rickcecil

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by rickcecil 2y ago
To be perfectly pedantic, it’s an initialization. Acronyms are initializations that can be pronounced as words.
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by rickcecil 3y ago
CE means “common era” which refers to the same time period that AD does, which stands for Anno Domini and means “the year of our lord,” which is rooted in the Christian faith. You will also see “BCE” and it means Before Common Era, which re
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by rickcecil 3y ago
A couple of things to consider. ADHD is more than the lack of focus, it also affects your emotions as well. People with ADHD tend to feel things more deeply and react more strongly. Meds can help. And if you think: that’s not me. You may be
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by rickcecil 13y ago
If by X, you mean religion, sure, I'll agree with that. And, ultimately, you have no right to police what I teach my children.
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by rickcecil 13y ago
there is also marketing value. features that may rarely get used but many potential customers won't give your product a second glance if you don't have them.
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by rickcecil 13y ago
After much digging, here is what I have found. It surprised me and I learned a lot in the process. Very excited to share. The Divorce Rate is not a measure of the chances of your marriage ending in divorce, though many people use it like th
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by rickcecil 13y ago
The 50% number is actually horribly exaggerated. It is closer to 30%. I'll dig up sources later, but basically the divorce rate is calculated by dividing the number of new marriages with the number of divorces in a given year. This doesn't
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by rickcecil 14y ago
Is it all javascript based? So it would integrate with any codebase? Rails, Python, Java? Very excited about this. Social is such a critical aspect of many systems these days, but it's another piece of the puzzle that doesn't actually disti
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by rickcecil 14y ago
One of the things we learned a lot about at TSF was a beach-head market. It's the first market you take on to get traction (however you're measuring traction). So, I'd suggest talking about "knowledge management and collaboration" as your b
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by rickcecil 14y ago
As a co-founder to one of the companies (ruzuku) that went through the Triangle Startup Factory, I can't recommend the program enough. Chris and Dave are amazing. They have lots of experience working with startups and they are well connecte
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by rickcecil 16y ago
Surprised no one has mentioned the Eden UI on Notion Ink's Adam. It allows you to run three apps side-by-side in compact view. Pretty slick, really. See: http://notionink.com
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"If it works, it's obsolete" and other Marshall McLuhanisms(marshallmcluhan.com)
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by rickcecil 19y ago
Wouldn't that be one that you sell for $50 million?
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by rickcecil 19y ago
Being in the same boat as you, I found the following to be worthwhile 1) Evaluate yourself and the skills you bring to the table. It's all in how you sell yourself. Even though I can't program, I understand experience design, business, visu
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by rickcecil 19y ago
But, I would say, you have to take it with the right teacher...someone who pushes you to find your own understanding of the literature. This usually doesn't happen until the 300 and 400 level courses.
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by rickcecil 19y ago
Of course, there's always the path to starting up without going to YC. You just might not be a good match for YC. Doesn't mean that you can't be successful, it just means you're going to have to find alternative routes to success.
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by rickcecil 19y ago
Yeah, I'm already starting to feel it and am working on ways to cut back at work -- especially with baby coming.
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by rickcecil 19y ago
Thanks for the advice! I'm taking the first two weeks off from work, and my mother-in-law will be here, so I'm hoping that I can really spend more time with my wife and new baby without sacrificing on the startup. Plus, the project's sched
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by rickcecil 19y ago
My wife of 10 years is pregnant with our first child and I have finally screwed up my courage to its sticking place and am making the leap with my own startup. I am continuing to work my day job--which can suck up 50-60 hours a week while w
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by rickcecil 19y ago
If anyone on a founding team is ever willing to do only one thing, then they're probably not a good founding member period. This goes for hackers, designers, business folks, and lion trainers. (Well, the lion trainers might be the exception
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by rickcecil 19y ago
I would say that it wasn't Google's design that beat Yahoo, it was the narrow focus on search. There is very little information to design on the Google home page and the expected interaction is incredibly simplistic, so designing the UI wel
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The personality of early risers (bps-research-digest.blogspot.com)
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by rickcecil 19y ago
Thought about Research Triangle Park in North Carolina? Got Duke University, UNC Chapel Hill, and NC State close by. Close to the beach, the mountains. Weather is great, though it does get pretty muggy in the summer. And the cost of living
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by rickcecil 19y ago
It may very well be easier for startups in Silicon Valley, but so what? Focus your attention on the specific problems you have, not on comparing your situation to other people's situations. Having a hard time finding a co-founder? More dif
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by rickcecil 19y ago
I don't know of any examples of successful startups who didn't have at least one hacker founder, though I hope that changes in the near future. Neither my partner nor I are programmers--we're both researchers/designers (certainly not manage