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geoffw8
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About geoffw8
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Comment #23590969
Seems pretty reasonable to me. If it’s a rough wireframe it can be just that, rough. If it’s a pixel perfect mockup then it’s a contract for final product IMO. Of course whether th…
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Comment #23475744
Firstly they're based in London. (a) is not (entirely) correct. There are literally hundreds of epidemiologists, doctors, NLP engineers, etc that have worked on the models. They ar…
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Comment #18162502
I actually took out income protection insurance for just this reason. I'm a contractor and so being able to work is very important. My policy pays out after 13 weeks of incapacitat…
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Comment #18085916
Quincy - just out on Netflix about Quincy Jones. What a fascinating life he's had. Watched it with a smile on my face the whole time.
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Comment #16506085
As mentioned above. We're making money doing it. I've long wondered why these guys are out there pitching their courses, right now I just believe its a) because they see everyone e…
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Comment #16506051
Its no walk in the park, but we do pretty well with it. The thing I always say to people about dropshipping is you're either making no money or lots of money. Finding a "winning" p…
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Comment #15510463
True - but my god the experiences aren't even in the same league and for me that matters. WeWork is worlds apart.
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Comment #12401879
alternatively emailhunter.co is great at this, they also have a Chrome extension you can just click when you're on a target domain
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Comment #9796774
Contracted for a bit. When I had enough cash in the bank after a month or two I took a few months off and did some travel. I couldn't even bear the thought of another startup (whil…
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Comment #9795887
I'm actually looking for a biz dev/sales type person who is familiar with the digital ad sales space/publishing space. Location doesn't matter right now except would be great if yo…
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Comment #9697100
Yeah, a lot of these places are still old school. They might have a DVD recorder in the back office that rewrites after x hours/days. So its not "we mandate them to buy the hardwar…
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Comment #9669105
Whose to say that one of the (many) reasons it currently isn't successful is that by feeling disconnected from friends and family it further makes them feel separate from society?
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Comment #9588679
Used one travelling Xmas 2013, its pretty good value theres no denying that. I did have some problems with some binaries, I'm sure someone else could better explain it but I think …
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Comment #9568564
I actually respected the way they did that. They're trying to make some very serious criticisms without detracting too much from the fact that Internet.org actually got off their a…
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Comment #9480890
Whoah. Uncalled for dude. This is a tech site you have to remember, he's a CEO of a tech site/husband to SS/seems like he was a big figure in the community. I'm sure every single o…
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Comment #9044794
not sure thats correct. i have a 16gb 5c, and when I bought it the guy who sold it to me said for an extra £15 you can get 16gb.
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Comment #9015070
I have a side project that needs some life! http://www.hurl.io
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Comment #8461919
Hey man, me too. Read it 4/5 years ago, been coding ever since - its my day job. Honestly thanks.
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Comment #8458369
You'll either get fired or people will keep paying you your new price.
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Comment #7297325
Not even kidding I was about to say the same thing. Just got back from travelling, 2 months in Thailand 1 month in Australia. Would recommend it to anyone feeling like this. Words …
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Comment #6781023
Interesting article. I'm sort of here now with something I'm working on, its incredibly general, and thats how I want it. What I'm going to do however is pitch to the specific grou…
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Comment #6623555
Hey, yeah I totally get it. Just drive home the WHY, WHY do you need to help them understand their customers' behaviour patterns? What are the benefits? Honestly I can't say that e…
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Comment #6623389
Hey! Cool concept. My overall comment would be really drive home the problem(s) that you're trying to solve, whatever they might be. I would lead with those. i.e. - Fed up of wasti…