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A Sales Lesson for Introverts(eliotdill.com)
2 points by thedillio 14y ago|1 comments
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by thedillio 14y ago
In hindsight, I realize that I took the relationships in my life for granted when i was younger because I always had an abundance of them in high school and college. Back then I was very involved in church, went on ski trips, camping trips
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12,963 App Downloads in 8 Hours(eliotdill.com)
1 points by thedillio 14y ago|0 comments
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by thedillio 14y ago
I agree, the next buttons are too invasive. I'd love to see them as left and right arrows near the edges that bold with mouseover. I think that users would be more familiar with that as well. Also love the idea to have voiceover too by ano
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by thedillio 14y ago
I don't think it is a problem to use the design methods outlined in the article. In fact, Microsoft didn't invent this type of design per se. They simply coined the term "Metro" for tiled block layout. Check out "responsive design" at th
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by thedillio 14y ago
No, no, no Microsoft, the start button was fine. We just didn't want 7 ways to turn off the computer...
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Bootstrap 2 for Drupal 6(eliotdill.com)
1 points by thedillio 14y ago|0 comments
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by thedillio 14y ago
"...Do not, under any circumstances, work for free..." Totally agree with this. It ha been my experience that well paying customers are the best kind. They are more respectful of my time and less of a headache. The people that want thing l
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by thedillio 14y ago
Agreed. It is one thing to falsify customer reviews, for example, but something completely different to have several aliases to promote an active community. The information and links that were posted obviously provided value to readers. Who
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by thedillio 14y ago
Agreed. Keep in mind the liability aspects as well. From what I understand, payroll mistakes are not easily forgiven. That is part of the reason there are so many HR outsourcing companies.
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by thedillio 14y ago
Not working for me on iPad. Cool hack though as some people are having luck.
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by thedillio 14y ago
Hack their systems. Partially joking. But in all honesty companies have hired hackers that did built something slightly destructive (in the short term) to their website/app. http://allfacebook.com/hacker-makes-facebook-look-like-myspa...
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by thedillio 14y ago
In a Stanford lecture, Tina Seelig said something along the lines of: find where your interests, what your good at, and the market (ie someone will pay you) intersects and do that. I've always liked that advice.
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by thedillio 14y ago
Can you sketch? A picture is worth a thousand words. If you can create pictures either with a sketch pad or digitally then it will help your developer visualize it and make it work correctly. Also "use cases" are very helpful. For example
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by thedillio 14y ago
$20k per month sounds like a good problem to have for two people with little overhead. I'd recommend getting out of town for a few days without an Internet connection to just rest and get some clarity. You sound scattered. It's difficult to
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by thedillio 14y ago
I totally agree. I too am shocked to see so many "quit your side projects" comments. The trick is prioritization, like the old saying goes: "anyone with more than 3 priorities has no priorities." I have a 6 month old that I am very involv
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by thedillio 14y ago
I agree. Another might be: http://www.amazon.com/The-Art-War-Sun-Tzu/dp/0385292163
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Show HN:ThemeIQ.com, Mobile App Theme Marketplace
1 points by thedillio 14y ago|0 comments
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by thedillio 14y ago
I guess I missed that when viewing on my phone. I went straight to the meat and potatoes. Touche to that. From my first and second hand experiences, I still feel that it is not accurate.
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Lean Startup Cheat Sheet(eliotdill.com)
2 points by thedillio 14y ago|0 comments
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by thedillio 14y ago
Congrats. You are in a great position that many hackers would kill for (no pun intended). My advice echoes and negates several of the comments already posted: - I agree that, at best, you should launch something in a space you know about (i
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by thedillio 14y ago
I love the simplicity in this. Eloquent and seemingly effective. Cheers.
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by thedillio 14y ago
True but this launch and then build is common practice these days. In fact, many product launches on tech crunch, et al do this also. When launching a company/service/product the most difficult part for me has been creating something that p
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by thedillio 14y ago
That essay is garbage in my opinion. My wife and many of our friends are teachers and it doesn't take into account things like lesson plans and grading papers - both Of which are typically done on the teachers personal time (at least in Flo
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by thedillio 14y ago
My only big suggestion is to center the album covers and format the text below it a little better. Seems a bit lopsided to me. Seems like a cool project though.
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by thedillio 14y ago
That's an optimistic way of looking at it. I like that perspective. However based on my experiences I feel the article is pretty accurate. I've had a couple of base hits and several more strikeouts. Although lottery is probably not the righ
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by thedillio 14y ago
I agree. Lottery is probably the wrong term.
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by thedillio 14y ago
http://html5boilerplate.com/ is a great choice not yet mentioned. More of a blank slate though so you will need to do some design work. It is responsive in nature which makes formatting for mobile devices easier too.
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by thedillio 14y ago
I agree. I often times try to force through a really tough problem. But I've started to learn of I am unmotivated or stuck it is often better to get out of the building by working out, biking, or running. I have discovered that balance ke
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by thedillio 14y ago
Nights and weekends at first. Then I landed a gig as a network technician, where I had no office. I just got dispatched out whenever a client had a problem. Otherwise I could do pretty much what I wanted and work on my business. If you can

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