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Re: the build: the close

the build — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 11:18:56 -0000

I can't, because in these instances they're not my projects to share details about. I can share that it was a legacy company that saw a future in a new area, and that was the role played here, to architect that on the project. I think your comment shares a lot of good merit though, and thought. I will try to think about how I can share details about projects without disclosing or eluding to anything specific to the companies involved. Thank you for your comment and feedback. If you have specific discussion topics or questions in general, or things that you might want to have a conversation about about anything in general, please let me know. I would love to discuss things, i don't know what might be of interest. Thank you for reading also! :)

Re: the build: the close

yenda@me.com — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 16:20:24 -0000

Will you ever give a semi-concrete description of a project you are working on? I understand you are purposely vague, but it would be really beneficial for us in similar industries/roles trade information on successes or challenges.

Re: http://patriciahandschiegel.tumblr.com/post/27242554928

the build — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 15:13:19 -0000

100%. thanks for your brilliant comment and for reading here. monetization has never been 'free' (ad only) and in time the squeeze will push the web side of the platform to consider other models that'll be more sustainable and create more balanced marketplace.

Re: http://patriciahandschiegel.tumblr.com/post/27242554928

Anant Mendirattta — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 16:56:13 -0000

thanks for the superb thoughts you shared on this article. i am not sure where the tide is really going. and to be honest, even though, i have seen the "free (because we will sell your data)" economy flourish in recent years, i don't see them long term profitable. It's a question between critical mass vs network effects. I think there's a still a strong case for "Pay For" services and platforms with clear and sustainable business models turning out good.

Re: the build: yahoo

Kanthala Raghu — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 11:50:26 -0000

Yeah ..

Re: the build: yahoo

the build — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 23:55:20 -0000

thank you for your comment. i think, yahoo ceo doesn't hold enough of the cards, which has also seemed to be a bit of yahoo's problem

Re: the build: yahoo

Kanthala Raghu — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 23:41:47 -0000

Have you heard of yahoo search ? Nahhh .. I wonder if people still use its features like maps, places, reviews, news etc allowing an exception for tumblr. Which I love the most.

And the new CEO is too lazy to make any tremendious changes in the company. They are what I call 'Ad-Suckers'. look at google they do the same but atleast they care for their other products & services. Unlike yahoo which seems to deliberately give a blind eye.

Re: just saying

Guest — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 00:49:35 -0000

Yeah, saw the interview on Charlie Rose. The Google+ execution is pretty terrible, too, including the giant banner they added for profiles. It's so slow at one point, I thought I was on MySpace.

Re: the build: digital content business

the build — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 22:34:42 -0000

yes i will write a post about it! thank you for reading here.

Re: the build: digital content business

F.A. — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 18:43:28 -0000

Can you explain how software does not understand and what it would look like if they did? Sorry, I feel like you are authoring like I should already know what you are trying to say, but I don't!

Re: this

Jatin Sehgal — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 05:31:32 -0000

well you know people talk about this so much cuz it is a part of the recognition activity. yus, women are oppressed and these stories on being the founders of a major startup or a good business is worth highlighting. thanks :)

Re: i read an article the other day about a tech...

Yoni Cantor Wiseman — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 14:12:16 -0000

Love this! Amen!

Re: this

the build — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 17:11:14 -0000

Thank you. Thanks for sharing the story about the convenience store employee interaction you had and thanks for reading the blog here

Re: this

the build — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 17:10:00 -0000

Thank you <3

Re: this

firemanjohn628 — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 12:54:48 -0000

Great story Patricia and how true. EVERY decision we make daily has the ability to change the world for better or worse. Reaching out to other human beings has been almost bred out of the human being. Doing what you did will help bring back the humanness of us human beings. I was recently standing in line at a convenience store and people were buying lotto tickets, etc. The clerk was slow and methodical in doing his job, so naturally I was getting impatient and thinking he was just lazy and slow. When I finally got to the counter he asked me "How are you doing". It was like getting slapped in the face, a slap that I needed. I smiled and thanked him for asking and we discussed how human interaction is almost startling for the individual in today's world. I shook his hand and told him to KEEP ON STARTLING PEOPLE! Whatever it takes to start acting like human beings again, will change our world. Keep up the good work!!

Re: this

Matt Page — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 09:58:35 -0000

We all should be doing a lot more of that. Well done you!

Re: this

the build — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 21:29:09 -0000

i do not mind at all! thank you for your comment. i always wonder about 'moreso' because i too know it as that format but spell check says it as 'more so.' sometimes i don't notice and sometimes i correct it to be what spell check wants. thank you for the comment and the cool compliment, and thanks for reading here

Re: this

21064A01 — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 03:23:11 -0000

I don't wanna to sound like a grammar Nazi, but the use of "more so" is preferred over "moreso." I don't wanna say it's wrong, coz someday dis things could be conjugated or changed in its original meaning. BTW, props to you and your microblog, it's SICK.

Re: blackberry

the build — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 21:42:41 -0000

I feel so lucky that there are such cool and smart people leaving comments like this. Thank you. I think Blackberry held that enterprise position initially because there weren't a lot of robust devices during that time for email and other internet-connected use, which also at that time was still predominantly used by business users versus consumers. This has shifted, but it is true that it's unlikely Blackberry can gain back that predominantly enterprise position as the market overall has shifted from that to include both business and consumer. But it could potentially cut into the combined market depending on marketing, and what kind of devices it makes. There are huge gray areas for things that connect to the internet. Some are in the minds of others in the market that make devices, some are not. Whether or not Blackberry can see the gray areas here is what will matter if a comeback for the company is remotely a possibility. Price is ultimately the driver in commodity business, so eventually all the devices in the category will be in that game. We're far away from the category being where it is going to be, so lots of room and gray areas but only for the quick, smart and crafty :)

Re: blackberry

asdf@asdf11f.com — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 20:45:11 -0000

Blackberry has long been gripping the edge of the cliff and very unlikely will regain the position they once held. Co-founders held their positions far past their due date, their cornerstone product targeted to enterprise deployment and they thought they could repackage the same product to the consumer market (short-lived success). Now they are hanging their hat on services. I hope they recover, they have been a big part of my tech community (location-wise and with many former colleagues/friends working their) for almost 15 years but they just miss the boat all the time. They need to get picked up by someone.

Re: Japan Needs Help

Mike Hallenstein — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 19:37:56 -0000

The following article describes mitigation efforts: http://www.world-nuclear-ne...

Re: interesting

the build — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 18:10:04 -0000

The software engineer and I discussing the technology referenced used the word 'scan' as it seeks or looks for keywords and other variables specifically on the profile to filter applicants. It's not FB, it's a third party app, that is doing it, and while it may not be 'scary' to you, a job seeker or somebody who is sharing bank details might feel otherwise. Point is, it's worth anticipating the awareness and existence of such things may hinder user adoption which is fair to say and that was the purpose of today's post. Aside of this I was on a team that built a pretty interesting Facebook app and while nothing like this above was necessary, it was pretty fascinating what we could scrape off the site. Thanks for your comment!

Re: interesting

ryanbrown — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 17:57:28 -0000

FB doesn't "scan" your profile. Instead, when you auth into a site using FB, the service can access any of the data from your profile that you've made available via the privacy settings. Really, it's not *that* scary!

Re: condiment on medium: making anywhere home

Irish Perez — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 07:59:57 -0000

Hi there, one of the new popping is the new social ecommerce platform that based on social networks. like Nerover and it stil used paypal as a payment method.

Re: interesting

Rob — Sat, 10 Aug 2013 09:12:54 -0000

I find PayPal to be a convenient payment method when my credit card is not close by. However, I use my credit card as often as possible for the points. Starbucks integrated PP into their mobile apps which makes reloading dollars fast & easy.