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sarcasmatron

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About sarcasmatron

The shortest distance between idea and execution runs through me.

Project Management. Operations Management. Business Development. iOS | Android | Windows Mobile | Blackberry | HTML 5.

My clients have discovered the need for QA the hard way.

2010: "Learning A-Z" - Largest release of K-6 educational content on iTunes.

2011: "Rock Prodigy" - Appy award in Education category.

2012: "Grindr" - 4 Million users. - 1 Million users/day. - 100,000 concurrent users (average). - 6 Billion ad units served per month (average)

Recent public activity

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    Comment #3606737

    At this point, use of GoDaddy at any point should be noted in any Due Diligence process by investors. If the founders are unable to identify using GoDaddy as an unacceptable risk a…

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    Comment #3555640

    The cultural inability to drink moderately is not inherently American. Seems you have a bit of a cultural bias, as you left out some notorious drinking cultures: Germany, Japan, Au…

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    Comment #3551967

    Collective problem solving over group voice communications is a universal skill. Our dev team got really good at it when we all started playing Counterstrike together. MMORPG raidi…

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    Comment #3543144

    I didn't want you to think your comment had gone unnoticed. Well played.

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    Comment #3418085

    Thanks for all of the responses. I found someone. Thanks HN!

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    Comment #3414804

    SEEKING FREELANCER - Remote only. I need a jQuery/jQuery mobile person to help me finish a proof-of-concept workflow. I've been doing this iteratively, so the tasks that need compl…

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    Comment #3340397

    Inexperienced management: they're more concerned with supervising task completion than managing deliverables and risk.

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    Comment #3340385

    Technical Management - either Operations or Project - is still regarded as a soft skill, and therefore isn't desired by most startups. As a result, they don't know how to recruit, …

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    Comment #3148498

    As a hiring manager, I always try to either (a) hire 90 day contract to full-time; or (b) hire under a 90-day trial or probationary period. At the end of the period I ask myself if…

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    Comment #2950395

    Pretty well, indeed. Thanks for the link.

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    Comment #2950340

    Interesting responses: I've never worked with startups for the payout, but for the experience of working with startups. As to stock, I prefer shares to options from both sides of t…

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    Comment #2934112

    I've spent a lot of money (mine and clients') on different tools, and I've settled on Keynote. It covers 95% of my needs and I don't have to manage yet another tool. Being able to …

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    Comment #2932807

    There's a lot you can do with presentation software: PowerPoint, Keynote, or Google Apps. There are a lot of other tools available, but it's nice being able to quickly wireframe an…

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    Comment #2844226

    Or "American Idol".

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    Comment #2844222

    Aaron Stanton actually has a product, which is what he was trying to get in front of Google - www.booklamp.org It's an interesting concept - Pandora for books. I spent some time lo…

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    Comment #2844210

    After reading this post, I decided it was a good time for an inaugural post. Here it is. How am I doing? Your skill profile incorporates two of my favorite things: P&P RPGs and emp…