Year: 2020

  • An example of someone’s first opportunity

    This past week I was in SF to hang with Kamal and map out Examine.com’s future. (Fun stuff) Pretty much every day was the same – wake up, work, quick break to eat, continue working, and then watch some NBA while eating before I passed out. (One of the best things about West Coast –…

  • Make sure you’ve optimized email deliverability!

    Simple tip if you send emails: Get a unique IP and get your SPF, DMARC, etc set up. IP check for reputation: https://talosintelligence.com/reputation_center/lookup?search= https://www.mail-tester.com/ is great. SPF analyzer: https://quickemailverification.com/tools/spf-analyzer And what we did for DMARC: —– You do not have a DMARC record, please add a TXT record to your domain _dmarc.examine.com with the following…

  • You should always be obtaining user behaviour information from *multiple* sources

    This was via a combination of user tracking AND user feedback AND user interviews. We’re always evolving. We’re always trying to get user behaviour information wherever we can. You should be trying to do the same. Just look at the kind of comments it delivers:

  • Give credit wherever you can!

    I have said this before, and I will say it again: if there is anything you should do too much of, it should be “giving credit.” It is often MUCH appreciated by the person who is given credit, gives a public link to said person, and literally takes nothing away from you. No (wo)man is…