Only 11 years. It seems like it was older. I guess it seems like such an idea of the late 90's internet, I just associate it with that era.
The man behind the million dollar homepage 11 years later
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Re: The man behind the million dollar homepage 11 years later
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
[Disclosure: I'm CTO at Calm] With Calm, there's new content every single day with our Daily Calm meditation. We've got more daily content coming soon too. In addition to the content people also like us for our tracking features and daily reminders, which people consider valuable.
Ironically, the completionist in me would be stressed out knowing there's new content waiting for me everyday. I'd feel compelled to listen to the day's new audio track before it has a chance to pile up over a week, which makes for good business, but would personally stress me out and ruin the whole point of Calm and similar mindfulness services. I'm probably just a weirdo edge case, though :]
I quite agree. I like the repetitive edge of Headspace. Although I have to say that I don't feel compelled to do all of it. I know it's not a test and if I push myself to do things then it lessens the benefit.
Re: The man behind the million dollar homepage 11 years later
#33I have been using Headspace and Calm.com. While the services are valuable, I have hard time justifying buying a subscription with a monthly cost for something that is basically some guided meditation mp3. Compare buying a meditation book with a few guided meditation track for 20$, or subscribing to an app with a recurring cost of 70$/year, I don't really see the added value. Can someone shed light on what I am missin…
Yup, I actually paid for two of these services before I realized they're just audio content. Great business for them, bad product for me.
There is the free 10 day content as well as a 30 day money back guarantee.
Re: The man behind the million dollar homepage 11 years later
#34"Fast-forward 11 years and Tew is still doing things differently than most [...]. Today, he lives in San Francisco, [...] and is founder and CEO of start-up Calm, which offers a mobile app" At least on HN this wouldn't be seen different at all. Wikipedia retells the story of the million dollar homepage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Million_Dollar_Homepage
He comes from Wiltshire. SF is very different.
'bucolic' is the only word I've heard to describe the village I grew up in.
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#35I always wondered how he got that site running in the first place. I had my own similar "dumb idea" that I created: http://www.ipaidthemost.com , but I have no idea how to get it out in front of people, even though folks tend to react well enough when I show it to them.
Putting it on Hacker News helps, I just posted a message =)
Re: The man behind the million dollar homepage 11 years later
#36I always wondered how he got that site running in the first place. I had my own similar "dumb idea" that I created: http://www.ipaidthemost.com , but I have no idea how to get it out in front of people, even though folks tend to react well enough when I show it to them.
I feel the same way about the kind of art that "a 7 year old could do". The part I admire is their ability to get funding.
I think the success of some naïve art is the audacity of the person making it.
"I could have done that"
"Yes, you could, but you didn't"
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Kk-61u6leYU/UrB3Cfg6x1I/AAAAAAAAEO...
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#37I have been using Headspace and Calm.com. While the services are valuable, I have hard time justifying buying a subscription with a monthly cost for something that is basically some guided meditation mp3. Compare buying a meditation book with a few guided meditation track for 20$, or subscribing to an app with a recurring cost of 70$/year, I don't really see the added value. Can someone shed light on what I am missin…
You're missing just how easy it is to write a quick script that downloads all the content and stores it on your hard drive. Subscribe for a month, write the script in an hour or so, unsubscribe, and you're done. I did this for one of these services and the most annoying thing was correcting the inconsistent names they gave their audio files.
You can do this with anything - works great with programming screencasts, for example. If it's the type of service that regularly updates, you can just resubscribe for a month once in a while to grab the new stuff.
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#38I always wondered how he got that site running in the first place. I had my own similar "dumb idea" that I created: http://www.ipaidthemost.com , but I have no idea how to get it out in front of people, even though folks tend to react well enough when I show it to them.
Putting it on Hacker News helps, I just posted a message =)
I just saw. Thanks! Nice site, by the way.
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#39So pretty much a long winded advertisement for his company.
Sponsored content. http://www.hulu.com/watch/873050
It is South Park (so you get all the crude/offensive humor that comes with it), but this episode is a pretty good microcosm of this sort of thing.
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#40is the "lifetime" subscription just a hail-mary money-grab?
I expect it is one of those strategies that allows you to channel buyers toward your preferred pricing structure. e.g. 1 month = $10, 3 months $20, 1 year $75, lifetime $250.
In this example you really want to sleep at $20 for 3 months, so your $75 for a year is for customers convenience, the 1 month for $10 is there so people see how good value it is to get a 3 or 12 no the subscription, the lifetime is there so people who get a year subscription don't think they are taking the most expensive option.