joshkaufman

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by joshkaufman 5y ago
I've been a happy Colemak user since 2012. One of the first things I do when I get a new computer is rearrange the physical keys, which is a significant advantage of Apple non-butterfly keyboards. [1] Aside from less overall movement w
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by joshkaufman 7y ago
I just submitted an application, and have been chatting with Myles, who has been very helpful and responsive. Vouch is not able to proceed with my application because I run a bootstrapped business – zero funding and no debt. Vouch's cu
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by joshkaufman 7y ago
I wrote a book on this topic: https://first20hours.com There's a ton of (replicated) psychology research that supports this thesis: the early hours of skill acquisition are very effective/efficient in terms of improvem
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by joshkaufman 8y ago
Happy to share anything you need - feel free to reach out whenever you like. My email is firstname at firstandlastname dot net, or @joshkaufman on Twitter.
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by joshkaufman 8y ago
Hi, Michi - congrats! Not sure about your future plans, but there's a huge need for good collaborative writing/editing programs for traditional book publishing. Collaboration with developmental editors, copyeditors, agents, publ
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Strength Training for Non-Athletes(joshkaufman.net)
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by joshkaufman 10y ago
There are three primary differences between your situation and Patrick's situation: 1. Patrick is a US citizen who lives and operates his businesses in Japan, which automatically makes accounting and filing taxes several orders of magn
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by joshkaufman 10y ago
I'm the OP - surprised to see this at the top of HN today, but happy to post a quick update: My wife and I have been happily married for ten years now. She loves her ring, and it has held up extremely well. (She just had the band resiz
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by joshkaufman 12y ago
I'd recommend checking into CreateSpace - I've done an enormous amount of research into print-on-demand services this year, and CreateSpace has the best total package (cost / ease-of-use / broad distribution) at the mome
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by joshkaufman 12y ago
I've always been curious about Emacs, but I haven't made time to really dig into it. A resource like this will be very helpful. Looking forward to reading it!
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by joshkaufman 12y ago
Informed speculation based on the quotes in the article: it appears that Hachette accepted the "incentivized agency" terms that Simon & Schuster agreed to, which is very similar in structure to the terms Amazon offers for Kind
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by joshkaufman 12y ago
Mountain views everywhere - the whole town is only a few miles from the mountains, similar to Boulder. Tons of parks, trails, mountain biking, etc. The city is very bike-friendly. Whitewater rafting is also close by on the Cache La Poudre R
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by joshkaufman 12y ago
+1 on Fort Collins - relocated here five years ago. It's a fantastic town - many big city amenities for a small city. (For example: it has a ton of restaurants. I used to live in NYC, and many places in Fort Collins are comparable in
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by joshkaufman 12y ago
We use a HSA-qualified high-deductible policy from Humana One ( https://www.humana.com/individual-and-family/ ) with 100% coverage after deductible, and we deduct premiums as a business expense. We make the maximum HSA c
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by joshkaufman 12y ago
It's the other way around, actually: by law in the US and most countries worldwide, suppliers are free to set whatever prices and terms they like, but retailers have the final authority to set the price that's presented to the ret
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by joshkaufman 12y ago
I'm a full-time working non-fiction author. I've worked with major publishers on past projects with excellent results, have received multiple major offers from major publishers for my upcoming projects, and have firm plans to self
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by joshkaufman 12y ago
Great - you have a new customer. Thanks for putting this together!
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by joshkaufman 12y ago
This looks useful - I'm inclined to sign up. Two things: 1. You may want to look at the CSS on your T&C page: http://weeklysnaps.com/terms . I'm seeing very light text on a light background, and it's diffi
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by joshkaufman 12y ago
Ha - you should've seen my Twitter feed when Josh won. Craziness. :-)
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by joshkaufman 12y ago
Looking forward to reading this.
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by joshkaufman 12y ago
Patrick's advice about taking dates off is spot-on for optimizing conversion rates on key pages. I've taken dates off of my most important evergreen resources. There's sometimes a happy medium - you can deemphasize the date w
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by joshkaufman 13y ago
I recently wrote a book on this topic[1][2], and you're quite right - most people seem to get wrapped up in the status that surrounds the idea of expertise when the real value of this research is what it tells us about how to go about
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by joshkaufman 13y ago
It's not an edge case: we were quoted that price a few years ago. We carry high deductible insurance, and that was before the recent US health care legislation mandated maternity coverage. (Before it passed, most insurers refused to pr
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by joshkaufman 13y ago
You don't need to stare at it - I usually keep off to the side of whatever I'm doing. As long as you can see it in your peripheral vision, it works. I usually set mine for 60 minutes, and it shuts off automatically.
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by joshkaufman 13y ago
I have the Philips goLITE, and highly recommend it. The blue wavelength makes a noticeable difference. It runs off of a rechargeable battery, which is very handy if you move around the house/office in the morning. It's also small
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by joshkaufman 13y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but you seem to assume that mass media news consumption can (or should) be an entirely rational process, in which a person should be able to exert enough willpower to ignore the emotional content of news stories. It
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by joshkaufman 14y ago
Not really. It's hard to track, but I assume the people who are pirating weren't going to purchase anyway. I've had quite a few people write to tell me they downloaded a pirated copy first, then purchased it because they found it useful.
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by joshkaufman 14y ago
Thanks, glad you found my book useful! I've been (mostly lurking) on HN for three and a half years now. I started my career in IT, and recently got back into programming with Ruby/Sinatra, so HN has been a great resource. Feels great to be
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by joshkaufman 14y ago
It's pretty natural and rational, I think - Amazon rankings update every hour, and are better indicators of long-term success relative to other titles. Likewise, Amazon's bestseller lists target smaller categories, which is more useful than
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by joshkaufman 14y ago
Sure. The best place to start is by keeping very close tabs on the types of books you want to write. Watch the new titles coming out, and track what they're doing to promote. You'll see a direct correlation between how well the book is mark

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