jameszol

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by jameszol 3mo ago
When I was in high school in the 90s, and just discovering the world of money and finance, I stumbled on Alan Greenspan and instantly liked some of his thinking about it. I tried my best to learn from everything he did, read every news arti
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by jameszol 3mo ago
Luckily a few others here in Idaho have done it by way of a Friends of the Library official non-profit 501(c)(3), so I have a model to follow that works in our region and for our rural conservative conditions. The standard non-profit benefi
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by jameszol 3mo ago
I’m trying to privately build a public library in a rural Idaho community. Borrowing sewing machines has been a popular request, as soon as we have space for them. It’s exciting to see that it’s a worldwide desire and not just a rural trend
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by jameszol 8mo ago
I’m not a lawyer but trademark isn’t just searching TESS right? It’s overly broad but the question I ask myself when naming projects (all small / inconsequential in the general business sense but meaningful to me and my teams) is: will
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by jameszol 2y ago
Software is absurd, indeed. I don’t write code but I feel similar about digital and the Internet as a whole because my career is here… so I went back to a hobby of pre-computer automotive restoration. I do it for me, so I haven’t switched c
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by jameszol 6y ago
I'm helping a friend sell their farm's ancient grain production online since they have a mill on their farm. They grow and sell spelt, emmer, einkorn, and other types of grain. Our family farm is considering planting and producing
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by jameszol 7y ago
I used to run a local web marketing meetup in East Idaho. It grew to about 260 people! We used meetup.com and I loved that... Then I discovered that Facebook Groups and setting up events there worked just as well for us. RSVPs, reminders, n
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by jameszol 7y ago
This reminds me of a book called The Power of Starting Something Stupid, by Richie Norton. The book tells several stories just like this one, where it seems like peers or others are criticizing your work as “stupid” but you get it done anyw
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by jameszol 12y ago
I up-vote the stories I intend to use or share with others in the future. These stories usually resonate with me on some level so I find myself reading significantly more stories than ever actually up-voting them.
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by jameszol 12y ago
If you have time, I highly recommend reading The 1% Windfall by Rafi Mohammed[1]. There are dozens of pricing options in the book; however, Rafi's favored model is: try to set a price based on the value the buyer receives. In your case
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by jameszol 12y ago
I wonder if Yo is popular because people feel it is a funny pointless app or because it makes a common message incredibly easy to send? I like apps like Yo. They do exactly what they say they will do. Yo requires fewer taps than texting &qu
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by jameszol 13y ago
Your current home page tells a good story by simply outlining the benefits of your app. I don't have to think to "get it" when reading your existing home page. The new infographic shows me the benefits but it is harder for me
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by jameszol 13y ago
You have an awesome opportunity with your startup. I'm sure you'll turn something around with the lively discussion you kicked off. Have you considered non-ad-network revenue sources? What about running affiliate offers? I used to
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by jameszol 13y ago
For every one of these "declining profitability" stories, there is an equal and opposite story. It's a cyclical story, too. Either way, Google wins.
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by jameszol 13y ago
I agree. Murder is unequivocally a violent crime; however, I believe "violent crimes" can cover assault of just about any type, sexual crimes and more.
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by jameszol 13y ago
Higher in actual number is almost always going to be relative to the population, isn't it? Per capita is more accurate while it still is lacking for comparison purposes. I agree that murder, as one type of violent crime, is more prominent h
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by jameszol 13y ago
I've been interested in crime stats and arguments for some time; thus, I'm interested to know where you are getting your data to make such assumptions that UK criminals don't use weapons on civilians when sources dictate that the UK is amon
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by jameszol 14y ago
I use ClipBoard.com almost exclusively although I recently started to use Evernote and it's working out well so far. Both have easy-to-use Chrome extensions that make bookmarking and tagging a breeze.
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by jameszol 14y ago
Organic search drives 7 out of 10 visits? I'm a little skeptical of that statistic. I wish Outbrain had updated reports that I could use (I wasn't able to find any;) however, pulling from an older study from 2011, they reported Search and S
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by jameszol 14y ago
What a stunning tribute to the story. Every part of this was precisely, beautifully and expertly planned to have a profound emotional pull to see the story through to the end. It worked. While I was reading, I felt the emotion from the word
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by jameszol 14y ago
I feel that this argument is lacking in scope when deferring to areas of the world where there are few to no guns in circulation. Of course there will be fewer gun crimes if there aren't any guns. What should be compared is violent crime in
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by jameszol 14y ago
I don't understand this ranty article... Aren't startups called startups for a reason? Some aren't going to thrive, some really suck, others can't pivot their talent and drive toward something grandiose and earth shattering for their next r
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by jameszol 14y ago
Noted, thank you!
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by jameszol 14y ago
Very cool, thank you for sharing!
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by jameszol 14y ago
I love specialized task-oriented marketplaces like this and hope several of these take off. The only other that I'm aware of at the moment is Tweaky.com. Tweaky appears to focus on front-end development while I see a back-end task or two at
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by jameszol 14y ago
I am a raving fan of VisualWebsiteOptimizer.com (VWO) and highly recommend using or trying their A/B product over any other. Paras truly cares about his product, responds personally to inquiries although I am sure that as the business grows
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by jameszol 14y ago
Did you think this was a real startup? This is a parody site representing just about every mobile or web-based startup. It's fairly accurate (and hilarious!), isn't it?
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Ads by Dr. Seuss(libraries.ucsd.edu)
1 points by jameszol 14y ago|0 comments
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Facebook opens up new recurring revenue opportunity for all app developers(developers.facebook.com)
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by jameszol 14y ago
Delivery is always up in the air isn't it? One argument for app.net appeared to be "controlling my own data" so I thought I would point people toward what Twitter has said about giving users the ability to download all of their tweets soon.

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