nicw

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by nicw 9y ago
Yes, most people are definitely willing to talk, IF you show that you value their time, and give them some context about why you're asking. Show that you value their time by setting the space upfront, and when you're 10 minutes aw
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by nicw 9y ago
Be upfront about your curiosity, otherwise it falls apart pretty quickly if you have a deeper conversation :) What you want to focus on is learning about the space and the players, not pitching them a solution. I tell people that I am inter
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by nicw 9y ago
I’ve done this for several industries now: Get out of the library and start talking to people in that field. It will take some time and have some slow starts, but the only way you learn about an industries inefficiencies and its opportuniti
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by nicw 11y ago
Looks promising. While it may seem obvious, I would spell out what double-blind means, the problem it solves, and how it is used elsewhere. That then sets you up to point out how doctors use these study types, adding credibility.
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by nicw 12y ago
My Fitbit reports the number of flights climbed - it's the Fitbit 'One' model. Along with my daily 10k steps, I have a flights climbed goal that I track through the website. Maybe it's a different model that doesn't
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by nicw 12y ago
"I was surprised to find out that Flickr now requires a Yahoo account to log in. I’m not sure when this was implemented..." Yahoo usernames were required in 2007: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology&#x2
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by nicw 13y ago
In my RSS feed, the original 2011 is linked [1]. But loading the page takes you to the follow up [2] [1] http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/05/02/134597833/cosmo... [2] http://ww
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by nicw 13y ago
Hey, thanks. We're looking at a couple ways to pair with wineries, the tough part being that the small wineries are the best market, except they're the least experimental. Big wineries have people who understand trying out new ven
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by nicw 13y ago
I wouldn't say that's true. My unfunded wine startup, Swirl it! ( http://swirlitapp.com ) was covered by TC, and even had a video interview where we came in and swirled w/Colleen Taylor. We haven't raised any m
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Easily sort lists using Ember ArrayController(estellamadison.com)
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by nicw 13y ago
Kinda. All coastlines are public-access, but if you own the property up to the coast (say, a cabin on a river), you do not have to grant access across your property. So, you could walk down the river and hang out in front of this cabin, b
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by nicw 14y ago
Ah ha, thanks :) Woke up this morning and was wondering why. Was a late night post.
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by nicw 14y ago
You can do this currently. My feeds were quickly ingested and everything worked great.
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The History of Sound Cards and Computer Game Music(macgateway.com)
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by nicw 14y ago
This almost happened at the California State University (CSU) level. An RFP went out, Alcatel bid $22MM, Cisco $123MM. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/102512-cisco-csu-26371... ""Everybody had to comply with this spreadsheet," he sa
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by nicw 14y ago
One thing I would add to this: Goes out in person(!) and talks to customers. It's very easy to add new features to products, but until you sit down with a customer, listen to them, and watch them use your product you won't have a clear un
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by nicw 14y ago
As pageld said, it's just a title. At an established startup, the product manager is generally the one translating the founders vision into a product. The founder might have an idea or see a need, but the product manager is the one who rese
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by nicw 14y ago
Along with good specs, I would add having an open line of communication with your engineers about what to do when the specs aren't clear. I've worked with some engineers that their personality caused them to think it was their fault they
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by nicw 14y ago
You can be right - but your maturity is determined by your response when the team "comes around" to your idea. A mature developer nods, and immediately begins walking through their pre-developed action plan. That person has the confidence t
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by nicw 14y ago
Exactly. There are so many other factors regarding pricing: Long Term Value, and Cost to Acquire being one of them. It is common to break your audience into 'bands', and learn the trigger points for each band: cost to acquire a customer in
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by nicw 14y ago
It depends on the process. A more expensive spirit could use processes that uses less chemicals, but takes longer to filter. Some wines are filtered using fining agents that contain gelatin, where some winemakers choose to use higher-micron
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by nicw 14y ago
More importantly, people shouldn't rely on what these wine raters say. This is their palate, not yours. And while it's a good 'nudge' to try one wine versus another, they are in no way the experts on your own tastebuds. I've been working on
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by nicw 14y ago
"To solve this we’ve been brainstorming and thinking which features or tweaks we can make. But the problem is that we came up with lots of ideas and we don’t know which one to choose. We can send an email asking our clients which one they
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by nicw 14y ago
The article points out that during the 3 hours of the Superbowl, only an average of 11 minutes is actual playing time. That's a lot of downtime where fans in those $2,000 seats will be watching replay videos, uploading their own, and checki
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by nicw 14y ago
Skipping the first note, the author makes a strong point about keeping it simple. You may have an amazing idea, but if the user can't jump in, perform <x> and then jump back out, it's not likely to catch on. By only having one thing
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by nicw 14y ago
It kind of works that way. The developers have to get their units approved by the city, which itself has a master plan of the type of growth/urban mix they'd like. The city government is making that decision to allow subdivision blooms at
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by nicw 14y ago
"The main reason, I've heard, is that even if the Kindle format and reader app are reasonable (and I can't vouch for them), it's on publishers to put their books in the right format. " This is akin to terrible apps on any App Store. It's up
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by nicw 14y ago
Fixed-layout is supported via EPUB, but you need a reader that knows how to display the fixed-layout version. 99% of readers only display reflowable content. What you really want to do is go with reflowable content that is formatted correct
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by nicw 14y ago
Adding a little more detail: To stylize your content, you create a 'mask' by specifying the character ranges that you want to change, and then applying attributes to the string Snippet to take a gray-colored string "Hello World", and then m
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by nicw 14y ago
This is probably more prevalent at mega-corps than startups - and those mega-corps are hiring more programmers than startups, adding skew. Breaking down the "high demand" technologies by investments (Round A, Round B...) would likely bear d

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