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Re: The One-Person Product

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Post by Y0YO »

stevenj wrote: post #10

I know very little about David Karp. But after reading this, I'm a bit surprised that he decided to sell Tumblr. The way Marco talks about David's disinterest in money, and his singular obsession with Tumblr, made me think he wouldn't even consider selling it to someone else. I'd be curious to hear his reasons for selling, as oppose to doing a strategic investment like Facebook did with Microsoft at one point.

I think he was waiting for a billion dollar. That's why he didn't really cared about money at first, but building a billion dollar company.

Re: The One-Person Product

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Post by reeses »

bitwize wrote: post #18
sergiotapia wrote: post #11

I like reading this guys blog, it's well written and weaves a nice story to follow almost always. It's a shame a lot of the Tumblr crowd are like this: http://www.reddit.com/r/tumblrinaction The technology seems great and simple to use.

The technology seems great and simple to use. There's a reason why I call it "Fumblr". To me the user interface is hella cumbersome. But I spend much of my day inside Emacs, so...

If you spend all your time inside emacs[1], you know that you can change anything you consider less-than-ideal. If you can't, or don't feel enough pain to make it worthwhile, the original rule 34 (which is really just rule #1, in the way that 'water is wet') will lead you to someone who has made an emacs package for it.

http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Tumblr

[1] Because, as we all know, Linux/Windows/OS X/QNX/Solaris/etc. are just bootloaders for the true GNU operating system.

Re: The One-Person Product

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Post by reeses »

captainbenises wrote: post #34
abat wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My sense is Marco is looking at the money in terms of: "how much yearly income can my money generate, and what kind of lifestyle would that be?" (kind of like thinking about a retirement account). In that sense $10M in savings is not enough to start buying yachts and helicopters assuming he doesn't want to blow all the money at once like a stereotypical lottery winner. More importantly, he makes it clear he'll never…

I think people who earn their fortunes through hard work are less likely to blow it like a lottery winner.

Charles Simonyi would commute to the MS campus via helicopter and we all know about Paul Allen's yachts. I think it's more about it being similar to buying a second home or a nice car to normal people. I.e., you may or may not notice the expense, but it makes your life easier or more pleasant.

Re: The One-Person Product

#104

Post by reeses »

jacques_chester wrote: post #67
hkmurakami wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it's a reference to a segment on the Accidental Tech Podcast (hosted by Marco, John Siracusa and Casey Liss) where at one point they brought up a guy (sorry I can't recall the name) who has two iPhones: one for day use and another for night use. The idea is separation of private info and work info. IIRC Marco could see some merit to it, but certainly couldn't justify the price for himself. http://atp.fm/

I bought a Samsung something-or-other Duos so that I could have a business number and my private number route to the same phone. It takes two SIM cards.

OK that is cool. I would have gone with Google Voice or some other proxy, but dual SIMs is awesome. Can you manage do-not-disturb and ringtones/notifications per SIM?

Re: The One-Person Product

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Post by jacques_chester »

reeses wrote: post #104
jacques_chester wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I bought a Samsung something-or-other Duos so that I could have a business number and my private number route to the same phone. It takes two SIM cards.

OK that is cool. I would have gone with Google Voice or some other proxy, but dual SIMs is awesome. Can you manage do-not-disturb and ringtones/notifications per SIM?

Yes, you can.

I'd use Google Voice if it was available in Australia.

Re: The One-Person Product

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Post by smartial_arts »

Is it just me or it looks like another Instagram/Facebook deal? For sure, they got great payouts, although it seems more like a lottery to me - how many of those swinging for the fences actually manage to do that?

And was tumblr ever profitable?

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