Alleyfield

I didn't question whether this book has worked for you or not, it's good if it has and more power to you.

It's about the reader's own attitude towards it. If you really believe in those passages (which, based on the passage, seem to be written like horoscopes) then of course they're going to work for you. Just like horoscopes magically seem to work into every situation.

In my humble honest opinion, advice like "I will persist until I succeed" just creates train wrecks. Especially when repeated 75 times in a month. I also believe that self help books like this one tend to cloud the reader's judgement and inflate their egos - which is not nice.

I mean seriously... That example scroll just seemed kinda tootsy wootsy, some might even say "gay", like in a harry-potter-fantasy-world kind of way.

The alarm will inevitably go off during the wrong moment.

If you try to keep something in your hands (which will make a sound once fallen) you'll get the alarm at the exact moment you strive for.

And here's the first logo of Nokia. It's quite, uhm, interesting compared to what they're doing at the moment, wouldn't you agree http://www.about-nokia.com/images/nokia-logo1.jpg

Besides, it's already quite contaminated so there is a lot of environmental protection going around it.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/BalticSea...

As you can see, there really isn't places for the water to flow back and forth, so it's not a case of "the ocean is going to handle it"

Always consider the context.

Steve knows what's best for Apple. It's his company.

Making multiple versions is not what makes apple's products stand out. It's not something that makes them special. Making multiple versions would dilute Apples core products & business logic.

What kind of an answer did he seriously expect?

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And that's exactly why no one is going to give you that information free even in a friendly community like HN.

this is literally the first hour of research I've put into this.

And in that lies the reason why the person who has the answers views your request as an insult.

Have some understanding for your fellow human being.

Look it up yourself. Somewhere out there people are starving for that knowledge.

And anyway, wouldn't it take the fun out of the journey if someone were to actually answer to your questions?

Just answer to these questions in your business plan: -When can the VC expect profit? -What makes your team/product so special?

If you're going to make a business plan based on a template... Well... How are you going to stand out from all of the other templates?

Now there's these new professors who have been blinded by the boundless possibility of telling too much stuff with powerpoint slides - you can always create another slide to tell everything...

You're like a shy person asking for dating advice.

No one can help you but yourself.

"Idea Tagging"

Okay, the average user has no idea whatsoever of what you're trying to sell. He clicks for more information.

"Allow your users to tag ideas. Top tags are optionally displayed in a tag cloud widget you can drop into your layout."

Now there's more questions than answers.

I'd suggest that you'd keep in mind these two valid concepts:

- Design for people who don't read http://www.joelonsoftware.com/uibook/chapters/fog0000000062....

- You can't tell people anything http://habitatchronicles.com/2004/04/you-cant-tell-people-an...

And time without attention is time wasted.

Ultimately you might find yourself using 24/7 of your time in practicing things - and realizing that you've understood nothing.

And then you're ready to welcome the burnout

So, based on my own (little) experience, my muscles need the long rest that a good night's sleep gives.

And doing "something useful" while commuting... Well ain't there a sure sign for disaster?

Hmm. Now don't get me wrong, but your post seems to be coming from a guy who's heading enthusiastically straight into a total mental burndown...

I believe that BP's pr department consists of old pr people past their prime - people who're still living in a world where there's only a couple of information sources (TV, Newspapers) and they're putting those strategies into use in the modern world...

And the end result?

Endless blog posts about how BP has done an awful job of clearing that mess up

The cliche with a little snippet of code asking the audience to raise hands ("look at us we're such nerds!")... Tasteful.

They spoke a lot but said nothing.

Somehow it's funny to see how the audience might be a little more informed than the presenters... Especially the question at around 23:00 to me seems like a big "fuck you" to the presenters. The sigh at 23.22 sends chills through my spine as the presenter knows that he hasn't got any clue of how to answer to that nerd-question - but he won't be able to admit that because then he wouldn't be such a nerd he thinks he is.

I love it.

Because it's so "IN YOUR FACE" and "made for nerds" I almost get a feeling that the whole thing is a huge insult to every serious hacker out there.

...Especially the flow chart seems so fucking insulting to me. Yaddayaddayaa, yes, every geek likes starwars & light sabers, yes we've read the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, yes, we've seen the back to the future trilogy etc.

In my opinion, funding entrepreneurship shouldn't be about making jokes on stereotypes. We're talking about peoples livelihoods here - not about star wars kids.

I like the idea but not the execution.

...And the art is in the execution.

So you go to a walmart, see the elderly greeters at the door, feel sorry for them, then walk miles just to get the one thing and get back to the cashier to stand in a line...

vs.

You drive near a boutique, you get real personalized service, there's someone to help you all the time if you have any questions, the surrounding is a lot nicer, the whole process of buying that thing is much faster and much more comfortable.

Saying that people who shop boutiques to buy the same things are stupid just conveys a message that you are too constricted in your own scope of cheapness... And that's maybe a bit stupid.

If you're going to sell your work for free... Well, imo, you're making the market of web design worse for every player of that market, which would, consequently, lower the general bar among web design in the long run

But that's a bit far fetched.

The first comment has a point, if you haven't read that article... Well, you should.

Cheers

I might be blunt, but I'm not trying to be rude on purpose

Doesn't the answer lie in the question?

If someone were to speak about the functionalities of the site called facebook - then would using the term "site" make facebook sound less serious?

Make the terms clear at the start of the discussion - argument why you're using a term application instead of a website.

Wouldn't that clear it up?