blackysky

Joined 16 years ago

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Oct 19
Computer Science and software engineer student

I love tech music travel and start ups...

I love new challenge.

you can check my website at blackysky.com

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Comment · 13 years ago
As your first campaign you should try to catch a large audience like people in US over 18.. that's it ! and test your ad copy first... then base on your data you can decide the perfect demography for your app.. Are you going to blow money on the first second and third iteration ... the answer is yes but at least you will know exactly what's work best for your app on facebook...Ad campaign optimization is not easy. My best advice is to use a great ad tracking tool... you must track everything... no guessing game here... Finally a small variation is you copy and/or app presentation could have drive better results with the same $30.....don't give up :)
Comment · 13 years ago
you are right but I'll still use async over sync anytime... :)
Comment · 13 years ago
readFileSync ... not good not good .... nodejs is sexier async ;)
Comment · 13 years ago
Last time I checked you still need a data plan to download and load your favorite apps music videos emails etc... Is The web changing? The answer is yes. Is the web Dying. The answer is a vibrant no. We are more connected than never. It is an interesting era for software developers with creativity....
Comment · 13 years ago
the logo is bad and I'm not even hating, the 3D effect is horrible on a large screen with a high resolution. Drop that weird word art effect...
Comment · 13 years ago
let me review this... an advertising company wants even more data about me... remind me those anti-virus software... let me scan your computer for free and boom even more spywares .... IP+browser info+SSN+full name+ location....that's gold !!! don't know how many people is going to complete the form but that's a great marketing campaign... scare people to create a sense of urgency...
Comment · 13 years ago
I like JavaScript and node.js but I simply can't wrap my head around callbacks. Some people simply love to nest callbacks... Anytime I see that it drives me crazy....
Comment · 13 years ago
someone was able to edit the admin info. I checked with other whois tools and the SEA e-mail address is all over the place.... However I'm not sure they were able to do more than that...
Comment · 13 years ago
Internet marketers are panicking right now. I've received a dozen of e-mails to teach me how to bring their "not promotions" e-mails back to my primary inbox...Hate it or love it but I think Microsoft Yahoo Apple are going to follow that trend too... Of course the system is not perfect yet but it is something regular people are going to love...at least my mom love it. I have 5 tabs up and running.I have more control over my inbox now. I can understand why internet marketers are mad because it is a new ball game to be next to Facebook updates versus in a box alone with other promotion e-mails... In the long term your brand your goodwill are your only and best weapons...Open Rates are just one metric because you can have one open and 5 conversions versus 5 opens and 0 conversions... the main difference here could be that one open leads to 10 shares on Facebook....This new UX is a non issue...it is really time to disrupt the e-mail system
Comment · 14 years ago
great it's Instagram with a business model... Smart move from Dropbox and Snapjoy ... I guess Dropbox is going to be your main smart and easy to use hard drive in the cloud... That's a serious business if they are able to pull that off..
Comment · 14 years ago
I like wavo but before I tell you why I like it let me tell you what I don’t like. I simply hate the whole facebook sign in option… (looks like I’m not the only one) Therefore it’s been a long time since I had checked my wavo profile. I don’t hate facebook but sometimes you don’t want to share every single thing.

Now what I like: the UI is great.

Let me dig deeper and share with you my experience with wavo. Like I said I never sign in but every week I receive an e-mail from them. In that e-mail I have links to a playlist. The playlist is what’s popular at the moment on wavo.

This is the single feature that I love because I am able to discover new artists and new songs. Some songs are mainstream but the vast majority is not.

Of course I would love to tell you that there are more features on wavo but I simply don’t bother to sign in.

Comment · 14 years ago
You should comment your code if and only if your algorithms has special pre-conditions and post-conditions otherwise your choice of variables name should make your code speak by itself... exemple of pre condition: your algorithm don't handle non latin word ... exemple of post condition , your algorithm only return a specific format like aa-bb-cc ...

or like my teacher said use your common sense, make your code as clear as possible.. I should understand it without you ...

Comment · 14 years ago
You are right but you and I know the Square brand so I won't have a problem to use it but here in canada any time Banks give you a brand new card with smart chips , they tell you to stop using the swipe system because it's not as safe as the smart chips... Guess what!? my mom stops and refuses to use a swipe system of any kind....
Comment · 14 years ago
Someone should tell Square that in Canada we use smart chips...I don't remember the last time I swipe a card....Cool product with prehistoric technology...
Comment · 14 years ago
you are undervaluing the data you and I don't see.... Last time I check Craigslist isn't their only source....I understand why Craigslist did it but I still think Craigslist would have been better with padMapper...

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