Sean Tierney's Comments

Scrollin' On Dubs : 50 acoustic artists you need to know

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:04:18 +0000

Ben, great additions! i may need to make this a top 100 list ;-)

Scrollin' On Dubs : The spreadsheet browser extension I would happily pay $50 for

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:33:28 +0000

Nige, thx. My site was down the past few days as a change in hosting providers happened to coincide with me transferring my domain so I couldn't update DNS for a week... ugh.. anyways your plugin seems to be exactly what I was asking for. I will check it out. Kudos for writing it!

Scrollin' On Dubs : The spreadsheet browser extension I would happily pay $50 for

Fri, 9 Dec 2011 23:55:10 +0000

Paul, beautiful! thanks for recommending this. tried it and works like a charm (even pasting into Numbers on a Mac which usually works far less than Excel for some reason). Would still love to see an extension created that allowed simple spreadsheet ops inline directly in the browser but this is definitely a big step up from the current situation. Thank you for sharing.

Scrollin' On Dubs : 50 acoustic artists you need to know

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:43:36 +0000

Amber, thanks. Will check her out. I've gotten into Adelle lately- she's pretty amazing and worth a listen if you haven't heard her album yet.

Scrollin' On Dubs : 50 acoustic artists you need to know

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:42:22 +0000

Jamie, I actually had Ben Harper on the original list and he's amazing. I updated with newer, undiscovered artists since I originally wrote this and bumped him but you're right, he definitely belongs on here. Maybe it's time to expand to the "100 acoustic artists you need to know..."

Scrollin' On Dubs : 50 acoustic artists you need to know

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:39:59 +0000

Dennis, I left off Dylan b/c I just assume everyone knows him as the godfather of acoustic (like leaving Einstein out when talking about great scientists). But thanks for giving him mention- he's the greatest.

Scrollin' On Dubs : Disruption, practicality & emotional neglect (or why the Walkman really won)

Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:08:54 +0000

Ed, obviously headphones existed prior to portable music players. No argument from me that your comment is accurate in theory but in practice the Walkman was the first time en masse younger people could experience music this way (stereo's were hundreds while Walkman's were about $70). The point of my post is that _practical_ reasons are typically the ones that get cited in case studies after the fact but the true driving factors for adoption at the time are more sensory/emotional in nature. As you pointed out w/ the iPhone, it wasn't so much that practicality of being able to access one's music collection from anywhere that was compelling as much as it was cool to be able to choose from any of your tunes while out on a run.

Scrollin' On Dubs : The spreadsheet browser extension I would happily pay $50 for

Tue, 4 Oct 2011 18:09:57 +0000

Dan, cool thanks for the tip. I'll check out the excel importer. I run on a Mac so unfortunately I don't have IE and loading up a VM just for this would make it cumbersome. I still think that even w/ tools that bridge getting the data into a desktop spreadsheet program easier, there's an opportunity/need for an extension that just lets you perform basic spreadsheet ops in the browser. Thx for the info tho!

Scrollin' On Dubs : Eric Ries, are you joking?

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:26:55 +0000

BTW Eric, the source of my confusion was this: I didn't even realize a digital edition was promised in the AppSumo bundle. I had bought a pre-ordered version of your book from your site around SXSW time and assumed I had checked the digital option and you had since decided to revoke that and insist people receive physical book. Anyways. All good. I feel like an ass now for making this post now that I understand what happened. peace.

Scrollin' On Dubs : Eric Ries, are you joking?

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:03:36 +0000

Eric, not asking for a refund for the Appsumo bundle at all... That was an amazing value and I have no issue with taking a hardcopy now that I understand the mixup. This makes more sense now and I would say just explain the situation in the email next time rather than hitting people w/ an ultimatum on something out of the blue w/o any explanation of what happened. looking forward to reading the book

Scrollin' On Dubs : Lessons learned from 30 days of going carrierless

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:58:24 +0000

Good point. If you want to be able to receive calls on your mobile you do need the Skype Online Number which costs $18 every 3mos. I'm on their pay-per-minute plan right now which is $.023/min. They have a $3/mo all-u-can-eat plan for calling anywhere in the US & Canada. I also paid a $20 one-time fee to port my AT&T # to Google and then another $20 to keep my previous Google Voice # as an alternate. Lastly, I had to pay an early termination fee of $70 to AT&T for ending my contract 3mos early.

Scrollin' On Dubs : Lessons learned from 30 days of going carrierless

Tue, 9 Aug 2011 19:00:51 +0000

Jim, surprisingly iPhone battery life has not been noticeably affected by running Skype in the background. I even have an oldschool iPhone - i'm assuming the newer ones will do even better.

Scrollin' On Dubs : Lessons learned from 30 days of going carrierless

Mon, 8 Aug 2011 03:47:37 +0000

thx Dave- great to know on the 911 calls. I updated to post to reflect this.

Scrollin' On Dubs : 50 acoustic artists you need to know

Sat, 30 Jul 2011 01:05:52 +0000

Just discovered Nate Stone in Flagstaff - added him above and bumping Lain Archer to comments: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMKiQ1lPZbM

Scrollin' On Dubs : Time-saving Adwords hack when dealing with large keyword sets

Thu, 7 Jul 2011 20:04:25 +0000

Patrice- it's definitely annoying but better than the alternative. You just need to sort the keywords by status in the online tool, find the "bookends" of the ones that have fallen below the first page bid and do "check all" > pause for each page of terms. You may have to page through 20 pgs to get all the ones you need and it's admittedly tedious but it's the fastest workaround I've found for dealing w/ this situation and once you update your list then fewer and fewer fall off the first page bid over time so it does get easier to manage. -sean

Scrollin' On Dubs : My problem with The Black Swan

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:09:00 +0000

Ray & Jurian, thx for the thoughtful responses. I'll read the whole thing and withhold criticism until I finish. Too many people I respect have recommended this book so there must be some value. I'm just getting hung up early on the premise. Thx.

Scrollin' On Dubs : Chase bank is the Hotel California of banks

Tue, 24 May 2011 22:34:43 +0000

wow that sucks. at least I had a choice in becoming their customer to start... all the more reason for someone to step and file some kind of class action against these jerks. I'm surprised they've gotten away with it thus far.

Scrollin' On Dubs : Towards a more useful high school experience

Fri, 4 Mar 2011 03:48:58 +0000

thx for kind words. have not read John Dewey - will check him out. -sean

Scrollin' On Dubs : Startup Weekend LA rocked it

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:37:49 +0000

yea it's attributed to Og Mandino, the guy who wrote "Greatest Salesman in the World"

Scrollin' On Dubs : Results and observations from one month on the Paleo diet

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:16:44 +0000

Definitely up for a Paleo user group in Phx - we need it. You should lobby Hamid to have a Paleo-friendly option at the next AZ Disruptors lunches. I think between the 5 of us we'll have a significant presence there.