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biddycoon An eBook pricing model that resulted in $100,000 in sales

For $29 you get a PDF and the mobi/epub formats for your iPad, kindle or whatever else

biddycoon How I made my first app in 3 weeks for $250 with no coding skills

Thanks Greg - very true. Since the goal of this project was just to get something out the door I didn't really think of or plan for maintenance. Now I know for next time! I don't have any ambitions or monetary goals for it which is why I did it super cheapo.

I was able to dig into the project in xCode and make a small update, package it up and re-submit which was a really fulfilling experience to be able to figure it out!

biddycoon Poll: Do you select text while reading?

woah, this is fascinating to me. I've never heard of someone highlighting text while reading

biddycoon Complete, stand alone Stanford machine learning course notes

I used this site a few times in college - http://www.notehall.com/ . The downside is you have to pay for notes, study guides etc. but they let you preview the notes and then leave reviews after you've purchased.

biddycoon Why I quit Facebook

I'm not quitting Facebook completely, but one of my goals this year is to spend way less time on it and more time on hacker news.