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by tomcreighton 15y ago
To everybody in this thread: I absolutely should have marketed the hell out of this thing. What was interesting to me was the uptake without putting in that effort. I agreed whole-heartedly that I would have had much better results if I had
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How I Made $1000 Without Really Trying(tomcreighton.com)
9 points by tomcreighton 15y ago|6 comments
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
It's clear once you interact with it, roll all over it, and thoroughly investigate it - all behaviours that get in the way of doing what it SHOULD be doing: showing me the data.
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
I have no idea what this graph is trying to tell me. Less Javascript, more actual information, please.
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Take Out (the core concept)(tomcreighton.com)
2 points by tomcreighton 15y ago|0 comments
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
What is with the developer antipathy towards Wordpress? It might be ugly spaghetti code but it's fast, it works, and the plugin ecosystem means you can get pretty much any functionality under the sun for free. The author could have had a wo
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
Can we put the "design = looks pretty" chestnut to bed already? Thinking a technical co-founder is going to bring the same skillset as a design co-founder, plus coding, is unrealistic as best.
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
Does 'Golden Age' imply that it's at a peak right now? I think this will only accelerate. Design-focus is as much of a competitive advantage as having a star-hot technical team.
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
I'd like it if the companies asked to do this just pulled out of the country altogether. "Can't deal with the fundamental nature of the internet? No internet, then." It's needlessly vindictive on my part, but we've seen this story play out
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
I'm much happier working where my incentives to make great stuff are aligned with that of the end user. Trying to do a end-run around ludicrous middleman requests never turns out well.
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Empty Storefronts(tomcreighton.com)
3 points by tomcreighton 15y ago|2 comments
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
Most job/hiring advice and anecdotes on HN seem to be very adversarial. Obviously this makes for a better story, but why aren't we seeing more posts about preventing this sort of employee-employer breakdown - i.e. "Don't Work for Assholes".
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
Well, kudos for being devoted to his business(es), but how much is he bringing to the table during each of those 8-hour periods? If I was working 16-hour days every day, I'm almost certain I'd be less productive than if I was working 'norma
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
I'd be thrilled if that happened. They've made some decent first strides towards integration lately, but things are still very siloed.
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
The thing is, I agree with you - adding swear words isn't a panacea to make your talk instantly more engaging. Far from it! But neither do I think it's a lazy way out. I'd be really surprised if any of my professional peers were offended if
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
I'd honestly like to know too. In my _professional_ life, I am not aware of anyone who would bat an eyelash at swearing in a professional presentation. Indeed, some of the best panels I've attended at well-known conferences have been pretty
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
"I’m content with losing a handful of people if that means I connect much stronger with everyone else." - definitely the main takeaway from this. I'd rather have half my audience write me off for swearing than have the entire audience not c
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
I'm surprised by this too, but as I recall the same thing happened when a bunch of sites were discovered to have the Konami code. Leveraging nerd nostalgia = big return.
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
This will probably come back to bite me in the ass later, but what is the POINT of Oink? A lot of attention has obviously been lavished on UI/UX, but I have no idea why I'd ever use this.
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
No, unless they work or want to work directly with CNC operators and need to know what they're actually capable of instead of just what they're called. This is exactly what you don't put out a 'I need a dozen programmers' ad - people aren't
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
I think you're missing the point - saying "I'm a programmer" essentially means jack and squat to most people. Saying what you did, and better, what that actually accomplished in real world terms isn't a lie at all, it's what people actually
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Android: Antenna-headed Stepchild(tomcreighton.com)
2 points by tomcreighton 15y ago|0 comments
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
If that's not where AppleTV is going I'd be really surprised.
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
Fair point. I suppose it depends what you considerable a reasonable amount of time to evaluate a potential employee. All in all, it took me about two weeks to run the gauntlet at my current job (a startup), and I don't think that's unreason
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
My opinion: if startups aren't serious about hiring you, they shouldn't go through the dance. Why are they wasting everybody's time?
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
"Don't get caught up by the lights and sirens." - this is great. That being said, if you know about the lights and sirens and still choose that path, maybe that's the path for you after all. i.e. - you can't build a business without doing t
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Voice Activated(tomcreighton.com)
3 points by tomcreighton 15y ago|1 comments
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Tweetie-style retweets in Twitter.app(tomcreighton.com)
2 points by tomcreighton 15y ago|0 comments
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
I don't dispute that you're a busy guy. That said: I come for the community - and the community has obviously noticed that the site occasionally throws up an annoying 'error'. The fact that you've done something cool programatically has no
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by tomcreighton 15y ago
I find it interesting that most discussions I've seen about this exact topic are about Arc and closures... instead of about the fact that this may well be an interesting programming thing to do but it's a moronic user experience thing to do

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