aaronchriscohen | 11 years ago | on: How Design Thinking Transformed Airbnb Into a Billion Dollar Business
SUMMARY: "we were shocked, SHOCKED, to discover that an ad with a nice picture performs better than an ad with a bad picture."
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aaronchriscohen | 11 years ago | on: Postmates earned 400% more on a delivery than the delivery guy
i called and asked. they keep 100% of the purchase fee.
aaronchriscohen | 11 years ago | on: Postmates earned 400% more on a delivery than the delivery guy
because a startup has structured its business model to keep the vast majority of the profit it extracts from a virtual work force of independently contracted peons
aaronchriscohen | 11 years ago | on: Postmates earned 400% more on a delivery than the delivery guy
ive sinced learned that ebay now would have brought me my chromebook for no additional fee. wun wun also apparently caps the transaction fee at $2.
aaronchriscohen | 11 years ago | on: Postmates earned 400% more on a delivery than the delivery guy
actually they don't disclose this fee when you arrange for the original transaction. They list everything as "TBD"
aaronchriscohen | 11 years ago | on: Songza is Joining Google
so happy for elias and his team. this is a huge win for the queens tech community!
aaronchriscohen | 11 years ago | on: Zuckerberg, Nadella and Other Executives Ask Senate to Restrain NSA Spying
The only reason Big Tech is against the NSA now is because their most valuable customers are eyeing foreign competitors based in countries with actual privacy laws. I talk to clients all the time who want their data stored in Luxembourg or Switzerland or Iceland. MSFT, Google, FB, et al. were totally content to sell out the American public and aide the creation of a surveillance state as long as they profited from it.
aaronchriscohen | 11 years ago | on: Netflix replies to Verizon cease and desist letter
Just imagine that you had more than one choice of high speed Internet provider (unlike 95% of Americans who are stuck with the one cable company that happened to successfully bribe their local municipality) and think about what would happen to this issue. Competition would force the ISPs to knock this shit off. It's a product of their entrenched geographic monopolies. Period.
aaronchriscohen | 12 years ago | on: Show HN: StartupJob.me – Get Your Resume Out
Awesome! The for profit hacker schools will HATE this.
aaronchriscohen | 12 years ago | on: Nonprofit in Queens taught people to write apps, incomes rose from $15k to $72k
Tuition is $850. Many paid less. Some paid nothing.
aaronchriscohen | 12 years ago | on: Nonprofit in Queens taught people to write apps, incomes rose from $15k to $72k
If you want to support Coalition for Queens and the next Access Code program, donate now through Crowdtilt:
https://www.crowdtilt.com/campaigns/donating-my-31st-help-c4...
aaronchriscohen | 12 years ago | on: Netflix will raise streaming prices for new members this quarter
#ComcastTax
aaronchriscohen | 12 years ago | on: ATM operators eye Linux as alternative to Windows XP
it's more customizable, more secure, and free. really hard decision.
aaronchriscohen | 12 years ago | on: General Assembly raises $35M Series C
so theyre university of phoenix now? btw, if anyone wants to pay me $10,000 to read php.net aloud, i will do so.
aaronchriscohen | 12 years ago | on: Chromecast now open to developers with the Google Cast SDK
Now how about a Chromecast w/ dual-band networking or, even better, an ethernet port? The 2.4ghz band is next to useless in high density environments like my Brooklyn apartment.
aaronchriscohen | 12 years ago | on: New YC Partner Investment Policy
I wager the % of the YC companies that raise $500k within three weeks of demo day is <10% making this rule effectively meaningless.
aaronchriscohen | 12 years ago | on: T-Mobile, please fix your gateways
I just went to viclone.com on my Nexus 5 via Tmobile LTE and it connected fine.... https://www.dropbox.com/s/c5s5pw4ydohhr4g/Screenshot_2014-01...
aaronchriscohen | 12 years ago | on: Sorry, RSA, I'm just not buying it
NSA deserves an award for accomplishing this for just $10 million.
aaronchriscohen | 12 years ago | on: Show HN: Jackpocket- Buy your $586M Mega Millions ticket right from your phone
Really love how it sends me a push if my numbers hit. No need to check my tickets at the bodega scanner which never works.
aaronchriscohen | 12 years ago | on: A simple no-brainer approach to patent trolls
This would be like selling car insurance to demolition derby drivers. It would never, ever be profitable.
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