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by yalimgerger 15y ago
There is no correlation between wearing a suit and one's lack of self-esteem, trust to his company or whatever. Dressing up does not make you less confident (or more confident for that matter). By that logic, homeless people with shabby clo
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by yalimgerger 15y ago
It is best to play it safe. You can never go wrong with a suit. But if you are underdressed, it may work against you. These meetings are not the place to make a statement about life style. They are just meetings. As the saying goes: When in
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Startups and Fear of Rejection(gerger.co)
2 points by yalimgerger 15y ago|0 comments
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Don't Require a Credit Card for Trials(gerger.co)
17 points by yalimgerger 15y ago|0 comments
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by yalimgerger 15y ago
I just sent an actual email to an email address from Facebook messages. GMail treated as spam, which is kind of funny. :-)
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by yalimgerger 15y ago
I just tried to send a message from Facebook to an actual email address that is hosted by Google. Guess what happened? The email from my Facebook account ended up in the spam folder in my gmail! :-) Now that's interesting on two accounts. F
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by yalimgerger 15y ago
Couldn't agree more.
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by yalimgerger 15y ago
I am sorry, I did not understand your point.
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by yalimgerger 15y ago
So what was that big announcement about? All of that existed when Facebook email was announced.
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Ask HN: Anybody using Facebook email?
5 points by yalimgerger 15y ago|12 comments
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by yalimgerger 15y ago
Yes, Actually I would.
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by yalimgerger 15y ago
Ours is a B2B product for Oracle PL/SQL developers. It is a niche that does not fit the demographics of killerstartups. So the conversion rate wasn't all that great but it helps to get the word out. We had about 250 visits in the first days
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by yalimgerger 15y ago
Hi Max, Have you tried killerstartups.com? For about a hundred bucks you can get a few thousand pageviews. I used their service and was pretty happy. There are also other similar sites. They are not as effective but each would bring a few n
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The Star Trek Secret to Happiness(gerger.co)
14 points by yalimgerger 15y ago|0 comments
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by yalimgerger 15y ago
I totally agree. Google+ is trying too many things at once and attempts to be Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Blogger, Reader all at the same time. Maybe some things are never meant to mix like minced meat and tuna.
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by yalimgerger 15y ago
This blog post isn't a news story.
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by yalimgerger 15y ago
Actually, this is the interpretation of the post.
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by yalimgerger 15y ago
Thank you for your input. This is what the article was all about.
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by yalimgerger 15y ago
I understand your concern. But this is not how stories work in general. There is always the risk of wasting time when you read a little story, watch a movie etc...I apologize if the story wasn't worth your while. I tried my best to put it a
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by yalimgerger 15y ago
That's a rather nostalgic way of looking at life. :-). You are right it is nice in some aspects. However there are disadvantages. The biggest one is that you feel out of place and lonely. The rules of social engagement change. For example,
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by yalimgerger 15y ago
:-). Amazing.
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by yalimgerger 15y ago
I mentioned this in a comment above too but I feel like it can be used to design UI (like dragging and dropping components with gestures). Are there any apps that take a crack at this?
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by yalimgerger 15y ago
I have a feeling that it can be used to design UI really effectively. Are there any apps taking a crack at this?
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by yalimgerger 15y ago
No, unfortunately he has not used anything else so far. Listening to music and looking at beautiful paintings are the only ways he uses the iPad.
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by yalimgerger 15y ago
Excellent comment/question. I thought about going into the details of the refusal in the post but it was making the piece way too long. Also the reasons deteriorated the post from its original purpose. Let me try an analogy here. I hope I d
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by yalimgerger 15y ago
I am sorry that this is how it is perceived. That was not my intention at all. A title is meant to be catchy. I made the comparison to Gates and the rest because even though they all changed my life, they did not touch me at a personal leve
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by yalimgerger 15y ago
I am wondering the same. I actually wrote a blog about that as well, which outlines several way too obvious issues with laptops. :-) http://gerger.co/yalimslodge/2011/08/19/free-advice-to-the-r...
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by yalimgerger 15y ago
This is absurd. A title is meant to be catchy. At the end of the story you learn what it is Steve Jobs did but gates could not.
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by yalimgerger 15y ago
Oh I've forgotten about this completely. Thanks for reminding. Will read about it a little. :-)
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by yalimgerger 15y ago
The post mentions Gates by the way.

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