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abreckle··on Why we built our core engineering team outside of the SF Bay Area
Not necessarily true, i know entry level engineers earning well above $100k in the Bay Area who are barely getting by because they are paying $5-$6/mo in rent alone which is post-tax.
abreckle··on Ask HN: Recommendations for Peer to Peer Frameworks?
+1 for Blockstack
abreckle··on Show HN: Blink – an iphone app for creating memes out of screenshots
Try again now, we had a temporary maintenance outage.
abreckle··on Show HN: Blink – an iphone app for creating memes out of screenshots
For those who are curious, we explain a bit more how it works here: http://blink.am/help
abreckle··on Show HN: Blink – an iphone app for creating memes out of screenshots
Kindoff...except it doesn't have the standard tools (arrows, text color customization) that you'd expect from a tool for PM's like Skitch. What you will find other features that help preserve context (hotlink blink & selective highlight/crop) and make sharing ad-hoc screenshots faster (blink instant) and more fun (scalable emojis).
abreckle··on Show HN: Blink – an iphone app for creating memes out of screenshots
Oneshot is great for sharing a snippet of an article via Twitter. Blink is aimed at everything else, providing a way to share content from any app anywhere.
abreckle··on How Design Thinking Transformed Airbnb Into a Billion Dollar Business
Great article. Joe really nails it. I wrote about an early experience with them, and the resulting lessons learned from watching their evolution here https://medium.com/@adambreckler/its-like-craigslist-but-bet...
abreckle··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2014)
Visual.ly - San Francisco, CA is looking for a seasoned Growth Hacker.

Are you are excited about growth? And like problem solving? Help us build scale out our customer acquisition channels in 2014 and learn a ton in the process! Note: While this is a development role, you will report to the Growth Team The job: You contribute to the code on each level of the stack working closely with designers and fellow developers. You show an eagerness to learn and a thirst for knowledge. You are comfortable context switching from project to project.

You are equally comfortable talking with Marketing/Business folks as with Developers and can speak both languages. Us We're a small team of people who are dedicated and have a passion for data visualizations and infographics. We're nimble. That means we're following a user-centered approach; we value people's feedback and iterate quickly. You You have an outstanding understanding of how all layers of the stack interact You are knowledgable and experienced with the following languages, Javascript, PHP, HTML, API's. You are experienced working with MySQL databases You are well versed in the latest internet marketing techniques as well as standards (seo/sem/email) You are able to think creatively to solve marketing/distribution challenges to unlock new growth channels.

Curious? Get in touch! Jobs+growth@visual.ly

abreckle··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2014)
Visual.ly - San Francisco, CA is looking for a seasoned Growth Hacker. Are you are excited about growth? And like problem solving? Help us build scale out our customer acquisition channels in 2014 and learn a ton in the process! Note: While this is a development role, you will report to the Growth Team The job: You contribute to the code on each level of the stack working closely with designers and fellow developers. You show an eagerness to learn and a thirst for knowledge. You are comfortable context switching from project to project. You are equally comfortable talking with Marketing/Business folks as with Developers and can speak both languages. Us We're a small team of people who are dedicated and have a passion for data visualizations and infographics. We're nimble. That means we're following a user-centered approach; we value people's feedback and iterate quickly. You You have an outstanding understanding of how all layers of the stack interact You are knowledgable and experienced with the following languages, Javascript, PHP, HTML, API's. You are experienced working with MySQL databases You are well versed in the latest internet marketing techniques as well as standards (seo/sem/email) You are able to think creatively to solve marketing challenges to unlock new growth channels.

Curious? Get in touch! Jobs+growth@visual.ly

abreckle··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2013)
Visual.ly - San Francisco, CA is looking for a seasoned Growth Hacker. You like working on the bleeding edge? You are comfortable whipping up code for the front-end and back-end? You are excited about growth? And like problem solving? Help us build scale out our customer acquisition and learn a ton in the process! Note: While this is a development role, you will report to the Growth Team

The job You contribute to the code on each level of the stack working closely with designers and fellow developers. You show an eagerness to learn and a thirst for knowledge. You are comfortable context switching from project to project.

You are equally comfortable talking with Marketing/Business folks as with Developers and can speak both languages.

Us We're a small team of people who are dedicated and have a passion for data visualizations and infographics. We're nimble. That means we're following a user-centered approach; we value people's feedback and iterate quickly.

You You have an outstanding understanding of how all layers of the stack interact You are knowledgable and experienced with the following languages, Javascript, PHP, HTML, API's. You are experienced working with MySQL databases You are well versed in the latest internet marketing techniques as well as standards (seo/sem/email) You are able to think creatively to solve marketing challenges to unlock new growth channels.

Curious? Get in touch! Jobs+growth@visual.ly

abreckle··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2013)
Visual.ly - San Francisco, California (Growth Hacker)

We're looking for a seasoned Full-Time(Lead) Growth Hacker to take our Growth team to the next level

The role is 70% Development, 15% Marketing 15% Data & Analytics.

Please apply at jobs+growth [at] visual.ly

abreckle··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2013)
Visual.ly is hiring Remote/Freelance data visualization developers, designers and PM's to work on dynamic data-driven infographics.

Information Designer: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6310240

D3 Hacker: http://visual.ly/about/jobs/d3-hacker

Interactive Project Manager: http://visual.ly/about/jobs/pm

abreckle··on Ask HN: What unwanted domain names are you sitting on?
COUPONSESAME.COM

GETMOJITO.COM

GROWTHHACKER.ES

JUMPSAVE.COM

PRICEBRITE.COM

SALLVO.COM

STARTUPECONOMICS.COM

TALKSEND.COM

ZIPHIRE.COM

ZONKBOX.COM

Contact me at HNname + 'r' at gmail.com if you are interested in any of these domains.

abreckle··on Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (October 2012)
Visual.ly - San Francisco - non-technical position

Visual.ly is looking for an amazing project manager to join our team. You would be primarily responsible for ensuring the success of projects that take place on our infographic platform.

Apply via email: http://visual.ly/about/jobs/

abreckle··on Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (October 2012)
Visual.ly, San Francisco, CA

The Position: Web Developer Intern

Us: We're a small team of people who are dedicated and have a passion for data visualizations and infographics. We're nimble. That means we're following a user-centered approach; we value people's feedback and iterate quickly. You: You contribute to the code on each level of the stack working closely with designers and fellow developers. You show an eagerness to learn and a thirst for knowledge. You are comfortable context switching from project to project. Help us build the next generation visualization software as a state-of-the art web application. Interested parties can apply by emailing us through our website, http://visual.ly/about/jobs

abreckle··on Show HN: Top HN Growth Hackers
Growth Hacker == A person who use's growth hacks to increase the distribution of their product or service.

http://www.quora.com/growth-hacks

abreckle··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2012)
SEEKING FREELANCER

Visual.ly is looking for a part-time (contract) d3 hacker to join our team. You like working on the bleeding edge? You are excited about data? And like problem solving? As a D3 Hacker, you will be tasked with integrating new and managing existing data sources, both via API's (like twitter and facebook) and unstructured data sets (csv's and google docs) for 20% of your time. You will also be responsible for hacking together visualizations with d3.js for 80% of your time.

Apply via email: http://visual.ly/about/jobs/d3-hacker

abreckle··on Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (August 2012)
Visual.ly, San Francisco, The Position: Growth Hacker

Intern Visual.ly is looking for a growth hacker in training. Do you like working on the bleeding edge? Are you comfortable whipping up code for the front-end and back-end and measuring it's impact on growth? Are you excited about data and analytics? Do you follow leading growth hackers like Andrew Chen and Sean Ellis? Help us grow our data visualization community and platform to the next level.

Note: This is a developer position but requires someone with experience with web analytics as well as some type of marketing background. Contact us through the job listing on our website.

http://visual.ly/about/jobs/growth-hacker-intern

abreckle··on Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (August 2012)
Visual.ly, San Francisco, CA The Position: Growth Hacker Intern Visual.ly is looking for a growth hacker in training. Do you like working on the bleeding edge? Are you comfortable whipping up code for the front-end and back-end and measuring it's impact on growth? Are you excited about data and analytics? Do you follow leading growth hackers like Andrew Chen and Sean Ellis? Help us grow our data visualization community and platform to the next level. Note: This is a developer position but requires someone with experience with web analytics as well as some type of marketing background. Contact us through the job listing on our website http://visual.ly/about/jobs/growth-hacker-intern
abreckle··on Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (August 2012)
Visual.ly, San Francisco, CA

The Position: Growth Hacker Intern

Visual.ly is looking for a growth hacker in training. Do you like working on the bleeding edge? Are you comfortable whipping up code for the front-end and back-end and measuring it's impact on growth? Are you excited about data and analytics? Do you follow leading growth hackers like Andrew Chen and Sean Ellis? Help us grow our data visualization community and platform to the next level.

Note: This is a developer position but requires someone with experience with web analytics as well as some type of marketing background.

Contact us through the job listing on our website http://visual.ly/about/jobs/growth-hacker-intern

abreckle··on Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (August 2012)
Visual.ly, San Francisco, CA

The Position: Web Developer Intern

Us: We're a small team of people who are dedicated and have a passion for data visualizations and infographics. We're nimble. That means we're following a user-centered approach; we value people's feedback and iterate quickly.

You: You contribute to the code on each level of the stack working closely with designers and fellow developers. You show an eagerness to learn and a thirst for knowledge. You are comfortable context switching from project to project. Help us build the next generation visualization software as a state-of-the art web application.

Interested parties can apply by emailing us through our website, http://visual.ly/about/jobs

abreckle··on Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (July 2012)
San Francisco, CA, Full time. H1B okay.

Visual.ly is hiring entrepreneurial front and back-end hackers with experience in the following: Python/Flask/MongoDB, Javascript/jQuery/Backbone.js/Less/CSS3. Check out our launch video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiVKfNeRbPQ

More information here: http://visual.ly/about/jobs

abreckle··on Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (October 2011)
Visual.ly is a funded startup hiring full-time developers in San Francisco, CA

http://visual.ly

We are building a next generation data visualization platform and are looking for front-end and full-stack developers with demonstrated expertise in all or many of the following to round out our engineering team. 5+ years javascript, we use Backbone.js, jQuery, HTML5 and SVG.

http://visual.ly/about/jobs/

abreckle··on Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (September 2011)
San Francisco, CA Visual.ly

We are small and nimble team building a consumer-friendly data visualization tool and are looking for few front-end hackers with demonstrated expertise in all or many of the following and a passion for data visualization to round out our core engineering team.

* Javascript, Backbone.js & jQuery * CSS3 * HTML5 * SVG

Learn more: http://visual.ly/about/jobs

abreckle··on Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (August 2011)
Visual.ly, in San Francisco, CA

http://visual.ly

We are building a next generation data visualization platform and are looking for front-end hackers with demonstrated expertise in all or many of the following to round out our engineering team. 5+ years javascript hacking experience, we use Backbone.js, jQuery, HTML5 and SVG.

http://visually.jobscore.com/jobs/visually/lead-ui-engineer/...

abreckle··on Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (July 2011)
San Francisco, CA Visual.ly

We are building a next generation data visualization platform and are looking for few front-end hackers with demonstrated expertise in all or many of the following and a passion for data visualization to round out our core engineering team.

* Javascript, Backbone.js & jQuery * CSS3 * HTML5 * SVG

Click here to apply: http://visually.jobscore.com/list

abreckle··on Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (July 2011)
Visual.ly, in San Francisco, CA We are building a next generation data visualization platform and are looking for front-end hackers with demonstrated expertise in all or many of the following to round out our engineering team. 5+ years javascript experience, we use backbone.js, jQuery, HTML5 and SVG.

Apply here if interested: http://visually.jobscore.com/jobs/visually/lead-ui-engineer/...

abreckle··on Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (May 2011)
San Francisco, CA

Visual.ly is hiring front and back-end developers with experience in the following: Python/Django/MongoDB, Javascript/jQuery/Backbone.js.

Check out our launch video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiVKfNeRbPQ Apply online: http://visually.jobscore.com

abreckle··on A News Feed for your site's Google Analytics
What you are describing is similar to the 'intelligence' feature in GA.
abreckle··on Ask HN: What other low-probability high-impact events are we ignoring?
Most low-probability, high-impact events are un-predictable by definition. Only in hindsight do they appear obvious. This has to do with many factors such as the narrative fallacy and confirmation bias, which Taleb describes as the Black Swan.

That being said, here a few high-impact (moderately low probability) events that could be on the horizon.

* Northern California Earthquake * Israel v Iran Nuclear Conflict that triggers WW3 * Singularity

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