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Re: Four ways HipChat can catch up with Slack

Geir Freysson — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 05:05:11 -0000

Agree that this is often the case. Like Bing. AOL was called "where innovations go to die" because their acquisitions always stop innovating. Sometimes it works though, like Google's Android acquisition. Hopefully the added resources Sean mentions in his comment will mean that I won't have to switch to Slack (I very much cannot be bothered...). I'll give them a few more months!

Re: Machine learning in the real world

Geir Freysson — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 10:44:43 -0000

I know! I look forward to a robot being my designated driver...

Re: Pitch deck collection

Geir Freysson — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 06:53:45 -0000

Got it :) I tried the links, they seem to work on my end ... but thanks for letting me know. I'll do more checking!

Re: Pitch deck collection

Geir Freysson — Mon, 05 Oct 2015 06:19:52 -0000

Actually, I think I saw the post on the Seedcamp Slack channel as well so you haven't tracked down the source yet ;) Great post - it has been super useful to us!

Re: Does this mean Skype will finally become a platform?

Geir Freysson — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 05:50:50 -0000

And so has Slack.

Re: Tufte in R

Geir Freysson — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 18:25:30 -0000

Very nice!

Re: Lanyrd: from idea to exit

Geir Freysson — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 15:22:15 -0000

There's obviously a lot of work behind this post. The result is one of the most entertaining and inspiring founder stories I've read. Thanks for sharing! I look forward to seeing what you guys do next!

Re: LinkedIn CRM 'Five Hundred Plus' Sees Growth, Starts Monetizing

Geir Freysson — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 06:34:29 -0000

Thanks for the feedback guys. We explicitly decided against automatic tracking of interactions because we want to be able to control exactly when someone is marked as "done" so they don't fall off the reminder list when we send them an email only saying "thanks, awesome" or whatever.

We do however have a bcc feature for those who like automatic tracking.

And not everything from the 90s was bad. Like grunge.

Good luck with Link.io!

Re: Remember to stay in touch with all of your best LinkedIn contacts by using FiveHundredPlus

Geir Freysson — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:56:11 -0000

Hey Kevin. Glad to hear it. I hope you like our product. Send me an email at geir [at] fivehundredplus.com if you have any suggestions on how we can improve it.

Re: 78% of the startups competing at the London Web Summit are from outside Britain

Geir Freysson — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:25:26 -0000

I'm sure I read on some blog that you were French, but maybe they said French-Swiss. Apologies and thanks for the correction :)

See you at the Summit and good luck!

Re: Are You Really in the 1% of LinkedIn?

Geir Freysson — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:23:26 -0000

My thoughts exactly. I've heard that even cops who've done the "good cop, bad cop" routine during interviews fall for it themselves. So it was with me and my 5% score from LinkedIn. Even though I knew it was an unremarkable stat (I don't get *that* many views) I somehow felt compelled to tweet about it! I refrained.

Re: Digital Asset Management: Let's Not Forget Why it Started

Geir Freysson — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:31:27 -0000

Great article and an interesting take on the DAM value proposition. "Because it's your brand, it's your customers." Like it.

Re: DAM Lowdown: Hasbro Upgrades Legacy System, Speedier Social Marketing

Geir Freysson — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:03:36 -0000

Thanks for mentioning my "is DAM broken" post. In case anyone is interested, here's part II in the series, "Would you like fries with that? Feature-creep as an upsell in enterprise software" (http://www.brandregard.com/...

Re: Automation

Geir Freysson — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:47:12 -0000

I'm a big fan of the 4 hour workweek but I wonder whether the basic premise is a myth. I'm sure Tim Ferris is a complete workaholic (but one who leverages his time very well). I'll have to check that other book out as well!

Re: Gallery of past and future logos

Geir Freysson — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:26:31 -0000

Very good. As a former Nokia fanboy I feel a bit sorry for them. Sad, but probably true.

Re: Gallery of past and future logos

Geir Freysson — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:24:20 -0000

Very good. Feel a bit bad for Nokia. Sad but probably true.

Re: 37signals vs Zappos

Geir Freysson — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:43:09 -0000

Without question I'd prefer the Scandinavian-style 37Signals office. But then I'm Scandinavian so it doesn't count.

Came across this excellent post recently with photos of various inspiring offices (Google Zurich, Yahoo Barcelona, Twitter, Pixar and others): http://theroxor.com/2009/11...

Re: “Cars have brakes so we can drive faster” - notes from a financial meltdown

Geir Freysson — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:28:46 -0000

Ah, good old human generated spam. I somehow can't bring myself to delete it.

Note to self: Easy on the car metaphors.

Re: I'm not a liberal (Scripting News)

Geir Freysson — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:50:53 -0000

You're forgetting music genres. I used to think that anyone who didn't listen to heavy metal shouldn't be allowed to vote either.

Re: Why iPhone is an ureliable platform (Scripting News)

Geir Freysson — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:56:36 -0000

The same thing goes for so many other "platforms" out there. Investing in development for the Facebook or Ning platforms for any other reason than cheep, viral distribution is one example. Because they're not transparent you never know when your feet are going to get pulled from under you.