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by wfjackson3 2y ago
This is a great response. I would add that this is how any larger project gets evaluated and prioritized. In smaller companies, especially startups, I have seen the friction show up when the company is too small to have any staff dedicated
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by wfjackson3 2y ago
I agree with this. I want to add a product perspective here too. If your product partner routinely tries to understand your suggestions and translate them into the things that matter to themselves and the broader organization, that's a
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by wfjackson3 2y ago
This is one of the worst attempts to handle a corporate dispute that I have ever seen. Forget all of the he said he said arguments for a second and see what a random person who decided to use WordPress will see. If Automatic gets mad at the
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by wfjackson3 12y ago
I wouldn't ask HN. I would go ask consumers and businesses to find out who has the problem. Then I would go with whichever group actually has the problem. If neither of them have the problem, then I wouldn't launch for either one.
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No BS blog post: Product decision making for beginners(blog.proofdev.com)
7 points by wfjackson3 12y ago|0 comments
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by wfjackson3 12y ago
Would love to get some feedback on this post. I am trying to figure out what kind of information people find most helpful.
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Prioritizing Product Features for Beginners(blog.proofdev.com)
1 points by wfjackson3 12y ago|1 comments
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by wfjackson3 13y ago
If it looks like it is going to be weird, I try to ask people if they are a hand-shaker or a hugger. I am cool with whatever makes them comfortable.
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by wfjackson3 16y ago
I would be interested too.
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by wfjackson3 16y ago
You are right, ADHD is not a real disease. It is a real disorder. It sounds like you need JFDI. If you don't like something, change it. http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2009/11/19/what-makes-an-...
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by wfjackson3 16y ago
I would like to point out that systems that control physical equipment frequently fall into the domain of electrical engineering as much as they do software.
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by wfjackson3 16y ago
I think this is a mis characterization. Mechanical engineering is a much older, much more mature field than computer science/software engineering. As a field of engineering study matures, many of the solutions to possible problems become
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by wfjackson3 16y ago
I think there would be better ways to monetize than that. You could drive massive traffic here if it was collaborative instead of host and customer.
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by wfjackson3 16y ago
Straight up guys, this feels like the next great social network. Think technical chat roulette, but the people have stored their qualifications and interests so an algorithm can choose who to connect you to (assuming they are logged in to
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by wfjackson3 16y ago
1 on 1 conversations or mentoring is the absolute best. Last year, I taught a guy a little bit of EE in exchange for him looking at the Java I was teaching myself and adding comments, but it was all on IRC. I have to admit, I really like
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by wfjackson3 16y ago
I agree that Japan is ahead, but seriously, who gives a crap if every other person in Italy has two cell phone subscriptions? Thats retarded.
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Ask HN: How do you find/meet tech co-founders outside of the hotspots?
6 points by wfjackson3 16y ago|0 comments
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by wfjackson3 16y ago
Startup.
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by wfjackson3 16y ago
There are a few EE's lurking around here, myself included. Can you elaborate on what you are trying to build?
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by wfjackson3 16y ago
If you just have a proposal, I think it is going to be tough to attract the right talent. I am not necessarily a hacker (or maybe I am, who freaking knows), but I am taking that role on so I can make the first versions of my product. If I
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by wfjackson3 16y ago
120 Hz is ambiguous. Are you referring to the display refresh speed? Was the discussion in the context of a specific physical display technology?
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by wfjackson3 16y ago
Excellent point. You could toss in assembly as yet another choice for the very highly constrained environment (very cheap microcontrollers, although many now have abstractions so you don't actually have to code in assembly directly, it is
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by wfjackson3 16y ago
Nice post. I think I would have a hard time pulling the trigger so quickly after meeting someone, but it sounds like serendipity.
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by wfjackson3 16y ago
The UV light is completely hilarious. It would be far more effective in a UV container.
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by wfjackson3 16y ago
Nothing replaces the ability to use historical data to research something. Acquired data is historical information and the cost to re-acquire it (which is a falsity anyways) increases each time you throw it away. It would be better to focu
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by wfjackson3 16y ago
I see burn rate as the expenses of the company, not of the person. Right now I don't need the company to pay me for living expenses because I still have other employment.
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by wfjackson3 16y ago
Actually, upon looking again, I think that his grandfather has a point. My english teacher my senior year of high school strongly encouraged me to spend a semester biking or backpacking through Europe, taking short term jobs to support mys
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by wfjackson3 16y ago
Political science with a history minor. I feel bad for him, but what did he expect?
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by wfjackson3 16y ago
I bet most people on here don't like legal action, but this sort of trend seems like the kind of thing a libel lawyer or two could help to curb. The author seems to think people will do this ad naseum, but perhaps not if there are known co
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by wfjackson3 16y ago
bootstrapped business, basics already up, full product is prelaunch, maintaining other full-time employment, about $45 a month.

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