That is a very succinct summary, thank you for that. I was actually asking about this from the opposite person's perspective. I didn't catch the "in sales" part -- did I just miss that, or am I missing a larger context…
Interesting links. I'd never heard of Mr. Ringer, or his theory before this. My simplistic understanding of his 3 types theory is this: "In summation, I realized that no matter how a guy came on, he would, in the final…
My roommate is a doctor, and I've been having some discussions on this topic lately. The biggest concept is to use technology to support the existing dr's workflow. This can vary, a lot, between different types of…
It does a good job of being brief and describing what uberzet allows me to do. However, it feels fairly sparse, and it doesn't tell me what uberzet is. Is it a web app? Is it a page for me that i can send other people…
Can you help me understand the contempt you have for the Zynga games? I don't play, myself, but I do understand that the games exploit (negative? compulsive?) psychology, and they've used unethical business strategies.…
On the other hand, equity compensation in a startup is also based on the riskiness of the equity. Even if an employee is not that "valuable", they should still not have the original terms of their agreements altered. [I…
You could make sure that the requesting page is on your domain.
I 100% agree, when you're talking about the ads that are aired a hundred times a day on syndicated television. Then again, the shows are terrible, so I suppose it's fitting that the ads match. However, what about…
You are right -- there are some neat aspects to this model. However, it also tends to devalue the work invested by the analysts. They are doing the work for essentially a lottery ticket -- winner take all. That's the…
One other use case is if you have significantly different weather conditions a short distance from one another. I live near the coastal mountains; a 20 minute drive could take me from nice and sunny to cold and rainy.…
If you are really concerned about raising prices (I wouldn't be; I think you should raise them across the board), you could try just charging new clients/users the higher rate. Adds complexity to your system, however.…
One aspect of self service that I particularly like is the alignment of incentives. I'm incentivized to bag my groceries / deposit my checks quickly, because I want to get out of there. Employees (esp. in low end…
Agreed, 100%. I've actually bundled a Wordpress install with the necessary plugins and libs (google analytics, basic survey abilities, a/b testing harness). This makes it super easy for me to spin up an ec2 or linode…
It'll be interesting to see how foreign laws (specifically, EU laws regarding privacy) affect taxes. Will future facebooks decide to not incorporate in the EU in order to avoid their (more) stringent privacy protection…
I did miss that link in the article, thanks for the reply and answer.
This is a very interesting article, as I'd heard references to SPDY before, but didn't know what it was. However, I am bothered by the fact that this is a piece on performance yet it contains no hard data. Without…
I think it has to develop. You can't slap it on like it's a feature, because authenticity is one of the most important components of personality/voice. I basically try to avoid squashing the personality. Just by not…
I personally know this to be false. Over 2 years ago, I deleted my facebook account. Approximately 6 months later, I accidentally got auto logged in by LastPass when I clicked a link and ended up on the FB login page.…
I use google apps to host my email for my company, with all emails backed up to our server. Why is that foolish?
You cannot guarantee or expect search result placement. Period. In addition, rankings are always in flux, and require additional work to remain well ranked. Do you expect the provider to continue to work on your SEO…
What if it's not a binary (advertising works/ doesn't work)? In my view, part of Google's success is they allowed advertisers (as well as self serve businesses) to better measure the ROI from the advertising. In other…
Why can't we focus on correcting injustice for its own sake, rather than picking teams? [Not so much directed at you; I've found this discussing very thought provoking. More directed at "everyone" waves hands that seems…
This isn't a one size fits all type question, or one that somebody can really give good advice on without knowing the details of the situation. Here's what I would ask myself: - is your market very diverse (e.g. is it…
Ignoring the concerns about AES256 cyphers for this response... The site that I use for my passwords is called Clipperz. (www.clipperz.com/beta). They encrypt everything in JS like the others, but they've fully released…
You should work on your copy on the main page. It isn't clear exactly what the app does. You discuss what it is (a way to get comments from another group), but I had trouble trying to picture exactly how it works. As…
That is a very succinct summary, thank you for that. I was actually asking about this from the opposite person's perspective. I didn't catch the "in sales" part -- did I just miss that, or am I missing a larger context…
Interesting links. I'd never heard of Mr. Ringer, or his theory before this. My simplistic understanding of his 3 types theory is this: "In summation, I realized that no matter how a guy came on, he would, in the final…
My roommate is a doctor, and I've been having some discussions on this topic lately. The biggest concept is to use technology to support the existing dr's workflow. This can vary, a lot, between different types of…
It does a good job of being brief and describing what uberzet allows me to do. However, it feels fairly sparse, and it doesn't tell me what uberzet is. Is it a web app? Is it a page for me that i can send other people…
Can you help me understand the contempt you have for the Zynga games? I don't play, myself, but I do understand that the games exploit (negative? compulsive?) psychology, and they've used unethical business strategies.…
On the other hand, equity compensation in a startup is also based on the riskiness of the equity. Even if an employee is not that "valuable", they should still not have the original terms of their agreements altered. [I…
You could make sure that the requesting page is on your domain.
I 100% agree, when you're talking about the ads that are aired a hundred times a day on syndicated television. Then again, the shows are terrible, so I suppose it's fitting that the ads match. However, what about…
You are right -- there are some neat aspects to this model. However, it also tends to devalue the work invested by the analysts. They are doing the work for essentially a lottery ticket -- winner take all. That's the…
One other use case is if you have significantly different weather conditions a short distance from one another. I live near the coastal mountains; a 20 minute drive could take me from nice and sunny to cold and rainy.…
If you are really concerned about raising prices (I wouldn't be; I think you should raise them across the board), you could try just charging new clients/users the higher rate. Adds complexity to your system, however.…
One aspect of self service that I particularly like is the alignment of incentives. I'm incentivized to bag my groceries / deposit my checks quickly, because I want to get out of there. Employees (esp. in low end…
Agreed, 100%. I've actually bundled a Wordpress install with the necessary plugins and libs (google analytics, basic survey abilities, a/b testing harness). This makes it super easy for me to spin up an ec2 or linode…
It'll be interesting to see how foreign laws (specifically, EU laws regarding privacy) affect taxes. Will future facebooks decide to not incorporate in the EU in order to avoid their (more) stringent privacy protection…
I did miss that link in the article, thanks for the reply and answer.
This is a very interesting article, as I'd heard references to SPDY before, but didn't know what it was. However, I am bothered by the fact that this is a piece on performance yet it contains no hard data. Without…
I think it has to develop. You can't slap it on like it's a feature, because authenticity is one of the most important components of personality/voice. I basically try to avoid squashing the personality. Just by not…
I personally know this to be false. Over 2 years ago, I deleted my facebook account. Approximately 6 months later, I accidentally got auto logged in by LastPass when I clicked a link and ended up on the FB login page.…
I use google apps to host my email for my company, with all emails backed up to our server. Why is that foolish?
You cannot guarantee or expect search result placement. Period. In addition, rankings are always in flux, and require additional work to remain well ranked. Do you expect the provider to continue to work on your SEO…
What if it's not a binary (advertising works/ doesn't work)? In my view, part of Google's success is they allowed advertisers (as well as self serve businesses) to better measure the ROI from the advertising. In other…
Why can't we focus on correcting injustice for its own sake, rather than picking teams? [Not so much directed at you; I've found this discussing very thought provoking. More directed at "everyone" waves hands that seems…
This isn't a one size fits all type question, or one that somebody can really give good advice on without knowing the details of the situation. Here's what I would ask myself: - is your market very diverse (e.g. is it…
Ignoring the concerns about AES256 cyphers for this response... The site that I use for my passwords is called Clipperz. (www.clipperz.com/beta). They encrypt everything in JS like the others, but they've fully released…
You should work on your copy on the main page. It isn't clear exactly what the app does. You discuss what it is (a way to get comments from another group), but I had trouble trying to picture exactly how it works. As…