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Re: Is Growth Hacking the Future of Marketing? — Ecommerce Blog by Shopify

citydan — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 14:33:58 -0000

Can't wait to read this. I've held several "Marketing" roles, but have felt that marketing never quite described what I really do. My next business card will say "Growth Hacker" on it in some way.

Re: 4 Ways To Become a Highly Productive Person

citydan — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 10:40:19 -0000

Getting up before 5am? When you first said morning person I was thinking that meant getting up at 6:30.
How do you do that without wanting to kill yourself for 4 hours and them passing out at 11am?

Re: Google Plus Business Profiles Are Coming Q3, Analytics and All

citydan — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 09:33:31 -0000

True, it's mid Q4 now... still no plus biz pages. There have been rumors, but still no land rush on page names...

Re: Is There Enough Flame in the BlackBerry Torch?

citydan — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 22:30:41 -0000

I've had a blackberry for about 3 years: a Pearl, a Curve and now the Bold. I liked the Pearl because it was small enough to carry in my pocket, but the typing was frustrating. I find the Bold's keypad harder to use that the clicky one on the Curve, so I'm not thrilled to see that they're continuing with the Bold's keypad. I need typing thimbles or something.

I'm looking forward to getting the Torch. I've always wanted a touch screen phone, but have heard a lot of people say that being without a keypad was a bad idea.

My Bold could certainly be faster... I seem to spend a lot of time waiting for things to open, close, load, or for the phone to lock and unlock. I don't have a ton of apps, so really I consider this a fault in design.

I really hope that this is RIM's first step toward being on the leading edge again.

Anyone who's seen the BB app store knows how much room there is for improvement. That's all I'll say about that.

But the number one thing--the number one priority--is for a blackberry browser that works. Please, please God let the new BlackBerry browser not suck!

Is that too much to ask for: a great browser, cool touch screen gimmicks and games, a keypad that is well usable, and no lag? If that's the Torch, then we're gonna be alright.

Re: Is There Enough Flame in the BlackBerry Torch?

citydan — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 22:23:30 -0000

I've had a blackberry for about 3 years now. I've had a Pearl, a Curve and now the Bold. I liked the Pearl because it was small enough to carry in my pocket, but the typing was frustrating. The Bold is pretty good, but I find the keypad harder to use that the clicky one on the Curve. So I'm not thrilled to see that they're continuing with the Bold's keypad. I need typing thimbles or something.
I'm looking forward to getting the Torch. I was always interested in a touch screen phone, but the idea of being without a proper keypad was never enticing.
My phone could certainly be faster... I seem to spend a lot of time waiting for things to open, close, load, or for the phone to lock and unlock.
I really hope that this is RIM's first step toward being on the leading edge again. They have the resources to do it. They really should jam their devices to the hilt with processing power and speed since it's corporations that pay for the devices mostly anyway, not the end consumer. BlackBerry is still the standard of the corporate world.
Anyone who's seen the BB app store knows how much room there is for improvement. That's all I'll say about that.
But the number one thing--the number one priority--is for a blackberry browser that works. Please, please God let the new BlackBerry browser not suck!
Is that too much to ask for: a great browser, cool touch screen gimmicks and games, a keypad that is well usable, and no lag? If that's the Torch, then we're gonna be alright.

Re: A conversation I have every month or so

citydan — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:51:27 -0000

I have the same problem with my blackberry. You can has no flash.

If your website frustrates those who visit it, you are pissing in the ears of the people that matter to you.most. I.e. actively driving traffic *away* from your business. That's not a good strategy.

Notice to all small business owners: if you have a flash website, you *don't have* a website. That's the bottom line. It's 2010. Seriously, use wordpress or something. It's free. Or fill out the forms at yelp or http://wegowego.com.

Re: using the phone--In theory one could obtain business information by using a telephone, but the first step is googling the website to find the phone number, at which point you *should* be able to obtain all the info you need. Therefore there is never an actual reason to phone. Ordering, hours of operation, reservations, location, parking are all website transactions.

Re: You can't trust the system!

citydan — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:57:26 -0000

Thanks. Love it. I've watched it 20 times since Tuesday. Shared it with my peeps.

GROUND!!!!!!!!

Re: 11 Ways To Build Killer Sites By Listening To Your Users – with Marcus Nelson

citydan — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:39:48 -0000

Thanks for the post. Very encouraging.We just added UserVoice to our site and it's awesome. Thanks, Marcus & co!

Re: Office 2010

citydan — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:45:23 -0000

Well, it's fast and furious, but what are they really doing?

If the web version of Office isn't free, why would anyone use it? Won't they just be showing tech laggards and slow companies that web-based apps are really handy? Why pay for it then if you can use Google's?
Did they just f-up the menus again like they did in 2007? Is it shinier and more "Web 2.0" looking? Rounder buttons, flashier animations?

Are they trying to tell me that the paperclip is coming back?

My guess is that if they can integrate the web-versions really really well with the ubiquitous desktop versions (and maybe even make it backwards compatible with older office versions) then maybe they've got something. But... again, why pay for it?
I'll still be using Google Apps because it's all there: calendar, gmail, picasa photos, gtalk, docs, youtube, blogger, analytics, adsense, adwords.... Maybe my google documents aren't as "feature rich" as my .doc files are, but at least I know where they are, up in the cloud when I need them.

Fun video though.

In the end: how do you "regain market share" when you are competing with a free product, without lowering the value of the whole market? Launch a feature-poor free version? If the web-based version doesn't have all the features of the desktop version, how will they integrate? And why tolerate a sucky web editor that makes you get up and go to your PC anyway when you need to do some real work?

Ugh, I just went to the official 2010 site to get some answers. It's like a casting call for the "I'm a PC" commercial role. I know it's a work app, but really... shake the camera around a little so I at least get a sign of life when I'm watching the video.

Re: New iPhone

citydan — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:44:46 -0000

Not a bad take. How many apps sold only a few thousand downloads though?

Re: New iPhone

citydan — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:34:15 -0000

That's wild. Now I'm a bit of a fanboy, too. Especially after seeing Pocket God.

I can't wait for the iPhone version that has face recognition and legs. Then if it gets lost it can find you in a crowd and jump back into your pocket, or just meet you at home later:
-hey iPhone, where've you been? looks like you had a crazy night!

Re: The Pope Is Such A Buzzkill

citydan — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:37:03 -0000

Who do you think owns more land: The Pope or Ronald McDonald?

Just something I've always wondered. Ronnie pays taxes, a big disadvantage, but they both have a strangle-hold on brainwashing children into their brands.

Re: http://www.jackcheng.com/working-life

citydan — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:01:09 -0000

Is it really that short? I think we'd all do better to stop and smell the roses, enjoy the journey, and look a little more for the intrinsic rewards in things, the immediate benefits instead of the payoffs.

Re: Facebook Is Not Really That Special

citydan — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:21:30 -0000

Interesting mix. My digital life includes Google Docs, Blogger, GTalk, and other Google tools, msn messenger (but only because my wife's company is affiliated with Microsoft so she's on msn all day), Delicious, and my beloved blackberry. I get my news through Google Reader and lots of time on Wikipedia.
Facebook is a bit interesting in the way they've managed to "humanize" the internet somehow if that's the right word. It's easy enough to use, and seeing pictures of people you know makes people trust it enough to use it. There are so many better tools out there, but FB is where 99% of my social graph is because FB is accessible to the masses. I think the seeds of their demise may lie in making people comfortable enough with being online that people will discover other, more useful software outside of FB. Facebook might be the gateway drug that people don't come back to once they've found a better buzz... but for now everybody's doing it.