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Re: Why you should care about HTTPS, even if you have nothing to hide

Devin Reams — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 11:15:58 -0000

Coincidentally I found Eric Mill's article this past weekend and configured my GitHub Pages site (on a custom domain) to direct all HTTP traffic through CloudFlare's free SSL service. Largely just because I could (should?).

Do you think https://letsencrypt.org/ is something GitHub can use to encrypt all custom domains on GitHub Pages? I may know someone...

Re: DVCS and Git Usage in 2014

Devin Reams — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 13:22:00 -0000

it may be worth considering creating bridges for users on other systems or even offering assistance in VCS migrations

Agreed. For what its worth, these have both been important offerings when talking with "enterprise" customers at GitHub.

Re: Launching Inside Travel Guides (Travel Guides by Locals)

Devin Reams — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 19:08:54 -0000

Congrats! I look forward to checking these out soon...

Re: Whistler, Aspen, and Keystone’s Freeskier Print Ads Come Under the Microscope

Devin Reams — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 10:47:05 -0000

I think one factor in all of these types of ads needs to be 'differentiator'. I can see a sea of powder shots in a magazine and ignore them all.

Why is Keystone's park unique? I think it's trying to tell me something...

Why go to Aspen? I think they're 'greener' than others...

Whistler? Has snow...?

Re: Once in a Ryle, Putting Things In Motion

Devin Reams — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 14:05:56 -0000

Congrats, Rachel! I always knew you could make big things happen and this is the first step of many, I'm sure. Good luck and let us know how we can help along the way. :)

Re: My Math Says EpicMix May Be the Greatest Investment in the Ski Industry

Devin Reams — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 10:41:33 -0000

The sheer amount of publicity and PR received at launch in national media is likely a huge externality, too (hard to calculate worth, but like has affected buying decisions). I'd say that's the kind of thing that could affect more than just revenue, but other factors like stock price, which based on Vail's market cap could've created a lot of value.

Not to mention the increase in revenue for photos purchased ($20 / season per visitor can get close to breaking even despite having to add more staff).

Plus the bump in revenue for the previously abandoned race courses (which likely didn't need to add much new technology or staff).

Re: Why Marketing on Social Media is Like Feudalism and What That Means for Resorts

Devin Reams — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 11:53:30 -0000

In reading the license and use terms, nobody is granted a license to display Instagram photos anywhere else if not through the supported means (API, IFRAME embeds).

Again, it'd be best to check with someone like a lawyer to be certain.

Re: I Think We’ve Hit a Very Critical Resort Marketing Point of the Summer

Devin Reams — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 12:42:56 -0000

Oddly enough, for many resorts, they're excited about how many days are left (Breck just said 100) but have only been closed about that long (108).

So, we're almost as close to closing day to opening day… and folks are still getting excited. Weird.

Re: Why Marketing on Social Media is Like Feudalism and What That Means for Resorts

Devin Reams — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 17:36:41 -0000

Thanks for the opportunity to share some thoughts here, Gregg.

I wonder if anyone has good examples of folks doing some of this the right way (or wrong way) — I know I do. ;)

Re: I love Blue Moon: A Companion to the Rant Against Snobbery

Devin Reams — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:15:18 -0000

My favorite part of the Coors Brewery tour is walking to the first elevator, everyone turning around to look at the brand emblems on the wall and someone (always) expressing: "What?! I didn't know Blue Moon was Coors!!".

They've certainly done more long-term good than harm I'd argue and I'm excited to try more and more AC Golden.

Re: Site Redesign - June 2013

Devin Reams — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:53:16 -0000

Congratulations on launching the redesign, Chuck! As always, these are great, cutting-edge improvements and everyone at Crowd Favorite is happy to help make it happen. :)

Re: Tim Cook's answer to my first question

Devin Reams — Thu, 30 May 2013 10:53:37 -0000

Agreed, the ubiquitous connectivity is hard to solve. And is absolutely something to consider when looking at developing nations — they don't typically have access to high-bandwidth cellular (most communication happening via SMS). With Google launching wifi via blimps in Africa, and Apple putting out the 16 GB iPod Touch today, perhaps its not far off to consider a wireless-only device is part of the 'portfolio'.

Re: Tim Cook's answer to my first question

Devin Reams — Wed, 29 May 2013 09:31:09 -0000

Doesn't the iPod Touch fill nearly all the same "infinite" jobs in your second point? The biggest one missing being cellular communication (messaging, voice calls) in a device you always carry with you (not a separate phone vs. computer).

It seems through services (iMessage, FaceTime) they're starting to pull the mobile world away from the carrier ties allowing (potentially) easier and more market penetration... right? Then they're just selling devices (like iPods) like they've always been doing. Worth noting, it appears the same appears to be happening with Google via Hangouts (messaging, calls).

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Devin Reams — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:51:28 -0000

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..maybe except this comment.

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Re: Why Twitter “Favorites” Are Awful for Marketing & What Resorts Can Learn From It

Devin Reams — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:04:29 -0000

To the converse: if a resort or individual is a noisy re-tweeter (retweeting mentions of themselves, self-congratulatory ways all the time) we do have a fairly obscure way to turn that off per-user ... so retweet abuse should be considered as the value can go to 0 quickly.

Re: Why Twitter “Favorites” Are Awful for Marketing & What Resorts Can Learn From It

Devin Reams — Tue, 14 May 2013 08:59:59 -0000

I get what you're saying about Favorites versus Retweets but its worth considering that even though the Fave may not bring the tweet to the attention of people who follow me via the standard river of tweets (like a Retweet would)...

The Faves are starting to be used to highlight content in the "Discover" stream and presumably help when selling promoted tweets (ie Greg, you are seeing this because your friend Devin favorited a tweet from this user).

Giving more diverse and meaningful ways to get your content in front of the right people, right?