MicahWedemeyer
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Comment · 10 years ago
It's because nobody really thinks about it until the last minute. That's kind of as it should be, since there are usually more important things to worry about. I think the "back in a jiffy" pages are fine, but if you want something a little friendlier, that's where Wrenchmode fits in.
Comment · 10 years ago
I agree in a practical sense. I doubt Mailchimp has a problem with the case I've described.
I just think the wording of their AUP is too vague. If taken at face value, it invalidates a lot of legitimate use cases. That just means all their customers have to bend that rule a bit, and nobody knows just how far they can bend it. It's a shitty place to be as a customer.
Comment · 10 years ago
For the people debating the "If it's bulk email, why not just use Mailchimp?" question, consider the Trello use case: Someone updates a ticket and there are 4 people subscribed for notifications. In that case, it sends the same email to 4 people.
According to the AUP, it's against the rules to send "emails directed to a number of individuals with the same content"
Are we really going to say that someone like Trello should be using Mailchimp for that?
Comment · 13 years ago
I'd recommend not worrying about it. You can't plan for everything and the time you spend being redundant for this (very unlikely) case is probably better spent somewhere else.
Send an email to one user asking for feedback and you will get a much better ROI than trying to plan for TLD failure.
Comment · 13 years ago
I’ve lost friends because they thought I was crazy to try to build my own company.
Huh? What kind of friend tosses you aside because you decide to start a company? That makes absolutely no sense. I'm trying to imagine this conversation:
You: I'm starting my own company!
Friend: I think that's a crazy idea. You'll probably fail.
You: I'm confident I can do it.
Friend: I disagree, and we're not friends any more.
If anything, friends usually way underestimate the difficulty of running a business and just throw platitudes at you like, "Do it! Follow your dreams! With passion you can't fail!"
Comment · 13 years ago
From the bio:
signalgenius.com [founder & growing] fourthsegment.com [founded & failed] ryanangilly.com [blog] mypunchbowl.com [employee & still going] messagesling.com [founded & failed]
I'd really like to hear how things ended and if the relationship with the investors remained so positive all the way to the end.
Comment · 13 years ago
I'd love to see the CPM they get that beats $24/yr from an infrequent user like me. I use it as a storage site and visit it extremely rarely. Maybe I'm an outlier.
Comment · 13 years ago
Not sure exactly what the story is here, but I just sent them a spreadsheet for my kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/252020431/obsidian-porta...
They ship the t-shirts directly to my backers. That's a huge weight off my shoulders and lets me focus on writing the code instead of stuffing envelopes.
Comment · 13 years ago
Happy paying customer for 2 or 3 years now. I'll probably be downgrading to free because it definitely supports my needs with these upgrades.
This is a strange view of business: Take what people are happy to pay for, then give it to them for free.
Comment · 13 years ago
Including SnapChat in here is interesting. I would consider it a perfect example of the novel interface and interaction being discussed, but it's also a perfect example of the potential for flash-in-the-pan.
SnapChat is exciting now, but will it still be interesting in a year? Or will there be a new novel interaction that everyone flocks to? Somehow Instagram and Pinterest have stayed relevant, but I think the article glosses over how hard it is to create something novel...and then not be discarded after the novelty wears off.
Comment · 13 years ago
You'll have to do a retrospective and let us know how this promotional campaign for microha.us goes.
Comment · 13 years ago
Exactly. Mailchimp has a very specific userbase, probably much closer to Basecamp than Facebook. If you're in that camp (serving ads, tracking biz finances, time tracking for freelancers, etc.) then Facebook/Twitter login may send the wrong message, that you're fluff. But, if you are fluff (music sharing, video game discussion, daily joke email) then social login could be very compelling to your potential users.
I also founded and ran Obsidian Portal ( http://obsidianportal.com ), a place to manage your tabletop RPG campaign. I sold it in January 2015, but it sure was a fun ride!
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