people pressing on the Earth? Sure, there's a lot of crap going on right now but sometimes it comes in bunches. Whe
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by tom_rath 18y ago
If you were a recent graduate looking for work at that time, you might view those figures a little differently. We're also on the downward (rather than recovering) side of that particular data slope, with worse to come. Looking at the tech
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by tom_rath 18y ago
It worked for me! Not having to answer to investors saved a ton of hassle (and having all the equity and control at the end is really spiffy) but (to echo some of the other comments here) there are a few pitfalls: - Don't be a tightwad. In
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by tom_rath 18y ago
Because it provides a straight-forward way to let you find local people interested in dating. It's ugly (at least it was when I was using it two years back -- before I happily found my s.o. through the site) but it's fast, simple and works.
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by tom_rath 18y ago
The price charged for our own product is now quadruple the "OMG! Nobody will pay this!" price I introduced the software at a few years ago. Every time the price has increased, sales and revenue have increased as well. The best suggestion I
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by tom_rath 18y ago
If we can get to the point where we're reversing aging, I think we can safely assume reversible sterilization. Use an economic solution (really simplified here): When you receive anti-aging treatment, you're temporarily sterilized. Each p
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by tom_rath 18y ago
For here: Networked desktop software for businesses sold at a per-user charge. Distribution is direct download through the Internet and sales are quite spiffy, thanks. You can sometimes live on eyeballs with a web app but, in desktop land
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by tom_rath 18y ago
Then why not use the free option rather than pirate? If someone prefers the commercial version, they should be willing to pay for that added value.
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by tom_rath 18y ago
If a pirate is using a program, they're deriving value from it. They are not 'doing without' even though that option is available. If the pirated option was not available, they would have made a purchase (yours or a competitors) or made do
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by tom_rath 18y ago
How much did the otherwise empty computer and operating system cost? Value doesn't materialize out of good thoughts. Actual work has to go into it.
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by tom_rath 18y ago
Sure, if the pirate just stored the file in their collection as a trophy (as many do). However, if the pirate is actively using the product and deriving value from it in their work, they would have paid for the product (or another like it)
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by tom_rath 18y ago
Damn, that's condescending. If it were delivered in person, I'd expect a lollypop and a pat upon the head after hearing it.
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by tom_rath 18y ago
Yahoo already has content and search properties. They would do well to focus laser-sharp on how to properly monetize them. You can speak to any advertiser who has used both Yahoo's and Google's ad management systems. Yahoo's is awkward an
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by tom_rath 18y ago
I didn't start my first business until my early 30s and found the mix of energy and experience just perfect (much easier, in my case, than it likely would have been in my 20s). Try to avoid the "wasting the prime of my life" argument -- on
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by tom_rath 18y ago
Are employees encouraged to display "flair" or is that honestly spontaneous?
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by tom_rath 18y ago
People paid for the cars but, according to Mr. Musk's "it's all the preceding CEO's fault" shtick, they were each sold at a substantial loss. Let me guess: They'll make it up on volume, right?
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by tom_rath 18y ago
Monetizing a large user base is proving to be more difficult than some had assumed.
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by tom_rath 18y ago
...but if it's a free service with no revenue model and you tell everyone about it, doesn't that speed its demise by increasing costs?
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by tom_rath 18y ago
If you have thousands of cars from hundreds of car companies your local garage will have parts for a dozen of them. There are products which lend themselves to 'the long tail'. The repeated failure of niche brands like DeLorean and Brickli
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by tom_rath 18y ago
It's not just Java. Apple's been awful with backward compatibility for years. Every time Apple upgrades their Mac OS a frantic application re-write is often required from third-party developers just to get things working on the new platfor
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by tom_rath 18y ago
No, I mean customer base. You cannot deploy Java 6 applications to Mac (except 64-bit Intel Mac OS X 10.5 after September, as mentioned above). You can build Java 6 for all other platforms (back to Windows 98, FFS), but to work for Mac cus
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by tom_rath 18y ago
Restricting your customer base to those who purchased a new computer in the past year will greatly harm your income (particularly if you're selling business apps). As for the feel : Don't get bogged down by the implementation technology.
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by tom_rath 18y ago
You'd think that, but digging a little deeper shows: "Java SE 6 is available on 64-bit, Intel-based Macs only." Unless your customers are running 64-bit machines (and even they would have waited until this September for compatibility), y
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by tom_rath 18y ago
>Java development on the Mac is also very popular Yeah, right. Get back to me when Apple arrives in 2006 and releases a version 1.6 JVM, or at least provides an automatic update to Java 1.5 on OS X 10.4!
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by tom_rath 18y ago
Perhaps more succinctly: The second mouse gets the cheese.
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by tom_rath 18y ago
His easily missed link about the troll BIFF is a nifty read too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIFF I miss Usenet.
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by tom_rath 18y ago
The only tasks which I find stop me from working on my product are various administration and customer support chores. The one-time items like incorporation are trivial in terms of time-cost. Being forced to step away from development has

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