jeffwidman

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by jeffwidman 11y ago
Yes, I use LinkedIn all the time to figure out who in my network knows someone else, so that I can background check someone before I walk into a meeting or ask for them to send a backchannel recommendation. Not for hiring, but for various o
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by jeffwidman 11y ago
This. I use LinkedIn all the time to identify who in my network is connected to the person I'm trying to reach.
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by jeffwidman 11y ago
As another Ansible user contemplating the 1.9-->2.0 migration, I'd appreciate if you would submit PRs updating the porting guide with stuff that you hit that wasn't already mentioned: https://github.com/ansible&#
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by jeffwidman 11y ago
> Lektor belongs to a separate org and the project does not use any resources only I have access to (other than the domain name and the server travis-CI deploys to). Really appreciate you starting it out this way from the getgo. > Bec
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by jeffwidman 11y ago
SQLAlchemy - Great docs, well programmed, very extensible/flexible/powerful.
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by jeffwidman 12y ago
I'd be curious to see this as well
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New Navy Railgun replaces gunpowder with electromagnetic force(engadget.com)
1 points by jeffwidman 12y ago|0 comments
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Street Legal Flying Cars (35 mpg)(wefunder.com)
1 points by jeffwidman 13y ago|0 comments
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by jeffwidman 13y ago
There is also the "poor man's nest" - the Filtrete 3M 50 which is $89 on Ebay and fully wifi supported with a well-documented API and fantastic Android app: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601
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by jeffwidman 13y ago
This really shouldn't be a surprise as there are generally very smart people on both sides of polarizing issues. I know a lot of smart people, myself included, who read HN regularly and oppose gay marriage.
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Startups raising money after next 60 days need to know these SEC rules(startuplawblog.com)
2 points by jeffwidman 13y ago|0 comments
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The Case for More Guns (And More Gun Control)(theatlantic.com)
25 points by jeffwidman 14y ago|34 comments
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by jeffwidman 14y ago
On the one hand, you're completely right. On the other, who better to say "You just don't understand the power of the platform" than someone who sees the numbers on over 10,000 Facebook pages with more than 1Billion Facebook fans? If Cuban
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by jeffwidman 14y ago
We live in an attention economy, and Facebook is simply the arbiter of it. If Facebook let all fan pages reach all their fans, it'd be a sub-optimal user experience. The fact that they have turned protecting against the tragedy of the commo
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by jeffwidman 14y ago
For those who don't know what EdgeRank is, start with this primer: http://edgerank.net/
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by jeffwidman 14y ago
Not sure what you mean here. Do you mean when will we offer G+ analytics, or confusing us with website analytics? (we measure social media)
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by jeffwidman 14y ago
on LinkedIn, twitter couldn't control the inventory, so they couldn't monetize the content. It was their tradeoff of reducing usage while users are on LI, while hopefully increasing consumption on their own site from those users. It's certa
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by jeffwidman 14y ago
Twitter wants to "own" the consumer end of the experience so they can monetize it with display ads. If you watch over the past six months, they've actively encouraged third-party publishers so businesses get more invested in twitter, while
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by jeffwidman 14y ago
The question in my head about this data: Is the spike because LinkedIn traffic actually spiked, or was it just getting misattributed as Twitter traffic?
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LinkedIn referrals to Facebook pages up 1000% while Twitter’s plummet(thenextweb.com)
90 points by jeffwidman 14y ago|30 comments
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by jeffwidman 14y ago
http://pagelever.com/facebook-timeline-custom-tabs-marketers...
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Why Larry Page is so interested in Google Glasses(bryce.vc)
5 points by jeffwidman 14y ago|0 comments
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Us: Hiring. You: Want to learn business side of a tech startup
1 points by jeffwidman 14y ago
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Hiring: A Compelling Writer Who Understands Standard Deviations
1 points by jeffwidman 14y ago
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by jeffwidman 14y ago
PageLever (YC S11) - San Francisco - Hiring non-technical person who wants to learn business side of a tech startup See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3778290
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Secrets of the acquisition process from founders acquired by EA and Zynga(insidemobileapps.com)
5 points by jeffwidman 15y ago|0 comments
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Us: Hiring. You: Want to learn business side of a tech startup
1 points by jeffwidman 15y ago
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Face-Recognizing Billboard Only Displays Ad To Women(techcrunch.com)
5 points by jeffwidman 15y ago|0 comments
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Former pirate who rowed across Pacific & Atlantic dies at 74(nytimes.com)
13 points by jeffwidman 15y ago|1 comments
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Startup failed, giving away free Qwerty Arm7 mobile devices for cost of postage(peek.ly)
92 points by jeffwidman 15y ago|52 comments

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