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Month: November 2013

Tile: A neat small trackable widgit

Posted on November 27, 2013November 27, 2013 by Ben Powell

Just attach, stick or drop your Tile into any item you might lose: laptops, wallets, keys, guitars, bikes—you name it. Then get on with the fun. via Tile. A really great idea. I wonder how long until everything we own is taggable and trackable via our mobile phones? Do we track where our children are?…

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Outsource HTML mock-ups built from PSD files

Posted on November 21, 2013January 13, 2014 by Ben Powell

We shipped the PSDs off to PSD2HTML and got back the quotes: $295 for the simplest design, $972 for the most complex one. We added two extras to the typical package: Copy and paste in listing descriptions and photos from specific real listings from 42Floors instead of lorem ipsum placeholders Use Bootstrap to make editing easier…

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Shut up and listen to them

Posted on November 7, 2013October 7, 2013 by Ben Powell

When you’re on a sales call it’s very important to shut up and listen. Most people have a tendency to drone on and on about their product. Don’t do this. If your call is successful, you’ll have talked way less than your prospect. (That’s advice Nat Turner gave me and it’s golden.) Here are some…

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