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Re: Locking a Reference to a Fixed Row or Column in Google Spreadsheets

andrewparker — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:02:20 -0000

We really need an ibanking ninja. Those guys' hands never lead the
keyboard. I wish I knew more about scripting in VB. But, that's not
goog sheets.

Re: Locking a Reference to a Fixed Row or Column in Google Spreadsheets

andrewparker — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:34:00 -0000

I'd be happy to participate, but couldn't lead. I'm self-taught and
thus still a bit rookie.

Also I rarely use goog sheets. Typically use excel.

Happy to join though.

Re: Locking a Reference to a Fixed Row or Column in Google Spreadsheets

andrewparker — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:28:27 -0000

Yup, both.

Re: Locking a Reference to a Fixed Row or Column in Google Spreadsheets

andrewparker — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:24:33 -0000

A nice addition to this note is the F4 key. If you're on a cell refernece in an equation, hitting the F4 key will iterate through all 4 of these choices, so you don't have to keep typing dollar signs.

Re: The AVC Reader Census

andrewparker — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:55:00 -0000

I've been googling for the past 15 minutes trying to find a great
google thread between @bfeld and a bunch of his followers about the 3
best sci fi books (which he coined the holy trinity). Cant find it so
ill paraphrase. Snow crash and neuromancer were automatic, but there
was much debate over the third... Some said Dune, others were any Dick
(so prolific that they can't choose), any Arthur c Clark (similar
problem). If you can find the thread, there are great ideas there.

Any way, start with snow crash.

Andrew

Re: Android's Affordances

andrewparker — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:49:03 -0000

@fromedome said it best on the keyboard. It so bad that vzw should
just ship the Droid glued shut ;)

Re: The AVC Reader Census

andrewparker — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:49:36 -0000

What's the best sci-fi movie you've seen lately? My netflix queue is light
on sci-fi right now.

Re: A Shout out to Frank Bruni

andrewparker — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:47:45 -0000

This is a great idea, and I hope Bruni runs with it. I could picture a whole web service that revolves around his brand.

Some features could be:
- links to the latest in-depth reviews, with quality comment threads
- short-and-sweet tweet reviews
- 4Square checkins at restaurants
- user gen reviews endorsed/promoted by Bruni
- book signings schedule
- chow.com-esque forums
- video reviews or interviews with chefs
- live chat sessions with Bruni.

I'd love to see that service built, and if executed well could slice through existing foodie web services like a hot knife through butter.

Re: The AVC Reader Census

andrewparker — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:52:24 -0000

Business/Non-Fiction books are like broccoli to me. I read them, but they
don't taste good to my brain. Sci-Fi is pure candy.

One caveat: 95% of SciFi is horrible... simply unreadable. The last 5% of
SciFi is so good it completely makes up for the other 95% and makes it my
favorite genre.

Re: The AVC Reader Census

andrewparker — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:42:13 -0000

How is it possible that only 13% of your readers prefer Sci-Fi? I feel like most technologists lean sci-fi. Case and point: the majority of USV's investment thesis is inspired by Snow Crash ;)

Re: Are We Friends?

andrewparker — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:07:45 -0000

That's a programmer's instinct peeking through, but it's better than
"friend".

Re: Are We Friends?

andrewparker — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:06:50 -0000

Would love to see the results. Let me know if you find them.

I think WoW does a reasonable job of this. No one is a member of a
"clan" outside of WoW or another MMORPG in modern days.

Re: Are We Friends?

andrewparker — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:04:17 -0000

Depends on design cues, but probably yes, increased cog load. The
upside of that increased cost is at least it's not using confusing and
misleading social context.

Re: "Audio Preview" Is A Bad User Experience

andrewparker — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:19:52 -0000

But, for some songs, the intro cursing is the best part ;)

Re: Facebook Fan Pages

andrewparker — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:07:18 -0000

"considering that Facebook practically is the internet these days with a
supposed 1 in 4 internet page views, brands need to have some presence
there." <---- I think this is spot on. Perhaps I should just consider
these pages to be on a different internet, and not at all redundant to their
own domains.

Re: Facebook Fan Pages

andrewparker — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:46:38 -0000

PS, I hope your major-ousting burger was extra tasty yesterday. When the
rain breaks, I'm gonna storm your drawbridge and reclaim my throne ;)

Re: Facebook Fan Pages

andrewparker — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:46:36 -0000

I like the coke example, but did Facebook engender all that brand
love/participation for coke? Or, did the brand love/participation already
exist and Facebook is simply a measurement/output of it? I'm not sure which
is more true, probably some of both.

Re: "Audio Preview" Is A Bad User Experience

andrewparker — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:31:58 -0000

I always felt that if 30 seconds of a song was enough to determine whether or not you like it, then it's a very boring, unoriginal song. Most of my favorite songs have big swings in volume, tempo, and instrumentation throughout the course of the song. 30 seconds of Godspeed You Black Emperor isn't even enough to get past the intro droning. Terrible experience.

Re: Joining Polaris Ventures

andrewparker — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:39:41 -0000

Nice! Congrats rockstar!

Re: Wikipedia Rel=NoFollow

andrewparker — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:24:35 -0000

I think the "upgrade a link" idea. I think that would work well in a
crowdsourced community like Wikipedia.
Regarding spammer motivation, despite making links nofollow on the average
blog comment thread, blog comments still get pounded by comment spam. By
12:21pm today, Akismat alone caught over 6.6MM spam comments. And, I'm sure
the vast majority of those spam comments, if they had gone through, would
have been on a comment thread that implements rel=nofollow. So, despite
having no PageRank incentive, spammers still pound the heck out of blog
comments. I think the same principle and incentives apply to Wikipedia
today.

Re: Andrew Parker - The Gong Show

andrewparker — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:13:33 -0000

When I was listening to the song you posted, it has some crackle to it much
like listening to a record. I'm sure this is just a symptom of the way he
mic'd the room, but it's so warm and nice... you rarely ever hear that kind
of sound on an MP3.

Re: Pitchfork + LaLa = Music Nirvana

andrewparker — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:57:46 -0000

Oh cool. Have not tried that, but that's a great combo.

Re: Andrew Parker - The Gong Show

andrewparker — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:57:04 -0000

Sure, I should be around at 5:30.

Re: Andrew Parker - The Gong Show

andrewparker — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:19:48 -0000

Will do

Re: Andrew Parker - The Gong Show

andrewparker — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:58:41 -0000

Great, they're yours if you can pick the tickets up from Union Square
Ventures. 915 Broadway, Suite 1408 (14th fl). Between 20th and 21st.