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nedwin

2,285karma·763submissions·March 10, 2009
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@nedwin Australian in SF dwyer.ed@gmail.com
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We're open to anyone, anywhere in the world. :)
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In Australia as of 2007 only 25% of the cost of a packet of cigarettes goes to the manufacturer, 13% goes to the retailer and the rest goes to state and federal taxes. http://www.tobaccoinaustralia.o…
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Nice. We did this with a nice little call to action button that "snaps" to the header as you scroll past: http://blog.tweaky.com/how-to-make-a-sticky-button/ …
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Whenever I see something like this I think "Damn, I hope they do a white-label version"
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Great post. Where do I find great lists to send news to and advertise on (aside from LaunchBit)?
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Much better. There's plenty of data out there around call to action buttons with a lot saying that a red button converts the best, but contrast is definitely important. A nice little guide here FWIW: …
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Love what you're doing guys but you're killing me. Add an email subscription form or a registration button or SOMETHING to the page if I make it through the popup. Also maybe go easy on the popup in t…
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This article is ridiculous. It's not until the last paragraph that they reveal that Uber is no longer charging 2x, instead keeping prices level and reducing their margin to increase supply. It's quite…
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I'm getting the same error
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Just so I'm clear this is what I understand of the situation: You convinced a guy to reneg on a contract he had signed to join your company. You convinced him by telling him what a great opportunity y…
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I was really asking more out of curiosity in contrast to the freelance programmer question. I think there are a lot of similarities between freelance programming and freelance marketing though there s…
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How much success are you getting from direct outreach? Curious as to what sort of work you're doing as well...
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Evernote and moleskines. My everyday todo and notes are taken in a black a5 moleskine. I go through one every 3 months and have a shelf that I keep all the old ones on, organized by date. Fleshing out…
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Did you build this Akhil?
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Beautiful site. Have seen a few of these on HN but your implementation looks the best so far. We need this - looking forward to launch.
14y ago·view thread
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What percentage of Buffer revenue is from the Carbon Ads on blog posts like this?
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Thank you! iTunes is terrible to search for films to watch. Previously I've used Goodfilms to search for films but had to resort to torrenting if not available in iTunes. The main benefit for iTunes b…
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This sounds like madness - if you think this won't be a distraction then you are kidding yourself. Coding to destress, I can understand that. So code something that's related, but non-core, to the bus…
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I thought this was going to be a search engine for things that are fun.
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A saw a post on Twitter a couple of weeks ago from a guy who was in his last week of his job. He claimed his employer was trying to "milk him" by asking for a handover guide for the next person taking…
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The music industry's disappearance won't create a void, things will move in to take their place. You don't need the big labels to be the filter, there are plenty of other individuals and companies who…
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As the article states, they decided that this was a worthwhile risk to take. Users could already use the error handling in new username creation to determine if a username existed. They decided that t…
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Third paragraph: "Assume... ...your team has product, development, and design chops." I am going to assume that this means your team has a track record, one definition of "chops"
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I'm getting issues clicking through on links to screaming frog and click dog
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