Aug 19 2011
Ask Clearly – My interview with Dorm Room Tycoon
I just got a very persuasive email from William Channer of Dorm Room Tycoon.
In the first sentence of the email, he said, “Are you open to the idea of putting a link to your interview on your blog http://random.andrewwarner.com/ ?” The second sentence was a link the interview I did on his site.
Now that’s the way to freakin’ ask for something. I get about a dozen emails every day from people who ask me to do stuff, and I REALLY WANT TO HELP, but I can’t understand what they’re asking for because they bury their requests under paragraph after paragraph of backstories, explanations and other text that’s supposed to help me say yes.
I guess he’s using the advice I gave when he interviewed me on his site earlier this year.
Check out my Dorm Room Tycoon interview with William and let me know what you think.
Aug 14 2011
Have you tried this way of reading the NY Times?
I know it’s not new, but I’ve only recently started using it.
What do you think? nytimes.com/skimmer
Aug 13 2011
I don’t get why Kindle commercials do this
Why do Kindle commercials focus on how many books the device holds?
Does anyone really have a burning need to carry thousands of books?
Aren’t there more realistic reasons to want a Kindle? For me, reading free book samples and not having to wait for books to come in the mail are much more meaningful reasons.
Jan 30 2011
See this fried chicken? It’s the first sign of Chop’t salad’s death
Chop’t is known as a healthy make-your-own salad chain. If it starts offering fried chicken and other unhealthy options what does it stand for? It’s so easy to give up what you stand for. In the short-run I bet sales will go up a bit. But what happens when It becomes just another fast food chain?
Jan 20 2011
This fun video that a Mixergy viewer created to promote his iPhone app is doing well
The app is MegaReader
Looks like he got a fair amount of press on the new feature.
Jan 20 2011
If you need a quick and easy way to send a file, check out WeTransfer
I’m mostly posting this link to WeTransfer because I want to remember how to find it the next time I need to transfer a big file via email.
I used to love Drop.io, but it closed down after Facebook bought it.
Now I mostly use Dropbox, but it’s not always convenient for large file transfers, mostly because I have to remember to delete files from my Dropbox after recipients are done with them. Usually, I forget to do that, so my Dropbox public folder is littered with junk that I’ll have to go clean up some time.
Any way, back to WeTransfer. I’m recommending it because all you have to do is 1) upload a file, 2) add your email and 3) enter your recipient’s email. Seems the site’s revenue comes from showing sponsored pictures while files are uploading and downloading. So it’s a very unintrusive revenue model.
