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When I was in high school in the 90s, and just discovering the world of money and finance, I stumbled on Alan Greenspan and instantly liked some of his thinking about it. I tried m…

Luckily a few others here in Idaho have done it by way of a Friends of the Library official non-profit 501(c)(3), so I have a model to follow that works in our region and for our r…

I’m trying to privately build a public library in a rural Idaho community. Borrowing sewing machines has been a popular request, as soon as we have space for them. It’s exciting to…

I’m not a lawyer but trademark isn’t just searching TESS right? It’s overly broad but the question I ask myself when naming projects (all small / inconsequential in the general bus…

Software is absurd, indeed. I don’t write code but I feel similar about digital and the Internet as a whole because my career is here… so I went back to a hobby of pre-computer aut…

I'm helping a friend sell their farm's ancient grain production online since they have a mill on their farm. They grow and sell spelt, emmer, einkorn, and other types of grain. Our…

I used to run a local web marketing meetup in East Idaho. It grew to about 260 people! We used meetup.com and I loved that... Then I discovered that Facebook Groups and setting up …

This reminds me of a book called The Power of Starting Something Stupid, by Richie Norton. The book tells several stories just like this one, where it seems like peers or others ar…

I up-vote the stories I intend to use or share with others in the future. These stories usually resonate with me on some level so I find myself reading significantly more stories t…

If you have time, I highly recommend reading The 1% Windfall by Rafi Mohammed[1]. There are dozens of pricing options in the book; however, Rafi's favored model is: try to set a pr…

I wonder if Yo is popular because people feel it is a funny pointless app or because it makes a common message incredibly easy to send? I like apps like Yo. They do exactly what th…

Your current home page tells a good story by simply outlining the benefits of your app. I don't have to think to "get it" when reading your existing home page. The new infographic …

You have an awesome opportunity with your startup. I'm sure you'll turn something around with the lively discussion you kicked off. Have you considered non-ad-network revenue sourc…

For every one of these "declining profitability" stories, there is an equal and opposite story. It's a cyclical story, too. Either way, Google wins.

I agree. Murder is unequivocally a violent crime; however, I believe "violent crimes" can cover assault of just about any type, sexual crimes and more.

Higher in actual number is almost always going to be relative to the population, isn't it? Per capita is more accurate while it still is lacking for comparison purposes. I agree th…

I've been interested in crime stats and arguments for some time; thus, I'm interested to know where you are getting your data to make such assumptions that UK criminals don't use w…

I use ClipBoard.com almost exclusively although I recently started to use Evernote and it's working out well so far. Both have easy-to-use Chrome extensions that make bookmarking a…

Organic search drives 7 out of 10 visits? I'm a little skeptical of that statistic. I wish Outbrain had updated reports that I could use (I wasn't able to find any;) however, pulli…

What a stunning tribute to the story. Every part of this was precisely, beautifully and expertly planned to have a profound emotional pull to see the story through to the end. It w…

I feel that this argument is lacking in scope when deferring to areas of the world where there are few to no guns in circulation. Of course there will be fewer gun crimes if there …

I don't understand this ranty article... Aren't startups called startups for a reason? Some aren't going to thrive, some really suck, others can't pivot their talent and drive towa…

Noted, thank you!

Very cool, thank you for sharing!

I love specialized task-oriented marketplaces like this and hope several of these take off. The only other that I'm aware of at the moment is Tweaky.com. Tweaky appears to focus on…