rjjacobson

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by rjjacobson 7y ago
Hey -- I'm Ron, CEO of Rockerbox. We're an NYC based attribution company helping companies uncover how to grow their businesses. Check out an article on out tech stack "Building a 120TB-daily data pipeline on DigitalOcean&quo
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What drives customers to your site?(landing.hindsight.ai)
1 points by rjjacobson 9y ago|0 comments
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Is the Government Down?(isthegovernmentdown.com)
7 points by rjjacobson 13y ago|1 comments
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Taxono-mess(blog.getrockerbox.com)
1 points by rjjacobson 13y ago|0 comments
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Minimum Viable Data (MVD) - Shotgun or Sniper approach(blog.getrockerbox.com)
2 points by rjjacobson 13y ago|0 comments
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Next Adventure - (rjjacobson.com)
1 points by rjjacobson 13y ago|0 comments
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Lessons Learned from a Failed Startup(blog.getarkad.com)
1 points by rjjacobson 13y ago|1 comments
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by rjjacobson 13y ago
Yahoo is really upping the mobile aqui-hires. I wonder if people are excited to actually go work at Yahoo or if they're just happy to be acquired.
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by rjjacobson 13y ago
Definitely agree on the virtue of doing stuff as manually as possible. Really hard though mentally as you always want to do things the right way. I guess at such an early stage though, the right way is whatever gets you feedback quickest.
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by rjjacobson 13y ago
Primarily discoverability. For example, if I know I want a new iPod dock - sorting through all of the potential products and processing all of the information associated through each one is a lot of work. Amazon doesn't do a great job of ma
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by rjjacobson 13y ago
Amazon is great for getting a pricing point of comparison - can't argue with that. In fact Amazon is great if you know exactly what you want to be / for finding the best price. I'd argue it's not the best place to find what you want. We sou
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Why shopping on mobile is broken(blog.getrockerbox.com)
8 points by rjjacobson 13y ago|10 comments
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by rjjacobson 13y ago
Thanks! Fixed.
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by rjjacobson 13y ago
Rocker boxes used to be used by gold miners to separate gold from sand / gravel. We're trying to do the same for products - helping you find the "golden" product that is best for you. Somewhat of a stretch...but it works.
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by rjjacobson 13y ago
Exactly. We're trying to actually learn what you'll like and showing you only those products. Not just a "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought..."
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by rjjacobson 13y ago
Nope. You swipe through products, liking or disliking each one. We learn what sort of things you like and guide you to the right ones. We want to help you browse for products.
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Rockerbox - Your machine-learning personal shopping assistant(getrockerbox.com)
7 points by rjjacobson 13y ago|10 comments
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Cross Device Synchronization(rjjacobson.com)
1 points by rjjacobson 13y ago|0 comments
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Optimizing your apartments price on Airbnb(rjjacobson.com)
1 points by rjjacobson 14y ago|0 comments
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Google Maps Direction Shortcut(rjjacobson.com)
2 points by rjjacobson 14y ago|0 comments
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Lessons Learned - First Product Launch(rjjacobson.tumblr.com)
2 points by rjjacobson 14y ago|0 comments
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by rjjacobson 14y ago
I'm going to change the landing page to call this out more clearly.
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by rjjacobson 14y ago
I'm starting to think that posting this at 11:45 may not have been the best way to go about this. That isn't meant to diminish the feedback that I've goten - just a realization that more people may be on the site during the day and the time
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by rjjacobson 14y ago
Thanks for the feedback. Favicon and title have been added. - What sort of contact info are you thinking of? I was thinking of adding tag support (and filtering) but I assume you mean more like phone # / email? - Facebook/gmail integration
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by rjjacobson 14y ago
Good point. I was aiming for some randomness in terms of when I reach out to people. If I call my grandma every Monday, she freaks out if I miss a Monday. Penguit will vary the actual "reminder" within the scope of the timeframe that you've
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by rjjacobson 14y ago
Thanks! I was trying to give the Penguin some character.
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Show HN: Have trouble keeping in touch with friends? Penguit to the rescue(penguit.com)
6 points by rjjacobson 14y ago|9 comments
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by rjjacobson 14y ago
I can help you with alternatives. My contact info is in my profile. Give me and e-mail and we can chat.
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by rjjacobson 14y ago
Where are you buying through now? My contact information is in my profile. Reach out if you'd like to discuss other options.
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by rjjacobson 14y ago
How are you pulling all of the headlines?

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