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Re:Pachter To Overworked Devs: 'Find Another Profession' on Monday July 25, 2011 @07:35PM (#2805220)
Three to six months is an acceptable period of 'crunch time'? That's just shitty planning.
Re:How AirBnB Became a Billion Dollar Company on Tuesday May 31, 2011 @11:15PM (#2605798)
They said they didn't want to be contacted. It isn't up to others to decide that they are a special case. Any marketer would find the wiggle room to make their email a special case.
Re:This Tech Bubble Is Different on Friday April 15, 2011 @02:35AM (#2449644)
"The four most expensive words in the English language are 'this time it's different.'" - John Templeton
My buzzword at work this week is going to be F-commerce.
Re:Fab.com | Groupon clone for great design products on Thursday March 24, 2011 @09:50AM (#2364039)
Heads up this is a 'pivot' - the initial site was a social network for gay men called Fabulis. They then rebranded to artsy/design discounts. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Re:Entreporn, The Fallacy That Wastes Your Life on Wednesday March 23, 2011 @07:37PM (#2362013)
Exactly. There's an existing media ecosystem to support these types of companies that perpetuates itself.
Why not just write a WordPress plugin that does the same thing and focus on building out the membership?
Re:Are we getting close to time travel? on Wednesday March 16, 2011 @01:29PM (#2332944)
No.
Re:Dubai on Empty on Saturday March 12, 2011 @08:01PM (#2317941)
But failed hubris is in their usual scope.
Re:The mistakes I made in Quora on Monday January 31, 2011 @08:51AM (#2161408)
It's the people not the software? >shudders< ;)
Re:The mistakes I made in Quora on Monday January 31, 2011 @08:50AM (#2161406)
I'm just glad we didn't kill Piggy.
Re:Why I was wrong about Quora as a blogging service on Sunday January 30, 2011 @12:49PM (#2158545)
So he's mad he can't be The Star?
Re:Will Facebook ever be rid of the Winklevoss twins? on Friday January 14, 2011 @12:50PM (#2104523)
They aren't familiar with not getting what they want.
Re:Blogging Forefather Seeks to Re-Invent Blogging, Again on Thursday January 06, 2011 @12:32AM (#2074171)
He thinks he invented cross-posting?
Re:Dude, WordPress needs a rewrite. on Sunday January 02, 2011 @11:23PM (#2062065)
This is a very important point and really takes into account a lot of WordPress's growth.
Re:Dude, WordPress needs a rewrite. on Sunday January 02, 2011 @11:22PM (#2062064)
Yeah I'm sure they'll get right on that.