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Re: Use Cases - MongoDB - 10gen Confluence

rfurlan — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:38:30 -0000

Here is an article describing our experience and lessons learned migrating a popular website from SQL Server to MongoDB: http://www.wireclub.com/dev...

Re: Training Yourself To Take Small Losses Quickly

rfurlan — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:18:42 -0000

Absolutely!

Re: Training Yourself To Take Small Losses Quickly

rfurlan — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:12:59 -0000

This is really great advice Phil but I would like to add that loss anxiety could also be a symptom of the lack of a solid market model to trade by. Without a solid model everything is up to subjective questioning and crisp binary decisions are simply out of reach.

One cannot expect to trade rationally/objectively with a subjective plan :)

Re: StockTwits Launches New Blog and Subscription Model

rfurlan — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:32:15 -0000

Hey Howard, the first link has a trailing %20/ that shouldn't be there :)

Re: Twitter Follwing SPAM…An explanation

rfurlan — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:57:21 -0000

Lol, that would be awesome.

Also, who invented this "follow-back-your-followers" etiquette anyway? How does that makes any sense? The whole point of the follow/follower system is to allow asymmetric relationships. It is like they are trying to turn Twitter into the new douchebook/doucespace.

Re: Twitter Follwing SPAM…An explanation

rfurlan — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:53:04 -0000

Don't get me wrong, I don't mind people following me at all - in fact I love getting cool new followers - that is the whole point of being on Twitter isn't it?.

My problem is with people that obviously have no interest in me or what I have to say that decide to follow me in hopes of getting a follow back. If you don't care about my content just leave me alone please :)

Re: Twitter Follwing SPAM…An explanation

rfurlan — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:35:40 -0000

Actually, the follow-spammers affect me because they waste my time. Every time someone follows me I go to their profile to see if they talk about things I am interested in and decide if I will follow back.

I should start invoicing... double the rate for "social media experts" or "free ipod" people...

Re: Twitter Follwing SPAM…An explanation

rfurlan — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:30:54 -0000

I can't prove you wrong because you are right.

I follow people I want to get tweets from - it isn't personal - I have particular interests and I want to keep my stream relevant. I go a step further and block spammers that follow me because I want to keep my numbers real. What is the point of having 1000s of followers if most of them are not really paying attention to anything I say?

It isn't about popularity, it is about real-world reach.

Re: So You Want To Be an Entrepreneur…Don’t Lie to Yourself

rfurlan — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:28:35 -0000

The upside is that procuring and securing seed money can also be quite exhilarating. You will *never* forget that "yes" moment and the odds are that life will never be the same after that :)

Re: Centralizing Accountability

rfurlan — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:29:55 -0000

That would definitely bring a much needed change the to landscape.

There are way too many 'gurus' out there that somehow manage to underperform a coin toss and exposing them would be of great benefit for us all.

On the other hand, I guess you could consider underperfoming a coin toss that a talent on itself...

Re: How Hungry Are You?

rfurlan — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:43:19 -0000

True that.

Also it is much easier to enjoy the journey when you have money in the bank. So many brilliant people out there never get a shot at exploring their ideas because they are too busy dealing with the harsh reality of their lives.

Anyone who was able to take the dive even if it only once, even if to meet with failure. Consider yourself lucky :)

Re: How Hungry Are You?

rfurlan — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:03:19 -0000

However, there is just so much you can do online for little else other than time. Fine, you might need money to grow it later but getting funding for a running service is much easier than getting a napkin funded :)

Re: How Hungry Are You?

rfurlan — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:45:28 -0000

I am 29 and I am a compulsive builder. It isn't like I want to build things, I simply have to because otherwise they consume me. Considering I can envision way more than I can actually work on I find myself always having to give up ideas for the sake of completing projects already underway.

Once I am done, I don't feel like I have any time to spare to enjoy success. Off I am to the next project.

To be honest, I feel like the journey is more important than the destination. Profits are nothing but a side-effect of a job well done.

My .02 :)

Re: Twitter….What Would You Pay?

rfurlan — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:57:46 -0000

Given it is just $10,000 I would definitely pick Twitter too. If in the end they fail to monetize, I wouldn't be broke or anything.

Considering the size of their user base and their estimated operational costs - It is somewhat worrisome that they don't have a money plan in place yet.

Sure, they could go freemium or start charging for corporate accounts - be the question is - would that generate the kind of 'mad money' investors would expect from a company with such large user base?