WriteYourRep

Immoral is a difficult judgement to make. But it is asymmetrically advantageous to the business.

The business can go anywhere to look for employees, an employee can't move to SE Asia and work at Foxconn.

This is not outsourcing, its geographical arbitrage. Barriers to the current employees make this possible.

Love my iPad. I use it at home exclusively. But I've found that my tablet is limited to only consumption. I can't stand coding or writing on it and really only use it for internet browsing and book reading.

Pure guess -- they may take a loss or zero profit on some items in exchange for having a wider selection available.

If google allowed paid links that passed on page rank, SEO instantly becomes pay to play. Preventing a situation where it only takes money to rank is in Google's best interest because it promotes a healthy internet ecosystem.

Studied economics in college. The two books we read on information economics were Rethinking the Network Economy by S J Liebowitz and Information Rules by Varian and Shapiro.

I found Information Rules to be the superior text. They are both around 10 years old however, something more current may be more desirable.

I'm working on https://writeyourrep.org

We mail a real letter to your representatives in congress. The growing disconnect between congress and citizenry is disconcerting. We make it easier to have a voice in policy.

We've partnered with a few groups for letter writing campaigns and see a little organic traffic as well.

This is really neat. What powers the corrections? I was stunned by the results of the paragraph about Shackleton.

Thanks for the feedback.

The letter lists the name (The Innovation Act) and HR for reference. The SR is yet to be determined. As soon as I find that information, the letter will be updated.

As always, you can mail a postal letter to your Senator in moments from your computer.

https://writeyourrep.org/patentreform/

It comes out to less than $1/letter.

I built the site because the only way to get what you want is by voicing that you want it. It's especially important presently due to an increasing disconnect between Congress and citizens. Our system of government functions best with a politically active population. Otherwise the will of the people is impossible to express and the laws become the will of the few.

I've mailed several letters to lawmakers and it's a tedious process, but ultimately necessary as letters actually stand out, while email blends into the noise. Removing the encumbrance of mailing the letter enables participation in government, something I believe in very strongly.

I have https://writeyourrep.org I started it in January and the total revenue is $800 or so. We've sent about 500 letters to congress so far.

I worked my way through university from 2006-2010. I was able to pay for my freshman year due to a gift from grandparents and random saving (2005-2006). Spring 2006 I got a full time job with the university. I worked for the school because they give great benefits to full time employees. My tuition was cut from ~6k/semester to ~2k.

I was making more than minimum wage, nearly double at the time at $13/hour. This helped, but I kept everything cheap. My apartment was $300/mo, phone, food, and insurance was less than $400. That left me with nearly $1000 left each month.

It wasn't easy and it wasn't glamourous. I worked 8-5 every day and went to class in the evenings until 8 or 9.

Great stuff, very clean and intuitive UI. Can you make the map scroll down the page as I scroll down?

Thank you for the feedback. I was concerned about there not being enough explanation on that as well. I will take time over the weekend to shift this around a bit. I appreciate you taking a look at the application.