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Re: Musing on Colombian Stimulants

superamit — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:07:52 -0000

I love this approach. Re-branding columbian coffee around something more approachable and relatable, and especially around women, could help differentiate the brand.

As a thought experiment: What if you embraced the stigma? Instead of fighting the entrenched view of lawlessness or corruption in Columbia, what if you built a brand that emphasized it even more? That romanticized it? What would that look like?

Or what if you build a brand that poked fun at those existing characters, or put them into completely absurd contexts to take away their power?

Re: After reading"What is Amazon's approach to product... - Eli

superamit — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:01:56 -0000

Totally agree!

On the flip side, I think the press release approach also keeps you from falling short in realizing the full promise of what you're building.

Often when you're making something, certain things are difficult to implement and you're tempted to drop them. Sometimes this is in favor of new features (feature creep) sometimes they're just things that don't seem to matter in the moment. Working backwards from a PR helps prevent features creep AND feature loss!

Re: Multiple Tigers

superamit — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 01:10:52 -0000

Video download is missing.

Re: 10 Photo Projects and Products Sure to Make Your Mom Smile This Mother’s Day

superamit — Wed, 07 May 2014 19:58:34 -0000

Your photo for the QX100 is stolen from Photojojo's website without credit, and the link sends people to Amazon instead.

http://photojojo.com/store/...

(I already emailed in via the contact form but got no reply.)

Re: Amazing Bernal Hill Selfie Reminds Us How Small We Really Are

superamit — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 16:42:17 -0000

Thanks for the link!

There's a higher-res version here: https://vimeo.com/91898486

Re: Where NY Tech’s Culture Comes From (and why we owe Amit Gupta our bone marrow)

superamit — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:19:13 -0000

Thanks for your kind words, Nate. And for supporting the cause!

I'm hopeful as heck we can find a donor for me, but I know for a fact you all will be helping thousands of people in similar situations.

Re: @superamit How can we help you from India?

superamit — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:15:57 -0000

Brajeshwar, we're working on it!

I think the Datri registry is the best option at this point. They have a pool of 16,000 donors so far, and have resources to help people plan donor drives in cities across India.

See http://datriworld.org/ for the contact addresses and let me know how you fare and if I can help! We want to find ways to support drives in India from abroad if we can.

Amit

p.s. Those in other countries, http://amitguptaneedsyou.com/ now has links to bone arrow registries worldwide. (As well as resources for those in the USA.)

Re: http://vanishsego.tumblr.com/post/11183983857

superamit — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 12:06:03 -0000

I get what you're saying.

It's true that while I've been lying in this hospital bed in CT miles from my friends in NYC and CA, they've been able to use their resources, and my name recognition, to spread news of my condition pretty far in a few days. Many of those friendships came of spending years helping people, putting on events to grow the tech community in NYC in which I used to reside, and in general trying to give back.

But while I agree that someone who hadn't spent the time to build those connections would have a tougher time rallying support, I also know that the work we're doing now is gonna help everyone. I think we can significantly increase the number of South Asians in the registry, and that means that even if I don't find a match, it'll be easier for someone else when they need one in the future.

Thanks for getting swabbed!

Re: http://laurafitch.tumblr.com/post/7067155711

superamit — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 03:34:08 -0000

Ouch :(

Re: http://www.stoweboyd.com/post/7060517454

superamit — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:14:01 -0000

Thanks! I appreciate the help! :)

Re: How To: Pop-up Photo Diorama

superamit — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:58:37 -0000

Glad you like the tutorial! Could do without the wholesale copy and paste of the whole article, though.

Re: There’s Tons of Ways to Win Nikon DSLRs All This Week

superamit — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:02:14 -0000

http://photojojo.com/uncut/...

The winners have been selected! We're just waiting to hear back from them. (We announced the first confirmed on our twitter: http://twitter.com/photojojo)

Thanks to everyone who entered!

Amit

Re: Wordpress Plugin Wanted

superamit — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:39:04 -0000

heh, funny. :)

It won't work for me, though. I need the actual, final permalink URL to be accessible.

Postling does look spiffy, though!

Amit

Re: John Hamm (AKA Don Draper) is 20 feet away from me right now.

superamit — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:41:31 -0000

pics or it didn't happen.

Re: We’re giving away 10 Kodak cameras this week!

superamit — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:53:24 -0000

Hey Degilbo -- we'll have others all this week! Fwiw, a few entries were photoshopped, and that's totally acceptable!

Re: Interview: Amit Gupta!

superamit — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:40:37 -0000

Sharon, veg table is awesome!

Re: Brittany Bohnet

superamit — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:31:20 -0000

Hey neat! I wonder how it ranks profiles...

Re: Meet Jacob! I started following Jacob Bijani a... | Tumblr Staff

superamit — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:04:21 -0000

Can't wait to see what you're creating, Jacob!

Re: Boxee

superamit — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:22:45 -0000

I'd love to check out boxee, too. Been hearing about it a lot recently.

Re: Review: Beretta!

superamit — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:44:44 -0000

This is the best blog in the whole world.

Re: Review: Jasmine Tea House!

superamit — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:17:16 -0000

OH man I can't wait to go here!

Re: one day at a time - I use photobooth as a mirror at my desk. Sometimes...

superamit — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:32:08 -0000

It's anime Chrysanthe!

Re: one day at a time - Gossip Girls fans might be interested to know that...

superamit — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:32:27 -0000

Please take a photo during your lunch break! (Of Chuck Bass, if possible.)

Re: so I don't forget

superamit — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:11:55 -0000

Mates of State rock! I had only heard them once before seeing them play a free concert in Virgin Megastore in Union Sq (which I found out about 20 minutes prior) and they were definitely mega cute.