davidkatz

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by davidkatz 8y ago
I started
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by davidkatz 11y ago
This is an important point. You contribute most as a designer when you control or influence whatever is necessary to get to good design. In most cases, the largest levers of influence are not in which design patterns you use, but in the bus
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by davidkatz 11y ago
Learn the languages that best help you build the things you want to build. Programming languages are tools, and that's all they'll ever be.
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by davidkatz 11y ago
Actually that can be entirely rational. When shareholders believe that management will run said assets into the ground, they value a company under book (asset) value. If I have two hundred dollars in my pocket and without you knowing anythi
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by davidkatz 12y ago
First impression: feels undifferentiated. It doesn't seem to be particularly quick on the data entry, or particularly powerful on the analysis and reporting side. Perhaps there's something great about it, but if so at least I didn
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by davidkatz 12y ago
A lot of companies don't appreciate the competitive space they're in. If you're building something that addresses a novel value proposition ("a machine that turns water into wine") you can say it like it is and expe
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by davidkatz 12y ago
It is. It also happens to be very good at reporting live rocket hits fast, which makes it a valuable resource regardless of their politics (which I don't agree with).
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by davidkatz 12y ago
Yo's popularity entirely rides two facts: (1) it's a silly app, (2) it got a million dollars. We currently know nothing about user engagement and retention. I'd be surprised if anyone uses it for more than a few weeks.
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by davidkatz 12y ago
Try describing what you do instead of labelling it. "I'm building an app that helps blind folks read". Personally, I'm allergic to the word 'Entrepreneur', whenever I hear it I wince. Just say what you're
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by davidkatz 12y ago
Anyone out here that's using TapTalk and can comment on it's quality? Is it useful/fun? What makes it better than Snapchat?
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by davidkatz 13y ago
I wish this was a mac app instead of a chrome extension. So many things I want to organise don't live on the web. Photos from my iPhone, screenshots I take with my mac, pieces of text I write, etc.
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by davidkatz 13y ago
Nate Silver discusses the Fox/Hedgehog division in his excellent "The Signal and the Noise" frequently, and he largely takes on the meaning proposed by Phillip Tetlock in his book on expert political judgement. The idea that
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by davidkatz 13y ago
Hi there. I have some experience with building user generated content communities. If you'd like to talk, feel free to email me.
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Why Blackberry released BBM for iOS(blog.davidkatz.me)
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Sword & Sworcery Revenue Infographic (Great Indie Game)(swordandsworcery.com)
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by davidkatz 13y ago
Brilliant piece. Should have gotten more attention on HN.
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by davidkatz 13y ago
I use MixPanel to track permissions conversions, and they're at roughly 60%. So 40% of users assume they're going to get spammed, even though they're not.
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by davidkatz 13y ago
Yeah, I did that. You need to tell users to navigate several levels of their settings app, which is a pain. Most people never touch their settings are and are put off by having to deal with it.
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by davidkatz 13y ago
Sure. As I mentioned elsewhere in this thread, I want to send users a "your order has shipped" notification, when an order they paid for shipped.
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by davidkatz 13y ago
I understand, and that's why it's tragic. I and my audience needs to suffer because other developers abuse the system. I'm calling into question whether there is not a better way.
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by davidkatz 13y ago
I think you're making generalised, quick calls because you've been burned by spam, which I get. Doesn't mean there aren't a ton of apps out there that would provide value with notifications but are hard to assess.
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by davidkatz 13y ago
I don't think it's a false analogy. I didn't not try to argue that the burden is equal, just that granular control can always come with benefits. For some apps, "failing gracefully" means not delivering a large part of the app's value, and
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by davidkatz 13y ago
Author here. Of course it occurred to me, but the problem is that users often can't predict if they want notifications or not, or how critical notifications are to the product. I'll give you a real world example from another permissions pro
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by davidkatz 13y ago
I'd wager to say that I do. I'll give you a concrete example. People order goods, and I want to send them a "Your order has shipped!" notification. People who paid for something want to know that it has shipped and is on route to them. When
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by davidkatz 13y ago
I understand the problem of spam in notifications, but my question is, what's wrong with deleting an app that spams you, or not installing it in the first place if you don't trust their use of push notifications?
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by davidkatz 13y ago
I've done all of that, and it solves some of the problem, but still falls short. Ultimately, my experience is that users just aren't well equipped to decide if notifications are worth it or not. My notifications are silent (no sound), and r
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by davidkatz 13y ago
Yeah. I'm not saying that Apple is the only option, but surely an Apple option is theoretically better than Stripe. Entering credit card details on a phone keyboard isn't great, no matter how well executed. Even when having the option of us
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by davidkatz 13y ago
The thing is, a lot of apps can't work without push, or work a lot worse without push, and I think users aren't well equipped to decide in a few seconds. I think you can always find a case for more granular control. Say, if iOS enabled you
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by davidkatz 13y ago
The difference is that it enables your trust/don't trust decision. An app that requires access to your location and contacts has to be more trustworthy than an app that doesn't.
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by davidkatz 13y ago
I think that most users aren't that well equipped to make these kind of decisions. How could they know how critical contacts or location permissions are to the product? I think users need to make a trust/don't trust call on each app, and An

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