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Re: SXSW PanelPicker®

Joe — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 15:17:50 -0000

School Board Partners is the nation's top training program for School Board Members. Helping them spread the word will increase their impact and effectiveness and give attendees specific actions we can all take to save our nation's school boards.

Re: Bros., Lecce: We Eat at The Worst Michelin Starred Restaurant, Ever

Joe — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 23:53:07 -0000

"surprising"

Re: The Candidates’ Tech Agenda

Joe — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 11:37:16 -0000

Do you really think Trump cares to have a tech agenda, or would tell the truth about any such agenda?

Re: Feature Friday: Fingerprint Phone Access

Joe — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 11:14:23 -0000

You seem to switch handsets pretty regularly. Just curious, what do you do with the old ones?

Re: Politics and the Future

Joe — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 12:46:19 -0000

Reminds me about this short documentary "Humans Need Not Apply" https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Re: Lists

Joe — Sun, 29 Nov 2015 11:53:03 -0000

We never integrated with Amazon in any way. We kept our own office and tech stack. Amazon already built some list functionality (branded as "listmania") though it's been long neglected.

Re: Lists

Joe — Sun, 29 Nov 2015 11:16:17 -0000

43Things (https://en.wikipedia.org/wi... really nailed it back in the day... one of the first commercially successful ruby-on-rails sites. Won the 2005 Webby for best social networking site.

Happy to discuss more if you're interested. We had an exit to Amazon (and remained a subsidiary of theirs for many years) though I'd hesitate to say we "cracked the code."

(Full disclosure: I worked there)

Re: Startup Physics

Joe — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 10:10:17 -0000

Yes, you should write a book!

Re: Question: Can You Get T-Mo Wifi Calling On Stock Android

Joe — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 10:23:05 -0000

This doesn't actually answer your question, but an alternative/workaround is the Google Hangouts app plus the Hangouts Dialer app. With both of those apps installed, you can make wifi phone calls through Hangouts. No integration with the phone's native dialer (i.e. you have to go into the Hangouts app to make a wifi call).

Re: Android Tap & Go

Joe — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 10:57:00 -0000

Far out! I use 1password which (to my knowledge) doesn't do that. Maybe I should migrate...

Re: Android Tap & Go

Joe — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 10:51:00 -0000

Came here to ask this too. But even with a password manager app, he'd still need to do "open the pw app, find the relevant pw, copy it, open the app he wants to sign in to, paste the pw" ... still pretty annoying if we're talking 10 - 20 apps.

Re: Back to Basics: How to Manufacture Spend Using Bluebird

Joe — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 11:01:38 -0000

Speaking of great ways to manufacture spend, Square (the CC processing app) is having a signup deal that gives you the first $1000 worth of CC processing free of charges (normally they charge a 3-5% fee that makes it unreasonable to manufacture spend).

Here’s a link to get the bonus: https://squareup.com/i/E1A0...

(Full disclosure, I will also get $1000 in fee-free sales if you use that link)

Re: Developing My Strategy for Manufactured Spend

Joe — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 22:50:03 -0000

Makes sense, I've only tried supermarkets and drugstores in my neighborhood and I definitely live in a "less nice neighborhood"...I'll try elsewhere. Thank you!

Re: Developing My Strategy for Manufactured Spend

Joe — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 10:27:11 -0000

Cool, thanks! Any QFCs in particular around town? Or have you had luck at all of them?

Re: Developing My Strategy for Manufactured Spend

Joe — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 02:42:17 -0000

Are you still in Seattle? I'm having trouble finding places that will let me buy a prepaid/debit/gift card using a credit card. Do you know of places in Seattle that still let you do that? Thanks!

Re: SWOT Analysis Challenge Day 5: Turning Your SWOT Analysis into Actionable Strategies

Joe — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 12:52:53 -0000

There's a sentence "Here are a few SWOT examples you can look at." that looks like it should link to something, or be followed by actual examples? Does this need to be fixed?

Re: Women-only, tuition-free coding school Ada Developers Academy spins out of Tech Alliance

Joe — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 20:18:29 -0000

The Ada program is turning out some amazingly well-trained software developers. I'm impressed at the caliber of education they receive, and the students' preparedness for the "real world" (whether that's a startup or a big company). And the program is barely 2 years old! I wish them all the best in this next chapter.

Re: Everett City Logo Chosen/Copied

Joe — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 14:16:14 -0000

The city has an official response about the issue: http://www.ci.everett.wa.us...

Re: Tech Moves: EnergySavvy CTO leaves post; Donuts names new CMO; and more

Joe — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 11:33:09 -0000

Leo left EnergySavvy in great hands, but we all miss him nonetheless. Can't wait to see where life takes him next!

Re: Our $1300 Vacuum Cleaner

Joe — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 22:59:45 -0000

We bought that $600 Dyson so I know the luxury vacuum market! Some things are just worth the money if they'll give a lot of value over many years.

(I found your blog from the Camp Mustache yahoo group. See you in May!)

Re: Win more than a year of free Ting service

Joe — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 12:46:22 -0000

Dang, how'd I miss the free watermelon breakfast burrito promo? Are you ever going to bring it back?!

Re: Don’t Allow Thieves and Those with a Lack of Integrity In Your Life

Joe — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:17:16 -0000

I've been thinking about it as well (while awaiting your reply). I like how you use the "sleep at night" test.

I arrived at a similar answer: buying more food than you can consume is immoral regardless of the other aspects of the situation. It's wasteful and disrespectful to the earth, the farmers who grew it, and (in the case of meat and dairy) the animals too.

I realize this is sort of a cop-out since it doesn't address the milk bottle refund situation directly, but if it was me, that's how I'd think of it.

Re: Don’t Allow Thieves and Those with a Lack of Integrity In Your Life

Joe — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:12:44 -0000

BTW, would you consider it moral or amoral to buy more milk than your family could possibly drink, simply to make money?

Re: Don’t Allow Thieves and Those with a Lack of Integrity In Your Life

Joe — Thu, 30 May 2013 14:49:54 -0000

I didn't fully understand the milk situation but now that I do, I agree that they're not comparable at all.

Re: Don’t Allow Thieves and Those with a Lack of Integrity In Your Life

Joe — Thu, 30 May 2013 13:19:58 -0000

How is this meat situation different from the way you get your milk for free? (http://www.joshuakennon.com... I'm not asking to be mean or acuse you of stealing. Just trying to understand the moral difference. Someone's losing money in each situation.

(edit: fixed typo)