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Re: My First Experience with Caviar

thorpus — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:30:27 -0000

Dude, pop by my apartment tonight. I have A LOT left over. Haven't tried fried escargot in cream sauce yet but I'm game for anything.

Re: Why Does Subway Not Understand Ripe Tomatoes?

thorpus — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:19:51 -0000

Doug, you should check out this book on the history of In-n-Out. They talk about this directly. Back when they were starting up, there was a split between the founders. One wanted to go fast and cheaper and the other wanted to stick at their prices and with the better quality.

The guy who stuck with the better quality and the existing prices kept the chain and look where they are. It's sad when companies making that move incorrectly.

Re: Magic Hat Winter Seasonal Pack in Stores…

thorpus — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:49:02 -0000

If you find it, let me know. Will be anxious to try it.

Re: Microbrews in Aluminum Cans

thorpus — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:53:27 -0000

Nope. I wish because that would be kind of cool. Not sure where the Porkslap name comes from.

Re: CNN Tech: Mashable Joins the Lineup

thorpus — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:38:54 -0000

Congrats guys and kudos to CNN for realizing the great opportunities that would lie in this kind of partnership.

Re: How Does This Share

thorpus — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:43:47 -0000

Right on Chris! All too often though Web publishers only use buttons for sharing to things like Facebook or Twitter (the Retweet button). While yes Facebook and Twitter do get A LOT of traffic, this is short sighted because it's only part of the pie.

According to our (AddThis's) stats, Facebook & Twitter only make up 35% of sharing that we see on our platform. - http://addthis.com/services

That means if you only put Facebook & Twitter buttons on your pages you're leaving potential shares on the table.

That's why we recommend using a tool that allows you to incorporate ours. The common ones are obvious ours, ShareThis or AddToAny.

The other thing that we see is that people don't make it obvious enough how to share. They make the share buttons blend too much into the design. We recommend that you put the share button as close to the top of the page as possible and put it in consistent spots. - http://addthis.com/help/button-placement

Re: 6 Months

thorpus — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:59:26 -0000

Dude, I'm excited to play with what you've been working on.

Re: I Just Installed Lijit…

thorpus — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:06:02 -0000

Congrats bro! I'm sure you'll do great in whatever your next venture is. I'm really excited for you. Hope the new job affords us the opportunity to continue to work together.

Re: Pho at Pho 75 in Arlington, VA

thorpus — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:30:52 -0000

Didn't try the coffee, which i've heard a lot about, or the pudding. Will hit those up next time. Thanks!

Re: Pho at Pho 75 in Arlington, VA

thorpus — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:31:25 -0000

Sounds delicious.

Re: McDonald’s Coupons

thorpus — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 13:58:53 -0000

I just discovered that I have a McDonalds down the street from my apartment building. I went last night because I was craving a McFlurry.

Was definitely impressed by how they were working hard to pawn off their Angus burger as something to compete with a Good Stuff Eatery or Ray's Hell Burger.

I wonder to what extent their success is different in other or parts of the country where they don't have the indie burger places like we have.

Re: &571/ Hands-on: AddThis, ShareThis, AddThis, ShareThis, AddThis ... - Harald Felgner & the Red Fez

thorpus — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:44:54 -0000

I think you'll like what we've been working on. We've been able to make a lot of improvements to the menu that pretty significantly affect how it performs. Would be anxious to hear your thoughts.

Re: foursquare - A few thoughts on foursquare's seed financing...

thorpus — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:26:24 -0000

Congrats on the financing guys. I look forward to all the new features.

Re: Is The Cupcake Bubble About To Burst?

johnfcrostoniii — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:48:03 -0000

The other great thing about Buzz Bakery is they have really good wifi, which is a plus in my book. Another thing is that Rustico is across the street so you can have dinner first and the go there for dessert.

Re: Is The Cupcake Bubble About To Burst?

thorpus — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:59:06 -0000

I definitely see this as the more sustainable type of business.

Re: Is The Cupcake Bubble About To Burst?

thorpus — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:58:46 -0000

I'm with you Jon. I'll definitely enjoy cupcakes but they'll always be an occasional treat. They'll never be a massive part of my life. Yea, I'd rather spend that money on beer.

Re: Bit.ly Launches J.mp to Save You Two Characters

thorpus — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:27:43 -0000

Was clicking on Bit.ly links earlier and it was popping me over to the j.mp links but it was broken. Was really weird. Could definitely tell that they were amidst the deploy.

Re: We Live in Public – A Film About The Exciting Perils of Life-Streaming

thorpus — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:11:55 -0000

Anxious to hear your thoughts after you watch it.

Re: Crush It – A Video Book Review

thorpus — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:30:09 -0000

So what you're saying is if you've ever seen Gary speak at an event before, you've probably heard what he has to say in this book? I too am looking forward to book #2.

Re: I Wanna Try The Grand Opulence Sundae

thorpus — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:04:30 -0000

Yeah, it's completely ridiculously overpriced but I'd still love to try it. :-)

Re: Don’t be afraid of food you’ve never tried…

thorpus — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:42:10 -0000

What was it like? What was different about it? I've never done Ethiopian before.

Re: Gary Vaynerchuk - Treat everyone like Goldfish I go into detail...

thorpus — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:15:46 -0000

So we should care about each member of our community. Not be "that guy" but it's a GV message that I've heard before... alot.

And it's what I do. As a community manager, I spend my whole day caring. I want the grad school edition of GV videos.

Re: Chinatown Coffee Company – Chinatown, Washington DC

thorpus — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:41:24 -0000

I really like Buzz. I just wish it was metro accessible. Need to get them to put one in the empty restaurant space beneath my building. :-)

Re: Coffee Shops & Free Wifi

thorpus — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:20:58 -0000

Yeah, i'd be fine with that. I try to buy one couple dollar item every hour that I'm there.

Re: Inaugural DC Beer Week 2009 Starts August 16th

thorpus — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:15:12 -0000

Check out the event list - http://www.yoursforgoodfermentables.com/2009/08...

*Does a lil dance*