HNHacker News
TopNewBestAskShowJobs

danieljeff

9 karma · joined September 29, 2012

submissionscomments
danieljeff··on Tracking Joy at Work
He is referencing a famous quote often attributed to W. Edwards Deming. He actually never said it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Edwards_Deming

I've seen it attributed to Peter Drucker as well.

I think the general notion that it is more difficult to improve things that you can't/don't measure is fairly accurate.

danieljeff··on Nutshell SXSW: what $100k gets you
Can you make an attempt at quantifying the ROI? Obviously will be easier to do at +6 months and +12 months but can you speak to your expectations?
danieljeff··on General Assembly Launches Dash, A Tool For Coding Newbies
Learning to code gets more fun, relaxed and personal. I like it.
danieljeff··on Balanced Certified Developer Program with API Xchange
midwest love. :)
danieljeff··on Show HN: QuestionClub.co, an experiment in collaborative blogging
Great idea. Felt a lot of serendipity reading the question and posts. I wrote about roughly the same topic 3 weeks ago.

http://danieljeff.tumblr.com/post/47021993203/5-ways-i-stay-...

Feels great to see similarities and have your inspiration hacks validated by other smart folks. Thanks guys.

danieljeff··on Show HN: 99designs for API integration
"crowdsourcing" might be to buzz-word-ish as well. Just call it a marketplace for custom API integrations.
danieljeff··on Show HN: 99designs for API integration
Frontpage should feature a couple projects to give first time users clear examples of the types of projects you are talking about.
danieljeff··on Show HN: 99designs for API integration
This is a clear explaination of the value for each type of user. The frontpage of the app isn't as clear with the value prop. Put this on the frontpage in 3 big clear points. Great idea overall.
danieljeff··on Ask HN: Was I just offered horrible convertible note terms?
I'm no expert but that sounds pretty bad.

You say you "need" the cash. What do you need it for? At the very early stages you may need cash much less then you think you do. Cash feels like it will remove headaches but you are adding an investor to the mix at terrible terms which could add headaches. Could be a wash.

danieljeff··on Ask HN: Are you still employable after being a founder?
Being employable is generally more about who you know then what you know. If you are just decent at being a founder then the activity of building your business will increase who you know exponentially.

Based on that rational I would say that founders generally become more employable.

danieljeff··on EcoMom Founder Jody Sherman Has Passed Away
Not sure if people are feeling it is somehow unkind to speak about the facts here but for those who wish to know they have been reported by local news in Las Vegas.

http://www.8newsnow.com/story/20784172/ecomom-co-founder-ceo...

So sad.

danieljeff··on Microsoft’s cloud service SkyDrive is great, and no one has noticed
Does anyone know of any stories of Google engaging in this kind of content inspection on Drive? I haven't heard any.

Pretty interesting that Microsofts competitive FUD is that Google is reading your email when it appears that they are doing similar here.