Regarding your update, I'm pretty sure that he was making more money at the entry-level data-entry position than his manager because he was ALSO getting 99% of the bonus pool.
This is the most accurate comment on Windows8 that I've seen so far.
I'm a developer so I had no problem playing around with Windows8 DevPreview and ConsumerPreview.
However, if you gave Windows8 to someone who doesn't even know how to navigate the filesystem properly, they will just get mad. Unfortunately this happens to be, by far, Windows' largest market.
But they're also SATELLITE radio. That is a huge value add over traditional radio service. I don't think users were only paying for sirius/XM because the services didn't have ads. It was because the products were technically superior.
What I don't understand is all these people so fervently defending Dalton and his idea. Should we instead approach app.net with some healthy skepticism?
I see everyone discussing these short term results of Facebook's performance on the stock market, but has anyone really considered the long term value?
I'm not an expert on the markets myself, so if someone could break down what Facebook's longterm outlook looks like, that'd be interesting.
Thanks for sharing, that was an interesting read. I agree that comparing the two isn't really viable given the different set of circumstances that each faced (location, competition, investor atmosphere, etc).
This article forgot to take into account one HUGE factor in people who use the rating systems.
ATTENTION SPAN.
Yes. People don't have the attention span to independently analyze 5 different scatter graphs of 5 similar products. Sometimes the scatter plots can be actually more confusing and less informing than something simple like a histogram.
I firmly believe that people's attention spans are more captured by things like star ratings and histograms. If they get past the stage of their interest being captured, THEN they read the reviews to find out more in-depth information and opinions. I think it's a system that works well, as Amazon has shown.
Samsung being a conglomerate, isn't the chip division of Samsung operating independently of it's phone/electronics division? If so then I see no reason why Samsung Fab would deny a certain type of chip design to a customer like Apple.
I think this is spot on. I agree with many of the things in the article. Especially the part about setting quantifiable goals. Too many times I find myself not doing this and getting "lost" in the process of learning and then kinda giving up from being overwhelmed.
Exactly this. Just looking at my posts in my Facebook newsfeed and Facebook groups, this thing went insanely viral in a matter of minutes and people really are signing up for Dropbox and really noticing it (those who haven't been using it before).
The fact that they have a competition among universities and have the "top students" at each university is a massive plus in getting people excited about Dropbox.
