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nice example of how luck is a factor in business success

Operations Research was one of my favorite classes in college. Only after modeling the world, can you conquer it.

if only tiny pigs pollinated figs

Definitely meant in jest. I was a fan of the original Starcraft way back in the day. Even now new games come out that still provide me with a little distraction.

"Sad is the developer who knows not fun."

Hopefully people aren't too good at Starcraft 2. The worst Starcraft team should get a round of funding.

I love Bend! Too bad you aren't a python shop. :)

Rock Salt deodorant works great. For easier application, try the salt spray. It costs more, but a nice convenience. I imagine you can make your own spray by dissolving the rock in water.

I'm in. Clint

Really like the simplicity of the idea and clean look of the site. Already replied to the welcome message - waiting for it to post to the site.

I like the daily emails as I don't visit too many sites daily, apart from HN and Gmail. This will be an easy way to log all that I'm up to. I'm not sure how regularly I'll do this, but time will tell.

Also, it's illegal in China. Enforcement is lax, but if you cross the wrong person expect the law to be enforced. Several Rio Tinto officers had to find this out the hard way.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62S0R020100329

Network, the Chinese way, and get some people on your side quickly.

Ack! I think I still have some code to write...

Check out the book if you have the chance. A very quick read. A bit sensational, but a nice distraction.

Interesting how we develop code to be more intelligent and to identify objects, when humans have such a hard time recognizing patterns (as shown in the video).

I don't think there are any unbiased news source. I think the best we can do is read from several different sources and interpolate accurate news. I'm starting to feel that this method is too much work, but here's who I read:

Primaries: New York Times BBC Al Jazeera English

Skim both: Drudge Report and Huffington Post

The April Fools python micro-framework was called 'Denied.' The Hacker News coverage is here, http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1237412 .

Thanks for diving into the source and including a suggestion!

I see what you mean. We'll keep this in mind when we revise the front page.

It is an interesting market!

And, best of luck to you!

Hmm...I guess we have a backup plan if things don't work out. Yeah, we may want to up the professionalism.

P.S. To be clear, we don't condone the use or actions of gigolos. And, I am kidding about the backup plan. ;)

P.P.S Thanks for the feedback!

Thanks for the feedback.

I've run the site through YSlow, so glad you noticed that. 1,2,3 are now on the task list. Thanks again!

Culture Code does look good. Thanks for sharing!

Fortunately for us they aren't one of our competitors. Give us some time, we'll tighten our design, pitch, and feature set.

Thanks for the compliment and feedback.

That edit link has been a bit of a pain. Agreed, that we need to make that action stand out.

I like the one-liner and the three simple steps. "Beautiful" is a great word, isn't it? Do you have a marketing background? Quick, great advice. Thanks!

Thanks for the straight-to-the-point advice, much appreciated!

The home page can be tightened up a bit - message and presentation. You're right about the text contrast, my parents had issues with that too. :-/

5. The name is supposed to be giga (as in billions) and yo as in "hi!". Basically using advertising to broadcast yourself to humanity. Though, we may have been eating yogurt in the name brainstorming session.

7. Tour section is needed. Working on some videos to help with this.

Thanks for the advice on the home page. Looks like I need to spend some time researching, and implementing, on conversion best practices.

Any must read pages for conversion or a/b advice?

For the last several months I've worked on a site that helps businesses create online display ads. http://www.gigayo.com Our goal is to help non-Fortune 500 businesses quickly and affordably create quality banners that can be used on most ad networks. We currently have about 60 templates that you can customize - more on the way. The price, at this early beta stage, is free. So feel free to make as many ads as you so desire.

Would love your feedback!

There's also pyjs if you want to skip the writing of javascript and just write python. It works like gwt, but in python. http://pyjs.org/

I find it interesting that both LLNL and Sun employees are involved in the port. Does Sun being directly involved help the case for it being used in Linux?

Nice MVP.

I second the email option. Ideally I would be able to send the invoice to my client and myself (for my records).

Google doesn't dominate every market, but I think they're doing quite well:

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2009/03/googles-market-shar...

and

http://www.artofseobook.com/search-engine-market-share-by-co...

I like this fund too, but to clarify, it moves double inverse to to US T-Bond Yields. For instance, if the ETF portfolio has an average duration of 15, a one percent increase in treasury bonds rates will cause a 30% increase in the ETF price. A nice hedge against higher rates.