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Occipital : 2010 At Occipital: Arrival at the Launchpad

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:13:41 +0000

Awesome! Great work Jeff, Vikas, and the rest of the team!

Megan Leigh Sweeney : B-roll

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:40:58 +0000

Some beautiful & inspiring footage Megan. Do you mind if I ask what camera model you recorded it on? On a completely unrelated note, this youtube video (which I find oddly hilarious) is where I learned what a b-roll was: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SItFvB0Upb8&fe...

Online Aspect : The bell

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:37:28 +0000

Good post Josh. Our team is very pro-data sharing. I'm curious about something: Why did you guys go with socialcast for team data sharing (as opposed to Yammer)? We're on Yammer, and at first glance, SocialCast just looks more powerful / customizable.

@nleach : Coping With MySQL Slave Lag

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:03:59 +0000

Great first post B. Are read queries on the master really replicated on the slave? I didn't know that. Also, you should consider throwing in a little bit of info about InnoDB, which can be useful when replicating big queries (because InnoDB uses row-level locking instead of table-level locking like MyIsam)

TechStars Blog : RedLaser: Three Months On Top of the App Store

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:19:43 +0000

Congrats Jeff & Vikas!

Owocki dot com : Think before you commit

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:49:38 +0000

Let's hear your best.

one : IP Address Brokers; Please Stand Up

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:07:13 +0000

Major 'like' for both of your posts, Josh and Jud. As someone who's been dealing with email delivery issues for months now, I'll be looking forward to see what happens in this space.

Owocki dot com : How much would you pay for a themed Google logo?

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:50:39 +0000

Hi Andre. Thanks for stopping by. Some visitors have questioned the ROI of renting the google logo space (for both Google and the advertiser). It's an interesting thought for sure, though.

Owocki dot com : How much would you pay for a themed Google logo?

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:49:25 +0000

The major question for any company is ROI. We've gotten some anecdotal evidence that the awareness generated by the Google logo is worth at least a couple grand. If I were to speculate, I'd agree that Google would not be willing to rent out their homepage logo-space for one day for that amount.

Owocki dot com : Zen OS X: 5 easy steps to eliminate distractions

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:52:02 +0000

Welll well well.. Look who's on the minimalism train nowadays. You need to open the system preferences for each item that's in the top menu bar, and then uncheck 'show in menu bar'.

Owocki dot com : How much would you pay for a themed Google logo?

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:31:43 +0000

Interesting data Jeff. Thanks for the comment. Do you think you felt the bump on the anniversary of the invention of the bar code because of the google logo, because of other buzz/press about the anniversary, or both?

Owocki dot com : Zen OS X: 5 easy steps to eliminate distractions

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 01:52:01 +0000

I typically launch Photoshop via spotlight, then drag & drop the document I'd like to use in Photoshop to the Dock once it's there. Like Richard said, there's no best way for everyone. Though it looks pretty complicated I'll have to check out Launchbar.

Owocki dot com : Zen OS X: 5 easy steps to eliminate distractions

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 01:49:08 +0000

Hi Don. Thanks for stopping by. I've heard some good things about WriteRoom. I don't do a lot of writing, but when I do, I'll have to check that out

Owocki dot com : Zen OS X: 5 easy steps to eliminate distractions

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 01:47:37 +0000

Hi Richard, Thanks for commenting. I'm not implying my method is right for everyone, but I do think there are definitely some best practices, and was hoping to start a conversation about that. What works best for you on your mac?

Feld Thoughts : RedLaser #2 Paid App in the AppStore!

Thu, 1 Oct 2009 21:19:55 +0000

Congrats to Jeff & Vikas. It's only a matter of time until they hit #1!

one : TechStars Pain Pattern

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:07:33 +0000

Great post Jud. I think it's worth noting that many Techstars CTO's do not have the experience of scaling a consumer website. There are hundreds of tiny decisions I make every day, and, with the benefit of experience or hindsight, I'd do them very differently. Much of the emphasis in Techstars was (at least for my team) showing that we could iterate / listen to our prospective userbase, and rightly so, we were trying to raise an angel round. Having an application that was scalable was not something that was not put on the frontburner at the time, simply because there was not an immediate need. Not that I am justifying not planning ahead, just offering a perspective from someone who's been there. :) Thanks for your tips. It is very nice to have posts like these in my delicious bookmarks to remind me not to make similar mistakes again.

Owocki dot com : Running a Startup? You're standing on the shoulders of giants.

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:02:44 +0000

Thanks Ingrid. I agree things are a little 'easier' these days, especially for us programmers. I don't even buy reference books any more. Google is my go-to for work issues. Though, on another note, I think to some effect, people need to feel challenged, and that it's the challenges that we face that really define us to some level. When all the resources you need are readily available, that makes nothing special and in some cases can put you in a place where you really need an ego check. Anyways, just my 2c.

Owocki dot com : Running a Startup? You're standing on the shoulders of giants.

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:59:11 +0000

Nice! I remember having to use IE6. Pretty painful :)

Online Aspect : Choosing your audience

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:30:28 +0000

One thought: You can post your search engine targeting posts into the past (ie. schedule it to appear as though it was posted a month ago.). This way your RSS subscribers don't see it, but search engines do.

Owocki dot com : On Music and Code

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:18:25 +0000

Cool. Do you have any specific bands you use? Let me know and I'd love to check them out.