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I'm Not Actually a Geek
Personal blog · bhc3.wordpress.combusinesswebculture
I'm Not Actually a Geek is a personal blog at bhc3.wordpress.com about business, web and culture. Since 2008, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 15 times. The last post was in 2015, but the archive is still widely read.
Observations on technology and business from someone who should know better
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As an employee who worked at Pay By Touch, I can say this is a fantastic profile. Drugs, sexual harassment, crimes and hundreds of millions of dollars lost. Pay By Touch's biggest problem was too much money. It chased a lot of initiatives at once and collapsed under its own weight. It really needed to be smaller and more focused. I've did a post-mortem write-up here: http://bhc3.wordpress.com/2008/03/19/farewell-pay…
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