galenward

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by galenward 13y ago
Those who subscribe to the "startup CEOs shouldn't debate with or mentor others" mantra will miss out on working with some of the greatest CEOs in the world.
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by galenward 13y ago
Josh, you're right - that's why it isn't possible right now. I put that we need a simpler, cheaper way to invalidate patents before a patent-killing x-prize is possible in the post, but maybe not clearly or loudly enough.
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by galenward 13y ago
I like the use / active-pursue requirement except it seems nearly impossible to enforce. A patent troll could easily spend money to look like they're trying to use a patent.
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by galenward 13y ago
Interesting! Granted patents aren't re-reviewed, so someone would have to cough up a few tens of thousands of dollars to do anything with submissions on granted patents. Is the concept that people are contributing evidence to be used s
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by galenward 13y ago
Ask Patents is for stopping patents from being granted. I'm suggesting a way to kill patents that are already granted + monetary incentives for the worst / most expensive offenders.
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by galenward 13y ago
My argument is based on the premise that most software patents are bad for our economy. Amazon's One-Click patent is a perfect example. Amazon would have developed one-click whether or not it was patentable. By granting the patent, we
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by galenward 13y ago
The problem with this - at least as I understand it - is that patent trolls make a lot from patents on a one-by-one basis - much more than companies want to pay or feel is affordable.
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by galenward 13y ago
Well said: I too would rather do that than the usual marketing driven thing of wearing a ribbon.
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by galenward 13y ago
I don't think curing cancer makes much sense in the Kickstarter sense: 1. It is enormously expensive - curing a form of cancer costs well into the millions. So it wouldn't get funded. 2. There are loads of funding sources out ther
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by galenward 13y ago
The EFF is probably the closest to doing something like this, but they picked the patents and there isn't a way to support killing just one: https://www.eff.org/patent-busting
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Customer Discovery Hacks: You’ve Been Miyagi'ed(ekoester.com)
23 points by galenward 13y ago|2 comments
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by galenward 13y ago
We have an engineer whose name is "john; drop table users." Man does he wreak havoc.
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Why The 3D Printing Conference Doesn't Have 3D Printed Schwag(hackthings.com)
6 points by galenward 13y ago|0 comments
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by galenward 14y ago
"Google just launched an Evernote killer" is a particularly inflammatory title for Hacker News. Almost all "killers" end up being competitors and more often than not "killers" never beat the product they're trying to kill in terms of userba
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by galenward 14y ago
"Mystery Meat Navigation" is a very good description of what makes Windows 8 a frustrating first time experience, is the synopsis of all the complaints about it, and is why Windows 8 is going to be a slow sell for the first 6-12 months. Aft
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by galenward 14y ago
Looks interesting. Doing anything beyond a "give feedback" email link means a bunch of integration headaches for app developers.
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by galenward 14y ago
You registered a new account for this comment?
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by galenward 14y ago
I view this as proof no one on Hacker News has a sense of humor.
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Gmail Up(mail.google.com)
5 points by galenward 14y ago|4 comments
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Using Inbound Marketing to Get a Startup Job(galenward.com)
3 points by galenward 14y ago|0 comments
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by galenward 14y ago
Here's the thing with this: It's easy to find new unproductive sites and an outright ban from distractions is difficult to live with - humans crave distraction. What if instead of blocking sites, the nonproductive internet slowed down a lo
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by galenward 14y ago
There is nothing absurd about this. Twitter is a company that is in the business of making money. They are nominal value for themselves when they let third parties import their entire graph and providing incredible value for the importers.
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by galenward 14y ago
I don't buy the complaint about CPU or RAM - featuring specs is not the way things are done anymore.
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by galenward 14y ago
No way should you have to pay 10k+ to setup a corporation in Delaware. That's way too much.
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by galenward 14y ago
The legal benefits go even deeper than that: Delaware has great, extremely well tested laws around corporations (no surprises) and a judicial system that is highly familiar with corporate matters. It's less about corporate advantage, althou
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Health Month for Sale on Flippa(healthmonth.tumblr.com)
8 points by galenward 14y ago|2 comments
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by galenward 14y ago
Sure, 20% of Facebook's valuation but also 1/2 of Facebook's revenues. Facebook still has a lot to prove, but they also have a lot more opportunity to improve.
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by galenward 14y ago
Adsense is a $10b a year segment not based on intent - it's based on advertising you see when you are on random pages on the internet (like the New York Times). Facebook will know what you want better than Google: they track you across mult
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Downloads are the new hits(galenward.com)
7 points by galenward 14y ago|0 comments
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by galenward 14y ago
Here's the likely real story: LifeShield bought tens of thousands of links to improve their SEO (made sense on a 6-basis, less sense on a 2-3 year basis) and got hit hard by a recent update. I helped a company a few years ago that had paid

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