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Re: Don’t Tax Options And RSUs Upon Vesting!

andrewwatson — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 09:58:55 -0000

A very good tool for reaching out to your members of Congress is a project I've worked on called ResistBot. Text "resist" to 50409 or go to http://resistbot.io/ to learn more.

ResistBot will have a conversation with you over SMS, FB, Telegram etc and then turn it into faxes, letters and emails to your elected representatives.

Re: PRPL Blog

andrewwatson — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 16:27:38 -0000

you have a syntax error in gifn-feed.html on line 45 because of an extra backtick.

Re: Setting Go variables from the outside

andrewwatson — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 11:26:07 -0000

we do that too so that we can go back and branch off that commit for a hotfix later!

Re: LTE in the WiFi Spectrum

andrewwatson — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 12:23:14 -0000

The value in licensed spectrum is FCC enforcement (stiff civil and criminal penalties) when people infringe on it or interfere with it. I'm interested to see how they pull this off but I'm not sure how they can meet FCC requirements for availability with frequencies they can't police.

Re: Code Execution: Where Are the Clouds Headed?

andrewwatson — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:10:42 -0000

I think it's fascinating how the smallest unit of computing power keeps changing. First, we found ways to virtualize entire machines, then containers and now with AWS Lambda you can dynamically execute individual functions. It's amazing to see a report showing how many milliseconds of execution time you will be billed for.

Re: Code Execution: Where Are the Clouds Headed?

andrewwatson — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:07:35 -0000

Technology that protects the data at rest, like what we're building at Ionic Security, goes a long way to make these platforms safer to use.

Re: Sprint to sunset Clearwire’s WiMax network late next year

andrewwatson — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 15:38:16 -0000

Nov 2015 is 180 days away?

Re: On Anonymous Apps | Force of Good

andrewwatson — Fri, 02 May 2014 00:08:12 -0000

So, ironically enough, most of my discussions around Yik Yak have been on Rumr (http://rumrapp.com/) but that's mostly due to random circumstance. At least on Rumr you can see who is in the room, even if you don't know who said a particular thing.

I downloaded Yik Yak after our discussion and opened it. Then I closed it and un-installed it. I see no reason it should exist in this form. One person in our Rumr room said it was "the digital equivalent of gas station bathroom wall".

As a parent of a 14yr old girl, the damage that can be done by handing out this type of digital megaphone is horrifying. I can't believe this application is still available after all that's happened since this app launched.

Also, having tried to start a company that worked to help developers comply with the law (COPPA) and help parents protect their children in online environments, it shocks me how blatantly some applications just ignore the law entirely. Yik Yak, Watt Pad and others simply allow someone to install an application, create a handle or identity and begin submitting content. None of them have any controls for age verification, parental consent or abuse management. None of them prevent a young child from sharing identifiable information with total strangers.

Think about that.

While the original intent of Yik Yak might have been noble in its intentions, it was also completely naive and obtuse to not predict how it would be used in real life by human beings with dirty, nasty little minds. It's time to end this thought experiment before something truly awful happens as a result.

Re: IFTTT Needs Webhooks, Stat : jazzychad's blog

andrewwatson — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 00:13:37 -0000

So I'm guessing they never added it?

Re: Hangouts and SMS

andrewwatson — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 13:09:52 -0000

more like the canary in the coal mine :)

Re: Hangouts and SMS

andrewwatson — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 09:31:29 -0000

I tried it mostly because it insisted. I ditched it because it wasn't notifying me about new messages. I mean of all the features a message app should get right ...

Re: Takeaways From Georgia Angels Meeting | Force of Good: a blog by Lance Weatherby

andrewwatson — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 21:54:35 -0000

The A to B leap is a lot trickier, it seems (although, ours went pretty well... ) because you have to deal with the expectations of your A investors and all the current measurements (traction, revenue etc) have much higher targets to hit. Also, I think, you have to show them the star charts and project much further into your future than you might be ready to...

If only I'd gotten to the A round with OtherNumber I could speak with more authority on the matter...

Re: Improving Email Productivity | Force of Good: a blog by Lance Weatherby

andrewwatson — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 14:58:23 -0000

The version it posts to FB is way harder to read. It loses all the formatting somehow...

Re: Improving Email Productivity | Force of Good: a blog by Lance Weatherby

andrewwatson — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 09:35:35 -0000

Ironically, I just subscribed to your blog via email via MailChimp which I didn't even know was possible except that MC posted your latest message on FaceBook. :)

Regardless, There are various tools to help you purge your subscriptions but have always just opted for the manual route myself. Anything that requires more than a couple of clicks or a username/password to unsubscribe from gets flagged as spam and I let GMail sort it out.

And... I just noticed the huge widget at the top of your site on the right hand side that says

"Enter your email address to receive notifications of new blog posts by email."

My bad.

Re: Gopher Academy Blog

andrewwatson — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 11:10:38 -0000

This looks really helpful. I've been bothered by lack of a good solution to this factor for a while now but never sat down to noodle out a solution. I'm wondering how easy this is to transfer to AppEngine...

Re: How being hacked impacted our startup’s key metrics

andrewwatson — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 09:24:59 -0000

If you're still outsourcing your database to a third party I'm not using your service. If I had known you were doing that before I'd have never signed up in the first place.

Re: Tech Dress Code In The South | Force of Good: a blog by Lance Weatherby

andrewwatson — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 17:19:54 -0000

If I liked wearing suits and ties I'd get a job at normal company filling out tps reports.

Re: AngelList Syndicates: Three Examples of Their Powerful Future

andrewwatson — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:49:15 -0000

makes sense, match the company to the firm with the right risk profile etc...

Re: Doing It Wrong | Force of Good: a blog by Lance Weatherby

andrewwatson — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 18:27:13 -0000

Ah. Missed that line. Reading on my phone!

Re: Doing It Wrong | Force of Good: a blog by Lance Weatherby

andrewwatson — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 18:23:20 -0000

Which number says to write short posts?

Re: Favorite Atlanta Tech Blogs | Force of Good: a blog by Lance Weatherby

andrewwatson — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 09:20:09 -0000

I thought you were going to stop referring to your blog as FoG :-)

Re: Feature Friday: Checking In Your Friend

andrewwatson — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 09:34:55 -0000

Does this replace the thing where when I check-in at the same place as my friend and share that on twitter that it mentions them without me having any control over it?

Re: Should Instagram Turn Twitter Cards Back On?

andrewwatson — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 10:50:49 -0000

It would reflect horribly on them if they blocked it but Twitter's used to blowback so who knows!

Re: Should Instagram Turn Twitter Cards Back On?

andrewwatson — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 23:37:35 -0000

Is it completely up to Instagram? Like you mentioned, Twitter might have to approve as well.

Personally, I hardly ever looked at people's instagrams anyway and once the cards were turned off I pretty much stopped completely. Even with instagram installed on my phone i don't like how it takes me into another app to look at a photo. Silly.

Re: Just ask for What you Want

andrewwatson — Mon, 06 May 2013 08:19:50 -0000

Noah Kagan would be proud of you!