tomgallard

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by tomgallard 14y ago
I'm not sure I agree. I'd say my name is private, I'd say my date of birth is more private, I'd say my medical conditions are more private still. There are clearly degrees of privacy. Does it really make sense to hold my bank to the same st
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by tomgallard 14y ago
But I want to be able to make that decision. There's nothing stopping me from re-electing Zuck as CEO every year and letting him do his thing. However, if he starts doing crazy things, or I think there's a better candidate for the job, I wa
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by tomgallard 14y ago
They may say buy on bad news, but following that philosophy might have lead you to buy Enron and any number of companies where the bad news wasn't just temporary but a sign of real underlying problems. You're also falling prey to anchoring
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by tomgallard 14y ago
Couldn't you say the same about any company though? "Sure XYZ are doing badly, but they've got some really smart guys there, all they need to do is come up with a fresh idea for how to make money" We can only really judge Facebook on what t
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Facebook's results rattle Wall Street(latimes.com)
4 points by tomgallard 14y ago|0 comments
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by tomgallard 14y ago
Hi- there isn't at the moment, so we'd love someone to come up with one (and I'm sure we can offer you some free credit on the service to say thanks for your effort!)
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by tomgallard 14y ago
We haven't had anyone ask for it- but we're open to all sorts of ideas- feel free to drop me an email (info@pwinty.com) and we can discuss.
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by tomgallard 14y ago
If anyone's looking for a photo printing API that's cheaper, ships photos internationally for a flat fee, and has already launched, check out Pwinty ( http://www.pwinty.com ). We've very much a white label service, so you can add all your
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Free access to British scientific research to be available within two years(guardian.co.uk)
47 points by tomgallard 14y ago|7 comments
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Parcel firm threatens Twitter libel action over critical customers(wallblog.co.uk)
1 points by tomgallard 14y ago|0 comments
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by tomgallard 14y ago
Exactly the same with strawberries- chilled they lose a lot of the taste. A lot of this can be worked around by going to farmer's markets/growing your own and picking traditional varieties which have been selected for taste over appearance.
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by tomgallard 14y ago
Some more information about the tech behind the failings here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/25/rbs_natwest_what_wen... TLDR: Looks like a failure in their CA-7 batch processing systems, which compounded so they weren't able to bac
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by tomgallard 14y ago
So someone who's got ADHD and depression should effectively be stopped from using the internet in case they get bullied? Asking you to fill out a survey is not harassment, neither is trying to tell you stuff. This person was the victim of a
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by tomgallard 14y ago
You may be thick-skinned enough to cope with online harassment and bullying but not everyone is. Here's an example of a 13 year old girl who commited suicide after being bullied online . http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1569949/Gi
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by tomgallard 14y ago
Without seeming flippant, your number one priority should be to make sure it doesn't. The only reliable approach to this (at least with an immature product) is a 100% scripted demo that you have run through multiple times both in your offic
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by tomgallard 14y ago
I think the key point is that no-one is in a better position to know your business than you are. You'll get lots of conflicting advice which you should listen to carefully. Ultimately you are responsible for the decisions you make. And for
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by tomgallard 14y ago
StackOverflow makes money off their jobs board: http://careers.stackoverflow.com/ whether it is enough to support the rest of the company- I'm not sure.
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by tomgallard 14y ago
I think there's a big opportunity here on the gift front too- everyone gets socks from a relative at some point! Let relatives buy subscriptions (the socky gift that keeps giving).
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by tomgallard 14y ago
I love the humour in the copy 'Don't worry. Hike up your pant leg and show some October sock. "Wow those are good looking socks" says the attractive human being'
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by tomgallard 14y ago
I agree (having seen my own Show HN disappear with only one upvote). One of the most useful things in the community is the wide range of talent and expertise. Reading through comments on the Show HN posts is a great way to learn a lot very
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by tomgallard 14y ago
I have to say, I'm in two minds about this. On one side- yes it's supercool to have a dashboard with maps and metrics and everything like that. And I can see it could be really useful too when something's going wrong. On the other hand, I'd
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by tomgallard 14y ago
At Pwinty- we collect emails (conversion rate 5-10%), and then try and guide users through the process. Firstly- its a great way to engage with users where you might not offer exactly what they want (do you print canvases, how about xyz). W
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by tomgallard 14y ago
In the UK one of the first things most people with any sort of interest in DIY or technology learn is how to 'wire a plug'. Is this a UK specific thing, or is it common in other countries as well?
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by tomgallard 14y ago
I imagine the Volvo engineers have done a lot of work on radio link interference / cutting up etc - just because they don't cover every eventuality in the article, doesn't mean they haven't thought of it!
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by tomgallard 14y ago
though lots of newer cars also have lane assist (so if you're drifting our of your lane without signalling, it will steer you back in). I think it's becoming clearer that there's no strict dividing line between computer-driven and human-dri
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Self-driving Volvos cover 200km of busy Spanish motorway(reghardware.com)
127 points by tomgallard 14y ago|55 comments
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by tomgallard 14y ago
Maybe word of mouth is an effect, but I doubt it's a significant one. If I recall correctly- most of his traffic comes in through long tail keyword searches, which he constructs mini-sites for (e.g. Halloween Bingo Card maker). In these cas
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by tomgallard 14y ago
I'm really not sure BingoCardCreator is a good example. Patrick's target demographic is primarily non tech-savvy school teachers (I think). I imagine he's made very few sales of BCC on the back of his internet fame (how many people on HN ar
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by tomgallard 14y ago
But how profit does Ford make when someone buys one of its cars? How much profit does Facebook make when a new user signed up. Users aren't everything.
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by tomgallard 14y ago
So Facebook expressed caution about revenue growth, and the banks downgraded their earnings forecast? I really don't see what the story is here! In fact the WSJ suggests that if they had released these revised earnings forecasts publicly, t

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