brianlash

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by brianlash 2y ago
Historic begins with a hard h consonant sound. The h isn't silent. "A historic" is correct. With that said, I don't personally have a problem with "an historic." I recognize it as a convention adopted by people
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by brianlash 4y ago
My firm is working to improve the social determinants of health/health equity through better data and analytics. Broadband access risk is of central interest. We’ve incorporated this specific FCC data into our Equity Data Geo Explorer,
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by brianlash 4y ago
Clarifications like these are helpful to people like me who tend to read the comments before making a decision to read the article.
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Basecamp reverted 37signals.com to the site from 1999-2001(37signals.com)
2 points by brianlash 5y ago|0 comments
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by brianlash 8y ago
You’re probably thinking of design. Consultants will assemble the deck contents then ship to an offshore contractor to pretty them up overnight.
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by brianlash 10y ago
I'll be very interested to see whether this interpretation comes to bear. The more likely explanation, I think, is that something unexpected is happening, and markets don't like uncertainty. A little reductionist? Maybe. But maybe
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by brianlash 11y ago
To offer a counterpoint to fit2rule's comment, I'm probably smack in the middle of your target demo (currently employed as a business analyst, technically competent but not a programmer, have entrepreneurial ambitions, etc...) and
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by brianlash 12y ago
Anyone interested in reading more on this topic should check out Adam Grant's Give and Take. Incidentally, one of the interesting takeaways from the book is that if you look at plot of people mapped to career success, you'll find
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by brianlash 12y ago
https://www.youtube.com/user/vsauce https://www.youtube.com/user/minutephysics https://www.youtube.com/user/destinws2 https://www.youtube.com/user/1verit
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by brianlash 14y ago
I realize what's right for one isn't necessarily right for all, but to my mind this is a recipe for trouble. Especially in light of multiple endorsements that read "Owing so much in student loans, I wouldn't be able to pursue my dreams if i
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The Most Important Number in Customer Experience Management(brianlash.com)
2 points by brianlash 14y ago|0 comments
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Customer Experience and Stock Price(brianlash.com)
2 points by brianlash 14y ago|0 comments
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Visualizing Government Agencies by IT Effectiveness(brianlash.com)
1 points by brianlash 14y ago|0 comments
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What Customer Experience Management Is Not(brianlash.com)
1 points by brianlash 14y ago|0 comments
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by brianlash 14y ago
I think it comes down to discretion. I would never recommend flooding an interviewer with internal email, but one helpful nudge from a respected colleague who vouches for you won't hurt.
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by brianlash 14y ago
Maybe my industry (consulting) is different but yes, absolutely yes, this is a tactic with nice ROI. I can't think of a single good reason not to leverage your existing contacts.
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Using Pivot Tables to Extract Meaningful Data from Project Time(brianlash.com)
1 points by brianlash 14y ago|0 comments
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by brianlash 14y ago
Really fantastic news. Congrats!!
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by brianlash 14y ago
Beginning as far back as high school his "7 Habits" book had a profound impact on the way I think and feel about relationships and work/life balance. I return to it every few years to look at it with fresh eyes. I am saddened by this news a
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by brianlash 14y ago
That strikes me as shockingly low. For context, KillerStartups bought the domain "startups.com" 4 years ago for $500,000. No IP, no brand recognition. The domain .
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by brianlash 14y ago
The honest-to-goodness justification you're going to hear is that Facebook is a nascent company, the potential earnings of which are only loosely a function of current earnings. That's to be contrasted with the likes of Google, Apple, and o
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by brianlash 14y ago
This is just brilliant. Please create a Windows equivalent and make my whole year.
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by brianlash 15y ago
Apple will never be the first "person" to do anything. With that said, point taken.
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by brianlash 15y ago
Each of those books is public domain.
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by brianlash 15y ago
Importantly, "Aussie," "Texan," and "Russian" aren't homonyms for fruits in the English language. Context matters.
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by brianlash 15y ago
This is exactly the premise behind Michael Gerber's E-Myth series of books: That loving something /= running a business that sells or does that thing.
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by brianlash 15y ago
I agree with this 100%. I feel guilty staring out a window - that's wasteful - but I don't feel guilty spending an extra half hour with my girlfriend or investing the time preparing myself a nicer dinner.
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by brianlash 15y ago
If I told you I'm more productive in the office than I am at home you'd probably tell me that's a fairly common reaction from those of us who have been on either side of that fence. This guy tells you he's more productive on his commute tha
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by brianlash 15y ago
It sounds like the browser integrates with the application so that the line becomes blurred between where the browser ends and the app begins. As a long-term strategy you can almost see them releasing an API so companies can easily create w
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Ask HN: How does the non-technical type contribute to open source projects?
3 points by brianlash 15y ago|1 comments

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