SDMattG | 12 years ago | on: Building an open source Nest
Yea I really enjoyed that too. Now, if only I lived somewhere other than San Diego where I actually needed a thermostat ;-)
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SDMattG | 12 years ago | on: Quick tip for developers who use OS X
This is amazing. You have saved me countless seconds of frustration :-)
SDMattG | 12 years ago | on: Uber car attacked by Paris cab drivers on strike
Right?? You would think taxi drivers wouldn't be blind to the possibility of disruption. Look at the music industry and many others. I can't wait for all remaining crap services to be forcefully improved.
SDMattG | 12 years ago | on: Luck: The Secret Sauce of Successful Startups
No way, man. Sure luck plays a role on some level, but I can tell you I spent seven plus years trying to get apps off the ground. And it wasn't until I started putting in the hard work that things began to turn around. Plain and simple. Drop the excuses!
SDMattG | 12 years ago | on: Lessons learned from a year as a self-published author
I think the bigger worry should be regarding whether or not you're writing something people will buy.
The reason so many things suck these days is that people worry about edge cases, and build in rules/sucky experiences to protect against them.
SDMattG | 12 years ago | on: Lessons learned from a year as a self-published author
Thank you so much for sharing :-) Great inspiration for my own little project!
SDMattG | 12 years ago | on: Graphing your Nest thermostat
This makes me want to finally get one :-) If only I didn't live in San Diego haha
SDMattG | 12 years ago | on: Senator presses NSA to reveal whether it spies on members of Congress
It is so incredibly infuriating...and by the people who are supposed to be looking out for us.
SDMattG | 12 years ago | on: "Silence is for the weak"
"My favorite example of this sort of insanity is the office in which each time any developer deployed to production, the speaker system automatically played 6 seconds of their favorite song across the entire office. You could actually watch productivity go out the window as dozens of developers fell out of the zone."
And yet, it's a developers dream to set something like that up. Or a nerf gun that fires when you deploy. Hah!
Very self-harming...
SDMattG | 12 years ago | on: iOS 7 only is the only sane thing to do
"This was one feature we really wanted and implementing this was painful as hell. I can’t believe it’s now just a boolean value away." - So awesome yet so frustrating! haha
SDMattG | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you drive web traffic to your successful side projects?
Good design...it opens up so many doors.
CSS galleries, Dribbble postings, trust, sharing on social media, being followed by designers/developers/marketers, etc.
Great design is truly appreciated and breaks down massive barriers when someone first comes to your sites.
It also happens to be a great traffic generator - so don't neglect it!
I run http://hookfeed.com and http://minimalytics.com. And I'm writing http://howtobuildarocketship.com
SDMattG | 12 years ago | on: 6 things SaaS founders should keep in mind in 2014
This is so true:
"But since we're still in the early days of Cloud adoption and since it usually takes 5-10 years to build a large SaaS company, you also need lots of patience."
It all goes soooo much slower than expected.
We've also been distracted many times by this: "Similarly, if one user requests a new feature or a change in the product that's no reason to do it, unless you think it makes sense for a large part of your target group."
And we've also failed to plan, but a certain level is indeed necessary (once you hit a certain point). A defined roadmap is very necessary, albeit not always desired... "Become clear on what you want to achieve in 2014 and what this means for your product roadmap, your marketing plan and your financial plan."
Spot on article. Thank you so much :-)
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