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kw_

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About kw_

kevin at massive dot io

Recent public activity

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    How do I delete my account?

    I would like to delete my account entirely. How do I arrange that?

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    Comment #1003505

    I was answering solely for myself. I'm not an author. The only time I really choose my words super-carefully is when I'm working on promotional copy. So that's the angle that I app…

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    Comment #1003479

    Shopify is a company that handles large amounts of customer data. They've sponsored a very positively spun interview on monetizing such data by spamming people via SMS, "sweepstake…

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    Comment #1003476

    It's really annoying that this horseshit comment continues to get moderated up. thechangelog jumped to an unreasonable, and uninformed conclusion, that implies pretty horrible thin…

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    Comment #1002857

    I haven't read S&W, but I have three main reasons for avoiding that word: 1) If it's really prestigious, I shouldn't have to mention that fact. 2) If I want you to think it's prest…

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    Comment #1002843

    We have a vSphere installation, and have a hadoop VM on every physical machine, eating up spare cycles. We're very happy with it.

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    Comment #1002168

    I appreciate your summary. I just can't take anybody seriously once they mention payday loans.

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    Comment #1002143

    I couldn't get past the point where he's going on about doing lead-gen for payday loans. I care about creating value far more than I care about making money. In my eyes, $500k earn…

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    Comment #1000380

    I wonder if this is because Perian has eliminated much of the need for VLC.

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    Comment #999520

    I just went to email you, to discuss a few of the additional ideas we had in our original plan, see if there might be a way to differentiate it sufficiently from RedLaser and Googl…

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    Comment #999516

    The only thing you can control is your effort.

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    Comment #999235

    Yes. I'm kicking myself for halting the execution, because I made order of magnitude errors in my projections. If I'd simply had the idea (not the idea plus all resources required …

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    Comment #999203

    This one is bittersweet, as we had the idea, the staff, and the time and money to implement it, but chose not to, because we substantially underestimated the size of the market. Wh…