thomasfrank09
Joined 14 years ago
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I'm a writer, podcaster, designer, and occasional web developer. Fan of books, bike rides, and good rye whiskey.
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Comment · 8 months ago
Very cool! I'm curious as to why you removed ProseMirror after trying it out. I've been building my own writing app for a different purpose over the last month and have been pretty happy with PM, but I'd be curious to know what you're using instead.
Comment · 1 year ago
This is that. Canva acquired Affinity a while back.
Comment · 9 years ago
Those are pretty much what I wear (except straight leg instead of boot cut), and the best I've found so far are at Buckle. All the Levi's I tried seemed weirdly high-waisted, and stuff at other stores didn't fit so well either.
Comment · 12 years ago
Here's a longer version of his talk that answers your question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI9esN3BqbI
Comment · 13 years ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't fractal image compression a real technique?
However, I did read about a hoax in the 90's where there was a claim of a fractal compression technique that could reduce a file down to 1% of its original size, which turned out to just be a program that stored a reference to the file's location instead of an actual compressed file.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal_compression http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=885055
Comment · 13 years ago
"The will to act."
Probably my favorite line in the movie. I wrote an article about habits and willpower a while back based around that line, actually: http://collegeinfogeek.com/hack-your-willpower-by-building-u...
Comment · 13 years ago
I think the traditional funnel concept work just fine - as long as you do step three right.
Do many blogs and services spam their subscribers? Yes indeed - and I have an itchy unsubscribe button-clicking finger for those services.
If you change Step 3 to "Provide even more value", though, then you do indeed get customers that love you. And some of them refer their friends, who come in at the top of the funnel like everyone else - but with some preconceived good feelings towards you because of the recommendation they got from a friend.
Pat Flynn's newsletter is a wonderful example of how to do it right. Almost all of the emails I get from him simply give me more useful information - maybe 10% have ever been strictly promotional.
Comment · 13 years ago
All I'd like to say is congratulations. 35lbs is a great achievement - keep it up!
Alright, off to the gym.
Comment · 13 years ago
I've been getting into reading about science lately, and I also wanted to learn responsive design.
This isn't much, but I thought it looked nice, and now I know media queries!
Comment · 13 years ago
Is it bad if I thought this article was going to be about Froggy Fresh?