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Jee.. Still using an apple machine to read this?


No? What does it matter?


They should listen to Seth Godin and make submitting email optional. Earn our permission to be contacted.

Trying 10 minute mail. :-)

Also hey.. Why am I falling for this. I have no preview, I don't even know these guys, and it seems like it is a UX consulting shop. So their marketing worked. I know shall remember there are some lads called UXPin.

Well done. But not downloading the book. Being about UX, I don't think they would be the best - making me give them my email on a viral marketing campaign. Doesn't seem to clever to me.


I had no problem just giving my email address. As amazing as Seth Godin is, blindly following (or recommending) every one of his suggestions in every situation is not a good idea, and I doubt he would say it is either.


I would have thought that by now every HN'er has at least one account strictly for signups and a separate account/s for personal/business.

Lets stop pretending there's some kind of cost in signing up for something like this.


I would think that downloading the book might constitute permission to be contacted :)


Er, opting in to get a freebie IS permission marketing. Exactly so.

Getting a free ebook isn't compulsory.


Grr.. I can't figure if you can deploy cloudant in an on ec2 avail zone that you have your app in. Can you you even deploy it on ec2?

I don't see anything stating answers to these questions clearly on their site. And they want my email to let me see tech docs! Are they run by former IBM staff?

Finally, if they are 'hosted and managed all day everyday' some place far from me. I dunno if I want to use it.


Ah. Spoke too soon. The comments here lead me to believe cloudant is to be used as a couchdb replica provider.

Maybe cloudant should say that on their pages! :-)


Definitely a fun read!


Man, the whole story is quite sad.

Dream company?

Hope you love working there for ... ever!


Wow. That is art!


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