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A Guy With An Idea. Musings on Life and Work. Sep 20, 2010 -. Suddenly, Everyone is an Expert. We] find the results of last week’s primaries especially gratifying in that … the cocksure pundits of both parties, who pride themselves on their infallible ability to read the political tea leaves, were made to look a little silly. Alan Abelson,. I’m not so sure. Comes immediately to mind the Tea Party movement seems to be about fundamentally changing the options altogether. Now don’t take this as my jum...
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A Guy With An Idea. Musings on Life and Work. Jul 6, 2011 -. Playing with Instagr.am. I’m late to the game when it comes to Instagr.am – but I absolutely love it’s ability to transform shitty little iPhone photos into decent pictures, worthy of sharing with friends and relatives. What makes Instagr.am unique, obviously, is the filters you can apply to your picture. Without the filters, it’s just another camera app. With the filters it’s an everyman’s artbox. Follow Us on Twitter! Join Us on Facebook!
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A Guy With An Idea. Musings on Life and Work. Jul 28, 2011 -. The Ballad of Johnny Guitar. For the past 60 months running, Amy Hempel. Has been the most-read piece on. Each and every month the story accounts for slightly more than 5% of all traffic to the site. Is one of a small handful of sites that have published her writing online. So when an equally aged movie review of Nicholas Ray’s 1954 western, Johnny Guitar. Began seeing a significant increase in traffic, the editors at. On Google would see the ...
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A Guy With An Idea. Musings on Life and Work. Aug 2, 2011 -. The Trouble With Tumblr. All I could think of was that we were about to become the nation’s premier porn server. The CEO scoffed at my concerns when I raised them. And the company folded. Before the market could decide whether I or the CEO was right. In hindsight, it really doesn’t matter. YouTube. Would still have eaten our lunch in the video arena (we didn’t think in terms of. Only in terms of one-on-one communication). And Vonage. The people...
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A Guy With An Idea. Musings on Life and Work. Oct 22, 2010 -. Literary Agents – Your Days are Numbered. This is a warning: Within 5 years 50% of the literary agencies in business today will no longer exist. If you’re currently in the profession and your client roster doesn’t read like the New York Times Best Sellers. List you may want to start brushing up your resume. There is a fundamental shift underfoot and you’ll soon be out of a job. You ask. Because you’re about to be replaced by machines. Having a...
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A Guy With An Idea. Musings on Life and Work. Hi My name is Richard Luck. I build software. Occasionally I build companies. Once I started an online magazine. That took on a life of it’s own. In the end, I’m just a guy with an idea or two about how to make the world a better, more creative place. Follow Us on Twitter! Join Us on Facebook! Follow me on Twitter!
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A Guy With An Idea. Musings on Life and Work. Aug 2, 2011 -. The Trouble With Tumblr. All I could think of was that we were about to become the nation’s premier porn server. The CEO scoffed at my concerns when I raised them. And the company folded. Before the market could decide whether I or the CEO was right. In hindsight, it really doesn’t matter. YouTube. Would still have eaten our lunch in the video arena (we didn’t think in terms of. Only in terms of one-on-one communication). And Vonage. The people...
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A Guy With An Idea. Musings on Life and Work. Dec 10, 2010 -. The Cost of Having Employees. Hiring employees is getting more and more costly. Recently, as I noted in a Seattle 2.0 post. The State of Washington is not making matters better. They recently announced a 12% increase in Workers’ Comp rates, and Unemployment Insurance rates are set to rise by 40% or more in 2011. A contractor at $100k a year and no benefits, or an employee at $80k a year with full benefits? Hint – the employee costs more).
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A Guy With An Idea. Musings on Life and Work. Aug 2, 2011 -. The Trouble With Tumblr. All I could think of was that we were about to become the nation’s premier porn server. The CEO scoffed at my concerns when I raised them. And the company folded. Before the market could decide whether I or the CEO was right. In hindsight, it really doesn’t matter. YouTube. Would still have eaten our lunch in the video arena (we didn’t think in terms of. Only in terms of one-on-one communication). And Vonage. The people...