sraut's comments

sraut · on Dec 29, 2013

It's not a book but rather a course. There is also a recommended reading list.

https://www.coursera.org/course/insidetheinternet

sraut · on Jan 25, 2013

http://www.sohumraut.com/

Mostly about startups / investors in Australia, what it's like to be a uni student founder, having an app that exploded massively etc. Not really much technical stuff and usually blog only when asked to speak.

atm doing about 1k hits per month.

sraut · on Jan 3, 2012

So what you are saying is having free users is better than no users (even though it is an expense) because a greater proportion will convert (hopefully) eventually?

Write it off as a marketing expense and hope it attracts more paid users?

sraut · on Dec 3, 2011

My favourite line:

"In the tech startup world, technology is important for success"

It reminds me of the superficial essay writing structure I had to use in high school, lacking any technical detail but trying to use broad examples, stating the obvious and then trying to interweave some vague points as "filler." It's just not very useful.

I actually think the greatest marketing tactic ever made was by Microsoft naming their browser Internet Explorer. It blows my mind how many people genuinely believe the only way to "explore" the "internet" is with internet explorer.

As a sidenote, how do you pronounce his name?

sraut · on Oct 26, 2011

That was oddly beautiful.

It sounds like you are lacking fulfillment in your life and by extention happiness.

Exitement is happiness. Do something exiting.

sraut · on Oct 13, 2011

I normally don't comment on things.

I think a lot of people are missing the point. The nature of Company x and y is irrelevant, the issue is interchangeable.

Hacker News used to be a community devoid of emotional outbursts and when they occurred they were thought out, thought provoking and well articulated. Smart comments. Only smart comments were up-voted.

This wasn't and it was at the top. It's indicative of the direction HN is going.

(For intensive purposes x in this case is Monsanto and y is Cloudant.)

puredemo · on Oct 13, 2011

Lack of emotion doesn't necessarily correlate with intelligence or success.

Also, an "emotional outburst" can be the product of knowing you're correct, AKA you've done the research and know the ins and outs of the situation.

sraut · on July 20, 2011

That was so obvious. I feel rather ridiculous. A bit like the time I realised what insert did in a word document. Thanks.

sraut · on May 14, 2011

I don't think it's a blanket article, despite the blanket language. It is addressing a very select group of people, the ones trying to make money rather than meaning.

There are a lot of very talented people doing innovative things, but this might be my ignorance, but I'd say they are minority. That's probably because I just haven't heard about them, a lot of real innovation tends to go unnoticed. I find the smartest people I know don't like talking but prefer working anyway.

But something about the article resonates. My heart broke a little bit when I found out that multiple social networks for knitting enthusiasts, have gotten venture funded.