cangrande
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Cheap use of LeBron! Valid points though...
Posted by
cangrande on Thursday July 08, 2010 @03:09PM
from the ask-hn dept.
How could email be better?Right now a lot of people just leave emails unread and then come back to them. This seems inefficient.Does treatment of emails depend on what kind of email you receive? (e.g. facebook messages vs. broadcast emails) Meaning it needs to be split up more?
Isn't this George Costanza's idea?
I don't think so... but it's an interesting question. As you can see from the recent experience of SF in the article, it's clear that they city is using fines to fill it's coffers.
Would a progressive tax on speeding fines be a good idea?
Posted by
cangrande on Wednesday July 07, 2010 @06:21PM
from the online.wsj.com dept.
I don't think it is an issue, plus I'm not sure if it's accurate. Setting aside the automobile industry there are still some extremely successful manufacturing companies in the US.
Eliyahu M. Goldratt wrote an interesting book on the subject in the 1980s.
To what extent are other verticals open to tech innovation as well? Such as the Art market.
Precisely, there has been a habit amongst commentators during period's of recession to trot out the need for protectionism. During the 1980s Japan was the biggest threat, leading to all sorts of political pronouncements and movements, and now it's China.
Thank you! You should see something in the next few months.
Interested to hear people's opinions...
Posted by
cangrande on Monday June 28, 2010 @09:21PM
from the niccolopantucci.com dept.
Good suggestion - thanks. Do you think that should be within the actual screen shots? or underneath (where there is some description)?
That's a good idea. I regularly see people just dropping stuff they don't want to do. One could just create a simple algorithm to work through say a client services team.
Most people will keep to-do lists, many people use paper lists. The reason why so few have been successful or broadly adopted is because they don't cross the email/task/project problem.
Not all task managers are built the same, but the need a solution is ubiquitous.
Looks interesting, will check it out now!
the biggest thing for me that basecamp is missing is email. I would want to have a direct integration into my email, so I can set tasks and organize projects directly from there. I think the likes of producteev and taskforceapp.com are probably on to something.
I'd need to look a little closer but if ARM's P/E is lower than Apple's (which is v.high something like 15x trailing earnings, which for a billion dollar company is high) then ARM is actually dilutive and hence value destroying, for Apple shareholders.
I think the more relevant data point is the FTSE and DOW's bad week/month, and traders desperate to find any good news.
Whether or not the deal strategically makes sense, Apple need to consider it's impact on shareholders.
Union's are only a good idea in situations where collective bargaining is valuable.
I believe that programmers already have such a unique skill, that is extremely un-commoditized, that it seems unnecessary.
I agree, it is coming up a lot. I think it's because, when I'm working; in the same way skype, IM, and email are on my desktop so should a productivity tool.
Thanks - I'll check it out.
That's interesting - do you think there are others that are better suited?
Posted by
cangrande on Wednesday June 02, 2010 @05:15PM
from the self-post dept.
I've been using 37 signal's basecamp during the last few years, and I've become quite frustrated with their product; I'll explain why:1. Basecamp cannot handle email: emails are action items with follow ups and assignments, not timestamped events that can simply be recorded.2. Projects are constantly changing: I will add several documents to any given project, and update them constantly,...