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Re: Is Ziply Fiber currently down? Live Status and Outage Reports | ServicesDown 2020

blog364 — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 17:09:46 -0000

Really bad service for the last few days. Some websites load some don't. Same with apps on my iPhone/iPad not working due to network connectivity issues

Re: Zynga now lets advertisers have their own levels in its games

blog364 — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 12:33:02 -0000

Product placement in blockbuster Hollywood movies has been a great marketing channel for brands for decades and has been quite successful (when properly implemented) in games before. I'm surprised it took Zynga this long to see the potential!

Re: InstallRails

blog364 — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 16:24:39 -0000

I have a completely different version (see attached image). Is it safe to continue?

Re: Comedian Robin Williams dead, sheriff says

blog364 — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 20:02:28 -0000

Nanu nanu Robin!

Thank you for all the laughter!

Re: Avril Lavigne Gets A Skrillex Haircut And Struggles With EDM In “Hello Kitty”

blog364 — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 12:47:55 -0000

WTF? I'm sorry I had to put my eyes and ears through that....

Re: WhatsApp reportedly turned down a $10B offer from Google | VentureBeat | Deals | by Devindra Hardawar

blog364 — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 12:04:50 -0000

Ok can we now agree that we ARE on a bubble? ;)

Re: Silicon Valley both slams and supports PayPal president | VentureBeat | Business | by Jordan Novet

blog364 — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 12:43:51 -0000

Big.... BIG change in tone and understanding once a few comments that were taken out of context get put back in it.

Yes, a bit harsh of an email but understandable. I'd feel the same way, even if I'm not the CEO and just a Product Manager. I want to work with people that truly believe on what we are working on and are committed to do whatever it takes to make it better.

I also think that some of David's comments and ideas are probably driven by all the articles in the last few months about how Jack Dorsey and the folks up at Square go about using and testing their products out on the while (also a strong signal that the team at Square is in full alignment towards a common goal)

As a CEO you need to have passion to lead, inspire and motivate and I think does where David's intentions. I'd rather deal with a CEO with strong personality than one with non at all.

Re: Want to use Snapchat? You'll need to pass this security test first | VentureBeat | Security | by Meghan Kelly

blog364 — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 16:11:05 -0000

All of the sudden the $3BB offer from FB starts to turn into a big OOPS!

Re: Execs Who Can't Attract Former Coworkers Are Red Flags

blog364 — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 11:50:30 -0000

Another point to be made is that you are putting the "burden of proof" on the candidate by saying that they need to prove their greatness by showing that they can attract follower.

These poses at least two problems that I can think of:

1. You might hire a candidate for his/her abilities to recruit "other" top candidates even if he/she is not top notch

2. You dismiss the important function that your own company's reputation plays in the situation. If you hire a great candidate who has 'followers-potential' but your company's reputation doesn't live up to the expectations then the 'followers' won't materialize but you'll place the blame on the original candidate and not necessarily look inward to see what signals your company is putting out that might be turning other candidates (followers or not) away

Re: Majority of Congress members now millionaires

blog364 — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 20:59:06 -0000

Disgusting

Re: How to Make OKRs Actually Work at Your Startup

blog364 — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 14:41:04 -0000

Interesting idea about setting goals and syncing them up across the organization as a way to empower employees to take ownership and accountability.

Three points I'd like to make:

1. Why the focus on quantitative results versus qualitative ones (output vs outcome)?
2. "people should be held publicly accountable for failing". Don't agree with this 100%. I think its good (and even needed) to have complete transparency on the performance of the company and what goals are being misses and make THIS public so the team can correct. But to point fingers in such a public manner I think will only result in people either leaving the company, or start to play it safe (old adage: praise in public chastise in private)
3. What's with the 'plug' for work.com? :)

Re: Google has gone to sea: new ferry service kicks off between SF and Redwood City

blog364 — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 16:21:28 -0000

GREAT IDEA! Lot harder to throw rocks at a boat sailing out on the Bay! :)

Just not sure how this will un-“confirmed to many how snobbish, entitled and elitist some in the industry can be,”". Not only private buses, but now... private yachts! Time to call-in the pirates?

Re: Paul Walker: Hollywood left stunned by death

blog364 — Sun, 01 Dec 2013 03:06:37 -0000

“May the road rise up to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face
And the rain fall soft upon your fields
And until we meet again
May God hold you in the palm of his hand”

Re: Woman gets first ticket for DWGG (driving with Google Glass)

blog364 — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 13:16:52 -0000

Oops.... what about in-dashboard displays? My Acura has a pretty big map/gps/music/etc. screen which is ON at all times.

And what about all the advancements that auto makers are making in making our cars more connected?

I sense and imminent collision between laws and technology!

Re: Apple’s new OS X Mavericks crashes far more frequently for some (including me)

blog364 — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 02:51:09 -0000

Hey guys sorry to jump in late.

As reported earlier after installing on my MBP 17, iMac 24 and MBA 13 only the MBA is having issues and YES I did use my USB Ethernet adaptor! Can someone please clue me in as to how this would cause the issue?

Thx.
D.

Re: Apple’s new OS X Mavericks crashes far more frequently for some (including me)

blog364 — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 11:13:27 -0000

Installed on MacBook Pro 17", iMac 24" and MacBook Air 13".

Only having problems on MBA. About 90% of the times when I use Command+Tab to switch from/to Firefox 24.0 the computer freezes for about 10 seconds before it starts to respond again. During those seconds nothing works: mouse, track pad, keyboard, function keys.

Ran Lion since it's launch and never had this issue or a crash at all.

Any one else experiencing the same issue?

Re: Green Means Stop & Red Means Go Sep 11 Author: Alexandra Vornle von Haagenfels

blog364 — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 01:45:35 -0000

Hi Alexandra,

I'd say that from a social convention, mental framework and usability perspective the colors are backwards!

Green is, in particular if we use a traffic light for the example (as the one located at the front of the developer's pit), associated with GO, where red is associated with STOP.

Given that the intention is to stop the 'rest' of the company, while developers deploy a new build, I think you'll be better off switching the colors so there's no confusion. Red = stop using our site and conducting demos. Green = all's good, go ahead.

If for some reason the colors are intentionally assigned backwards, then you need to think about the added mental load placed on people to try to remember this 'new non-standard' convention (which for most people in a busy startup is an unneeded load) and the potential for OOPS when their learned mental model takes over.

I look forward to your insight.

Best,
Diego

Re: iPhone 5C pops up in clear iPod-esque packaging

blog364 — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 14:13:49 -0000

OUCH! :)

Re: iPhone 5C pops up in clear iPod-esque packaging

blog364 — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 13:36:55 -0000

True. Forgot about those. Still, doubt (or may by just a lot of 'I hope') Apple will cheapen themselves and the experience so much.

Re: iPhone 5C pops up in clear iPod-esque packaging

blog364 — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 13:06:20 -0000

On second thought... if Apple wants to release a cheap iPhone, well first they need to lower themselves to a 'cheap style' display! May be that's what they are going for, but I seriously doubt it! ;)

Re: iPhone 5C pops up in clear iPod-esque packaging

blog364 — Mon, 02 Sep 2013 13:05:15 -0000

These look to me like fake iPhones!

1. Apple has never (that I know of) released a product, live alone an iPhone, in suck a visible package. The phone have always come INSIDE the box. This would be SO no Apple to release them like this. For Apple part of the experience of getting a product is building up the excitement through the packaging and opening of the box.
2. The screens visible on the phones are most likely NOT real. So they'll have to be some cheap print out (however good the quality) placed on top of the phone. Again, not a very Apple type move. This looks more like the cheap phone screen displays that you see when you buy cheap pre-paid phones at the supermarket!

Re: One Month Rails | Adding Bootstrap

blog364 — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 20:02:15 -0000

UPDATE: It looks like 'ruby_noexec_wrapper' is missing from the /bin directory.

Any idea how I create/put it there?

Re: One Month Rails | Adding Bootstrap

blog364 — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 19:34:32 -0000

Is anyone having issues running "bundle install" after adding "gem 'bootstrap-sass', '~> 2.2.2.0'"?

I get an error:

Errno::EACCES: Permission denied - /Users/Diego/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/bin/ruby_noexec_wrapper
An error occurred while installing bootstrap-sass (2.2.2.0), and Bundler cannot continue.
Make sure that `gem install bootstrap-sass -v '2.2.2.0'` succeeds before bundling.

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I've been stuck here for 3 days and can't continue until the bundle installs completes successfully. I've been all over the net (google, stackoverflow, etc.) and can't find an answer to my issue.

Rails 4.0.0
Ruby 2.0.0-p247

Please help!

Re: One Month Rails | Adding Bootstrap

blog364 — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 04:46:56 -0000

I am on the first step, adding:

# Adding Gem for Bootstrap
group :assets do
gem 'bootstrap-sass', '~> 2.2.2.0'
end

to the Gemfile

when I run: 'bundle install' I get the following (noticed the last 3 lines of the output):

Fetching gem metadata from https://rubygems.org/..........
Fetching gem metadata from https://rubygems.org/..
Resolving dependencies...
Enter your password to install the bundled RubyGems to your system:
Using rake (10.1.0)
Using i18n (0.6.4)
Using minitest (4.7.5)
Using multi_json (1.7.8)
Using atomic (1.1.12)
Using thread_safe (0.1.2)
Using tzinfo (0.3.37)
Using activesupport (4.0.0)
Using builder (3.1.4)
Using erubis (2.7.0)
Using rack (1.5.2)
Using rack-test (0.6.2)
Using actionpack (4.0.0)
Using mime-types (1.23)
Using polyglot (0.3.3)
Using treetop (1.4.14)
Using mail (2.5.4)
Using actionmailer (4.0.0)
Using activemodel (4.0.0)
Using activerecord-deprecated_finders (1.0.3)
Using arel (4.0.0)
Using activerecord (4.0.0)
Using sass (3.2.10)
Installing bootstrap-sass (2.2.2.0)
Errno::EACCES: Permission denied - /Users/Diego/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/bin/ruby_noexec_wrapper
An error occurred while installing bootstrap-sass (2.2.2.0), and Bundler cannot continue.
Make sure that `gem install bootstrap-sass -v '2.2.2.0'` succeeds before bundling.

https://github.com/dschmuni...

What am I missing?

Re: One Month Rails | Creating a New App

blog364 — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 20:37:11 -0000

Not too sure that I fully understand but I'll read more about it on the web and see if I can make some sense of it.

Thanks for all the help!

Best,
D.