I didn't know that. Mustafa Ilhan was his real name, not John Ilhan. There you go.
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Also, I've never liked flashy sales people. They may say all the right things, but to me this isn't sales. Sales is relationships. Anyone can sell something once and be unlikely to sell to the client again. A good salesperson will not only sell the product, but also build the relationship. This is vital.
Finally, most sales people believe they can sell anything, irrespective of what it is and therefore put no effort into learning their product. As mahmud mentioned, product knowledge is key. If they aren't willing to learn your product inside out, they aren't in it for the long run. Ask them about the last product they sold and ask for details on it. If they can only name base specs etc, they don't have the attention to detail required.
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This has made major headlines in the Australian press and has raised concerns about the education systems ability to deal with student depression and the effects of it. Copy cat behaviour has been suggested also.
Unfortunately, apart from the obvious grief the students have experienced, they have also had to put up with TV crews trying to enter the school and taking every opportunity to speak with students who are quite likely not equipped to deal with the difficult circumstances they are faced with.
I guess I should note that this isn't true for all artists, but for artists like Radiohead, buying a single off one of their albums would only tell a small part of a grand story.
I guess I always knew the day would come where Radiohead stop producing albums, I had just hoped it would be a lot further away.
Gmail is a class act when it comes to web apps.
I don't have stats to back this up, but I would assume that Windows has an incredibly high percentage or pirated installs (given their attempts to combat this) and pricing is a big factor in this.
Social engineering is the new wave of security breaches and it would seem that strict password policies etc are just as important as an intrusion proof system/network.
Please note: This doesn't mean I will enjoy you spamming non-stop or endlessly RTing celebs. Your choice though and my choice not to follow.
I think the article has a good message for developers, especially that the old rule of 'Eat your own dog food' is of utmost importance. If you don't use your product, how can you know what your customers experience is like?
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As another poster mentioned though, the white MacBook is a replacement for the iBook and built to a lower quality therefore.
I personally know of several people who have recently purchased iPhones and the App store was a major consideration for them.
I found the best way to find new people to follow is to visit the profile pages of people I find interesting and see who they are conversing with. This way my twitter stream is not filled with @replies that are less relevant to me.
I guess my point is things like Gmail, flickr, last.fm etc would struggle to exist on subscription only. Perhaps we can do without them all though?
Also, I agree with the poster below with regard to finding content these days, it can be tedious. A search on a subject can find pages of aggregators, e-commerce sites and little in the way of true content. I don't find this the norm, but it happens.
If there were no advertising on the web, I can't help but feel it would still be nothing more than a large internet newsgroup/forum without much that makes it the rich experience it is today.
Flight Control is an excellent example of this.
Perhaps it's time to take a little more care with this particular activity.
Whilst I agree with you, it should be noted most people thought the CNNbrk account was CNN until yesterday (and only now it actually is). That's 900,000+ people who had verified it.
In a similar fashion, I learnt left and right because I 'write with my right hand'. I still run through this in my head to this day.
I rarely use the streaming radio, save for times when I don't have my iTunes library close by. My main use of last.fm is the statistics and play counts it keeps. I know I get that for free, but for €3/month it's a small enough amount to give them something for creating a great service that I use daily.