| Jason F. | Great marketing concept from http://www.lifelock.com/ |
It’s an identity theft prevention company. |
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Their CEO publishes his social security number |
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Clever |
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| Jamis B. | wow |
| David H. | Brave ;) |
| Jason F. | Great marketing idea though. Really smart. Really makes you trust their service. |
Convinced me! |
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| David H. | Totally |
And it ensures that he’ll never be identity thefted ;) |
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he’s way, way, way too high profile |
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very clever |
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| Jamis B. | JF, totally convincing. I’m considering enrolling just based on that |
| Jason F. | JB totally |
I think I’m going to enroll too |
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nuts! |
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Enrolled! |
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| Matt L. | my plot to assume JF’s identity has been foiled! |
| Jason F. | haha |
| Matt L. | <-puts away teapot and curling iron |
| Mark I. | If anyone wants to assume my identity, and in particular my mortagage payments, let me know… :) |
| Jamis B. | haha |
| Jason F. | curling iron! |
Motionbox
| Ryan S. | check out the video player UI at Motionbox |
it has a scrolling series of thumbnails on the bottom, so you can jump to different parts of the video by sight |
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| Matt L. | yeah, neat idea. needs to be hideable tho. |
| Ryan S. | it’s a little feature bloated, but great concept |
Print stylesheets
| Jason F. | The best part about printer stylesheets… |
div#Header, a.admin, div#new_note_container, body.subject div.note div.avatar, body.subject div.comment div.avatar, div.bottom, span.feed, a.more, div.new_task_wrapper, span.edit a, img.tag, .empty, div.contact_info h2 span, body.public_card div.actions, div.public_card_contact, div.public_card_contact_off, div.nubbin, h2.tasks_sidebar_header, span.other_indexes, div.frame h2 a.show_all_tasks:hover, div.empty_slate {
display: none;
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the massive display: none proclamation at the top |
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| Ryan S. | heh |
Shoe repair
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| Jason F. | Love that. |
Don’t make a post a project
Dordoni table
Daring Fireball ad
| Jason F. | it’s more important to get this content out there than to put it off further because there’s more to write. |
So don’t make the post a project |
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| Mark I. | Yep, I’ll publish it within the next 5 minutes. |
| Ryan S. | takes note on “don’t make a post a project” |
that always kills me |
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| Jason F. | RS: It’s just like software design. |
| Mark I. | No kidding. |
I’m so freaking picky when I write something I drag on forever. |
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| Jason F. | Too much polish keeps the people from the content |
The value of the content is more important than the last 10% perfection |
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| Ryan S. | yeah the hard part for an amateur writer is knowing what is polish and what is substance |
Dordoni table
| Jason F. | Dordoni Worktop Table. Those desks I was talking about |
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| Sam S. | really nice |
| Jason F. | They are fantastic |
I LOVE LOVE LOVE mine |
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| Ryan S. | wow those look nice |
| Jason F. | Fantastic open space, 8 possible drawers |
spaces on the side for other stuff |
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they are just great. |
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Best desk I’ve ever owned |
Daring Fireball ad
| Ryan S. | lol at this ad for membership on daring fireball: |
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| Jamis B. | haha |
Karl N
on 04 Apr 07I don’t really know what Daring Fireball is, but that’s the best looking site I’ve seen in a LONG time. Wow.
Diego
on 04 Apr 07Where’s my basecamp translation? (yes I have decided to bug you guys until you trnaslate).
I didn’t get the hug one, maybe I got lost in translation or something.
Loved the shoe one!
Geof Harries
on 04 Apr 07Karl – Daring Fireball is a blog/journal/website written by John Gruber, a long-time authority on Macs and computing in general. A while back John went out on his own to see if he could make a living just by writing on Daring Fireball. It’s a plan that’s worked thus far…
Andy
on 04 Apr 07Holy shit, $2000 for a table! And I thought Aeron chairs were expensive.
Prophetess
on 04 Apr 07Oh my! If Google doesn’t buy that tech off Motionbox they are CRAZY.
SS
on 04 Apr 07Sign courtesy of Tobi.
Marc
on 04 Apr 07If you like the scrolling thumbnails from Motionbox, you may want to check the way Quickeo content (http://www.quickeo.com) is assembled and presented to recipient. Similar video sharing concept, but with a focus on making it easy for user, and with a much nicer way to present the content than other services. I am interested in feedback if you give it a try…
Jellyroll
on 04 Apr 07Someone stole my identity and returned it within a week.
Sean
on 04 Apr 07The identity company seems like the company that you see on the news because they forgot to shred their documents and they were recovered in the dumpster.
Rastin Mehr
on 05 Apr 07I want a Dordoni table so bad!
Jason Watts
on 05 Apr 07from the lifelock website..
This is alone is why I will sign up..
Kenn Christ
on 05 Apr 07If you mainly want to stop the deluge of junk postal mail, you may be interested in GreenDimes. It’s $36/year and they’ll stop your junk mail and use the money to plant trees. Additional names in your household are only $1 each.
I actually just signed up a few days ago but I’ve read some pretty good reports. I can’t wait to see the results.
Phil
on 05 Apr 07Aren’t the shoe puns inspired by Shakespeare; Julius Cesar?
Nivi
on 05 Apr 07“The value of the content is more important than the last 10% perfection.”
I wonder if the folks at Apple would agree. ;-)
urig
on 05 Apr 07Are you nuts? 2,000$ for a desk?
Mb.
on 05 Apr 07Yes, the Dordoni desk is beautiful, and I immediately wanted one too. But at $2000, I have to say that the site’s name, “Design Within Reach” is a big fat misnomer.
Daniel Øhrgaard
on 05 Apr 07You want a table?! I’ll give you a darn table! http://www.milk.dk Since the site doesn’t mention a price, I’m sure that the Milk table is at least $2,000 as well. It’s still kinda cool, though, with its rigidly geometric and antiseptic look (typical contemporary Danish design, actually)
Oh, and the LifeLock marketing thing made me think of home shopping infomercials for some reason; “I use this myself and look how buff I am/how great a chef I am/how much hair I’ve regrown”... which in turn got me thinking about when those arguments are defeated by the product: http://youtube.com/watch?v=DmRUaxq-QhU
A bit off topic I admit, but I thought I’d share
Darrel
on 05 Apr 07“Holy shit, $2000 for a table!”
Ikea had a nice ‘dordoniesque’ desk for a while. I don’t see it on their site anymore, though.
‘“Design Within Reach” is a big fat misnomer’
Indeed.
darrel
on 05 Apr 07Lifelock is an interesting idea, but at $40 a month for our family, it certainly seems like they’re just shifting the burden of proper identity checking away from the lendors back to the consumer themselves.
BF
on 05 Apr 07Complaining about the price is a piece of furniture or a car or a painting or a computer or clothes or a condo or whatever is so lame.
Everyone can afford different things. Everyone sees value in different things. Some people spend a lot of money on beer, some people spend a lot of money on clothes, some people spend a lot of money on furniture. To each their own.
You guys sound like a bunch of whiney jealous punks. Get over it and find something else to do instead of bitching about how much someone else wants to pay for something.
Daniel Øhrgaard
on 05 Apr 07@BF: Woah, easy now. I don’t think anyone’s complaining about how much someone else wants to pay for something. You’re quite right is saying that everyone sees value in different things, and I’m fairly confident that the people here just think that X dollars for product Y is too much for them. I didn’t hear any whining, just differing opinions. To each their own, as you put it.
As for “Design Within Reach” being a misnomer: Yes and no. They never say who’s reach it’s supposedly within. Assuming they mean me, then yes it’s a misnomer. Assuming they mean Bill Gates; not so much. To each their own.
Ryan Heneise
on 05 Apr 07“don’t make a post a project”
For me it’s “don’t make this email a project”.
I needed to hear that just now.
andrew
on 05 Apr 07@darrel: My thoughts exactly. Seems like yet another out for the system. “Your identity was stolen? You don’t have LifeLock? What’s wrong with you?”
If you need to pay a private company $10 a month “protection” money from the identity theft goons, the system is horribly, horribly broken. Time to live in a cave and pay cash.
The other day I got a privacy notice update to my account ending in XXXX from Bank of America. I’ve never done business with BofA in my life. A couple days later, I get an Amex offer from BofA. So I call them, and the only way they can verify whether I’ve actuallygot an account with them, or if someone’s attempted to open something in my name, is by giving them my social sec. #. Why?
Turns out I had an old MBNA account (that was closed) and MBNA has absorbed by BofA, which I guess means BofA gets to inundate me with paperwork now. So it’s now on us as consumers to keep track of the world of bank mergers to know who’s got our data? Bleh.
Dave P
on 05 Apr 07From Lifelock:
Whoa.
1. They’re honest. They aren’t doing anything special, so why hide it? That’s a big plus for any business and even more so for one concerned with ID theft. Big Brownie Points there.
2. That’s a huge opportunity for a web start up, no? They’ve basically automated tasks, and offered it as a service. Half of the $40 probably goes to the insurance they have as a protection if they goof up (another wonderful service). Push that out for $20 without the guarantee and the you will win the geek community over.
3. If anyone from LifeLock is reading… are you planning on offering this in Canada? I’d love to use this.
John A. Davis
on 05 Apr 07Go ahead, rip me off. I only have one credit card with a $500 limit and that is full. . . .
Shawn Oster
on 06 Apr 07I couldn’t handle the Dordoni table, lately any desk that’s not an “L” style corner desk just makes my wrists ache. As much as I try straight on desks just aren’t as productive for me. It’s a pity because there are some really great basic desks and finding a quality “L”/corner desk is a pain.
C. G.
on 08 Apr 07The funny thing about Lifelock is the first paragraph of their terms and conditions, which includes “you will not publish your Social Security Number”. Of course, I’d guess Mr. Davis got a different agreement than all the other customers.
Andrew’s comment above is along the same lines as buying “uninsured motorist coverage”.
Also, Andrew, I got the same letter from B of A, but it was preceded (by several weeks) by a letter from MBNA telling me it was going to happen.
This discussion is closed.