positivejam

I agree that "gouging" seems like the wrong term, but it was used once in the title and once more in the article: "This price-gouging annoys Mr. Buffett..." So, we don't actually know if Buffet himself called it gouging. He is quoted as saying he wants his shareholders to not have to pay as much, and points them toward a service that might provide a lower price for accommodations. Seems reasonable to me.

I'm getting the same thing. All the text in my Chrome window looks microscopic after playing.

I do a lot of ASP.NET MVC work on enterprise apps, would be happy to chat about your needs. Can you provide a site or contact info?

> He probably also plans to start creating similar email lists for other verticals with high levels of contractor work - so not just developers, but also designers, devops etc.

This is what I'm interested in, although I'm pretty sure he said his product is actually for designers, not devs. I'd love to see something similar for devs.

If you pursued it, you might even be able to identify patterns common to high-quality leads and use those patterns to automate your process some.

Are you getting any feedback from your users on a lead by lead basis about the quality of the leads? Like, the ability for them to rate the leads they pursue? It would be interesting to see if getting such feedback could improve the quality/efficiency of your lead-finding abilities.

Fair enough. A lot of people would probably define passive income differently, but I see what you're getting at. I hope the entire comments section of this post doesn't turn into only a debate about what qualifies as passive income because I'm actually really interested in what you've done and would like to see some good discussion about that.

Has anyone done something similar with a focus on software freelancing/consulting opportunities?

Agreed, which is a shame, because I like the idea and he seems to be truly delivering value. The title, however, is over-promising rather than over-delivering.

Cool, thanks for the explanation.

Good to know, thanks!

So, if one were to use this or something like it, how would you handle DOM interaction? Write JavaScript by hand for that, and have it call out to JSIL-generated code?

Fair enough. I don't actually have a settled opinion on the matter. I was, however, pretty sure the author was being misrepresented as being against Kickstarter-style donations, and wanted to clarify.

>Is there anyone else motivated by this like me?

Analytic philosophers tend to be.

Exactly. The article is not saying it's insane to allow Kickstarter donations, it's insane that current law makes it just fine to donate to a risky venture but not to invest and get a chance to share in the venture's upside.

Recently saw a company on HN that does something similar: http://www.airpair.com/

Don't know much about them, but they seem to be making a go of it. Apparently there's at least some demand in the space!

It's not shutdown permanently. The U.S. federal government is on the brink of shutting down due to a political dispute. It won't likely last very long, so your trip is probably safe.

Edit - I should qualify that: there's no real way of knowing how long it will be shut down. These shutdowns don't happen all that frequently, but there was one during the Clinton administration that lasted 21 days. That's the longest, I believe. A contingency plan on your part might not hurt, depending on when your trip is scheduled for.

>but to only disprove the author's sweeping claim that the lack of a pedigree is some unsurmountable obstacle to succeed in India.

I didn't get that from reading the OP's article at all. I heard him saying that the lack of a pedigree is perceived by people in India as an insurmountable obstacle. You may disagree with that. Personally, I have no idea. But there's a difference between what you're accusing him of saying and what he actually said.

My buddy is the VP of Web/Marketing there (Power Practical). Their Kickstarter last year went really well. Here's a link to their current product page: http://www.thepowerpot.com/

>They are unlikely to become customers

My reading of the original post was that she already was a customer but couldn't understand that her current problem wasn't actually with Basecamp. And I'm sure you know the stats about the difference in cost between acquiring new vs. retaining existing customers...

PS: just checked out trycelery, too. Looks very cool! Since I've never run a site with preordering before, I'm not sure which features I'll need or not, but I plan to revisit your service when I get to that point in development.

Cool, exactly what I was hoping to find out. Thanks for the insight!