Vandy_Travis

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by Vandy_Travis 15y ago
That is a very succinct summary, thank you for that. I was actually asking about this from the opposite person's perspective. I didn't catch the "in sales" part -- did I just miss that, or am I missing a larger context of his theory? Havi
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by Vandy_Travis 15y ago
Interesting links. I'd never heard of Mr. Ringer, or his theory before this. My simplistic understanding of his 3 types theory is this: "In summation, I realized that no matter how a guy came on, he would, in the final analysis, attempt to
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by Vandy_Travis 15y ago
My roommate is a doctor, and I've been having some discussions on this topic lately. The biggest concept is to use technology to support the existing dr's workflow. This can vary, a lot, between different types of doctors. The thing he mos
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by Vandy_Travis 15y ago
It does a good job of being brief and describing what uberzet allows me to do. However, it feels fairly sparse, and it doesn't tell me what uberzet is. Is it a web app? Is it a page for me that i can send other people to in order to searc
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by Vandy_Travis 15y ago
Can you help me understand the contempt you have for the Zynga games? I don't play, myself, but I do understand that the games exploit (negative? compulsive?) psychology, and they've used unethical business strategies. But who cares? After
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by Vandy_Travis 15y ago
On the other hand, equity compensation in a startup is also based on the riskiness of the equity. Even if an employee is not that "valuable", they should still not have the original terms of their agreements altered. [I agree with all the
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by Vandy_Travis 15y ago
From the Ars Technica article it sounds like this evidence was introduced in defense of Hotfile. You're most likely right -- hotfile doesn't have the resources to pursue this as a counterattack. However, it could be used as a successful d
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by Vandy_Travis 15y ago
You could make sure that the requesting page is on your domain.
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by Vandy_Travis 15y ago
I 100% agree, when you're talking about the ads that are aired a hundred times a day on syndicated television. Then again, the shows are terrible, so I suppose it's fitting that the ads match. However, what about Apple's 1984 ad? Or the B
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by Vandy_Travis 15y ago
You are right -- there are some neat aspects to this model. However, it also tends to devalue the work invested by the analysts. They are doing the work for essentially a lottery ticket -- winner take all. That's the reason that it can be
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by Vandy_Travis 15y ago
One other use case is if you have significantly different weather conditions a short distance from one another. I live near the coastal mountains; a 20 minute drive could take me from nice and sunny to cold and rainy. Your points about fee
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by Vandy_Travis 15y ago
If you are really concerned about raising prices (I wouldn't be; I think you should raise them across the board), you could try just charging new clients/users the higher rate. Adds complexity to your system, however. Edit - just saw the q
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by Vandy_Travis 15y ago
One aspect of self service that I particularly like is the alignment of incentives. I'm incentivized to bag my groceries / deposit my checks quickly, because I want to get out of there. Employees (esp. in low end service jobs) are general
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by Vandy_Travis 15y ago
Agreed, 100%. I've actually bundled a Wordpress install with the necessary plugins and libs (google analytics, basic survey abilities, a/b testing harness). This makes it super easy for me to spin up an ec2 or linode instance. Then I can
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by Vandy_Travis 15y ago
It'll be interesting to see how foreign laws (specifically, EU laws regarding privacy) affect taxes. Will future facebooks decide to not incorporate in the EU in order to avoid their (more) stringent privacy protection laws? If so, that c
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by Vandy_Travis 15y ago
Make a hypothesis, let the market validate it. I would say if you're spending more than 1-2 months on designing, developing, and testing (on real cusotmers) your MVP, your cycle is probably too long. I'm currently looking at a 6 week cycle
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by Vandy_Travis 15y ago
I did miss that link in the article, thanks for the reply and answer.
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by Vandy_Travis 15y ago
This is a very interesting article, as I'd heard references to SPDY before, but didn't know what it was. However, I am bothered by the fact that this is a piece on performance yet it contains no hard data. Without quantifying the scale of
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by Vandy_Travis 15y ago
I think it has to develop. You can't slap it on like it's a feature, because authenticity is one of the most important components of personality/voice. I basically try to avoid squashing the personality. Just by not thinking like a PHB, o
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by Vandy_Travis 15y ago
I personally know this to be false. Over 2 years ago, I deleted my facebook account. Approximately 6 months later, I accidentally got auto logged in by LastPass when I clicked a link and ended up on the FB login page. It simply welcomed
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by Vandy_Travis 15y ago
|The traditional adage is that when you dress for success, people take you more seriously. I'd like to believe that this particular industry is beyond that, which may or may not be true, but the truth is that when you dress up, you take you
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by Vandy_Travis 15y ago
I use google apps to host my email for my company, with all emails backed up to our server. Why is that foolish?
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by Vandy_Travis 15y ago
You cannot guarantee or expect search result placement. Period. In addition, rankings are always in flux, and require additional work to remain well ranked. Do you expect the provider to continue to work on your SEO even after that perio
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by Vandy_Travis 15y ago
I don't think he's talking about being rich, although he does reference money a lot. I interpreted the money references as a simple way to keep score (and one deeply ingrained in many cultures). I think he's talking about the modern entrep
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by Vandy_Travis 15y ago
What if it's not a binary (advertising works/ doesn't work)? In my view, part of Google's success is they allowed advertisers (as well as self serve businesses) to better measure the ROI from the advertising. In other words, for direct re
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by Vandy_Travis 15y ago
I'm guessing he's implying that higher level thought processes more associated with intelligence act as a defense against the advertising influence.
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by Vandy_Travis 15y ago
Why can't we focus on correcting injustice for its own sake, rather than picking teams? [Not so much directed at you; I've found this discussing very thought provoking. More directed at "everyone" waves hands that seems to feel its an u
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by Vandy_Travis 15y ago
Learning to just do something when it resonates with you. Stop asking permissions, stop asking ahead of time what the outcomes will be. Treating the market as a lab, of sorts, rather than trying to predict results ahead of time.
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by Vandy_Travis 17y ago
This isn't a one size fits all type question, or one that somebody can really give good advice on without knowing the details of the situation. Here's what I would ask myself: - is your market very diverse (e.g. is it very unlikely the new
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by Vandy_Travis 17y ago
Ignoring the concerns about AES256 cyphers for this response... The site that I use for my passwords is called Clipperz. (www.clipperz.com/beta). They encrypt everything in JS like the others, but they've fully released their source code

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