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by wikwocket 13y ago
Looks like it's already possible: http://betanews.com/2013/05/24/spy-on-the-worlds-web-searche... That said, and while the visualization is spiffy, I do not think I want the collective interest of the In
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by wikwocket 13y ago
It's always good advice for any consultant or company to have their accountant (and lawyer, if applicable) review anything related to their field. It's why we have them. However I would not criticize a tool for not covering all th
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by wikwocket 13y ago
I would say over MS Word, this offers: - Discoverability: when I was working on my invoice template, I looked all over the web, and found a bunch of garbage, before I eventually hand-crafted something in Excel - Ease of use: Word templates
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by wikwocket 13y ago
Very cool, and more importantly, a fun take on a dry subject! It might be nice to add a preview option though. Sure I can email it to myself, but lower the barrier of use as much as possible to drive adoption. Edit: Just got the email sent
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by wikwocket 13y ago
It's an interesting idea, a way for people to seek out volunteers instead of financial backers. However I don't think it could ride the same wave of popularity that Kickstarter has. KS works as well as it does because there are ma
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by wikwocket 13y ago
Excel already does this to a degree. If a cell has a formula that is inconsistent with its neighbors, it will be flagged. If a formula omits cells adjacent to the range it is working with, it will be flagged. Check out Options: Formulas: Er
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by wikwocket 13y ago
He just referred a potential client (referred to him by a friend of a friend) to his colleague. It was the colleague's responsibility to vet the client, which they did a so-so job at. Of course everyone should be cautious of deals that
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by wikwocket 13y ago
Here are a few tactics to try: - Create a resource/freebie that would be of value to your target audience. A whitepaper, an eBook, a guide or template of some sort, etc. Offer it in exchange for email signups. - Start an Adwords campai
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by wikwocket 13y ago
While it's probably good to answer these questions eventually for your clientèle, don't worry about an early or rushed launch. As Reid Hoffman said, "If you're not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you&#x
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by wikwocket 13y ago
The model to follow here is oil change stations, like Jiffy Lube. Your car is tied up for 15-30 minutes, so they provide you with free coffee, donuts, TV with cable, wifi, some magazines, and a few nice chairs. All of the above is probably
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by wikwocket 13y ago
I admire the determination to pay off one's debt no matter the personal cost, but I do not understand the life choices. There has to be more effective ways to pay debt than to move to the wilderness where you literally cannot spend 95% of y
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by wikwocket 13y ago
Many repeat Kickstarters get very quick surges when they launch. They usually send a blast out to supporters of the first Kickstarter, so they have a captive list of hot leads ready to go. (This shows the power of email lists btw) Also,I be
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by wikwocket 13y ago
Good addition to a great writeup, but you might want to revise the surrounding text. A lot of it still refers to there being just 3 options.
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by wikwocket 13y ago
Why? If it is a feature that will encourage people to upgrade, and/or a feature that only concerns the kind of people who buy "Enterprise" plans, then why not use it as a cost differentiator among the plans? I can see how SSL is important,
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by wikwocket 13y ago
I was going to say that a compiler should issue a warning for this, as you'd almost never want a semicolon right after an if condition, but to my surprise Eclipse doesn't seem to flag it. It does however indent the line after the semicolon
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by wikwocket 13y ago
More like time/date, UPC, quantity, item description, price, coupons, sale discounts, sales tax, rebate info, clerk info, customer info, payment info, and more. Times dozens of items per receipt, times dozens of registers. All continually o
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by wikwocket 13y ago
Or copy an existing business, and apply it to the same industry, in the same country. Competition is proof that the market exists. And if there is an existing service provider, by definition there are customers that are not 100% happy with
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by wikwocket 13y ago
Pick any business tactic using phone/SMS, and replace the nouns with other nouns. For example: Papa John's sends me a text every Friday at 4pm, giving me a pizza coupon for the weekend. I suspect this drives a ridiculous increase in pizza o
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by wikwocket 13y ago
Excel is very powerful as a general-purpose tool. In addition to all the calculation systems built-in and easy-to-use, the "UI" (the grids and cells and chart/drawing tools) is extremely customizable, and VBA lets you do basically anything.
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by wikwocket 13y ago
The article mentions that the target locations are standalone buildings with good fiber and power already connected. They mention 5 megawatts for one location. I don't know why a Sears location would need lots of power (beyond tons of light
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by wikwocket 13y ago
But we are hackers; it's our intrinsic pedantry and relentless drive to improve that got us where we are today! Of course you're right that this leads to nitpicking and one-upmanship in comment threads. On the bright side, looking to the qu
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by wikwocket 13y ago
The counterargument to this is that FooCorp is probably not optimizing its sales funnel to catch the kind of people that read technology sites. Statistically speaking that is a marked minority. You make a good point that you don't want to a
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by wikwocket 13y ago
Do not underestimate the amount of determination or free time available to an unreasonable client. If they were able to do cost-benefits analysis and good-faith estimates of the value of someone's time, they probably would not have made a r
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by wikwocket 13y ago
This is the definition of a foodie. For some people, food is simply fuel. For some, it is something to enjoy in it's own right, perhaps even a passion. And for some, like those who have had dietary or medical issues, it can be a frustrating
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by wikwocket 13y ago
At least here in the Midwest, yes a bedroom must have a window. For example if you want to finish a basement so you can say your house has an additional bedroom, I believe you need to add/finish a basement window-well.
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by wikwocket 13y ago
On top of that, many online systems are set up in such a way that king-maker behavior emerges. When there's billions of {videos, tweets, pics, statuses, etc} online, and both the media and these networks themselves feature 'viral' content,
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by wikwocket 13y ago
Hey, some people go to the movies and order coke and popcorn, some people register funny domain names and hack up a simple site. Either way it's a few dozen bucks for a few hours of amusement.
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by wikwocket 13y ago
This isn't aimed at people whose job it is to write Wordpress themes. It's aimed at people who want to learn to write Wordpress themes, for fun or profit. No need to hate on new, useful teaching aids. Everyone needs to start somewhere!
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by wikwocket 13y ago
Actually, if you sell one of the SLA's, I imagine you would hire a VA or other service to answer the phone, forwarding the clal to you only in a true emergency.
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by wikwocket 14y ago
A daily email newsletter would be a great easy place to start. Lots of people would sign up if you made it frictionless. Bear in mind that, with a daily email, lots of people will ignore it or delete it unread if they are busy (as opposed t

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