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Joel Runyon
Personal blog · joelrunyon.com/two3 · on HN as joelrunyoncareerwritingproductivity
Joel Runyon's personal blog at joelrunyon.com covers career, writing and productivity. Since 2010, 13 different Hacker News readers have linked it 30 times, most often “An Unexpected Ass Kicking”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Joel Runyon's personal blog for posts on being aggressive versus nice in business and social life, and a 2011 post on an unexpected ass-kicking. One commenter also shared a Google cache tip using his page.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- An Unexpected Ass Kicking3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2012-08-05
- An Unexpected Ass Kicking2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-08-09
- Nice People Don’t Change The World2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-12-01
What Hacker News says?
I wrote a follow-up on lessons I've learned from Russell and this whole experience. You might enjoy it - http://joelrunyon.com/two3/russell-kirsch-encounter-lessons
Comment linking /two3/russell-kirsch-encounter-lessons
on “An Unexpected Ass Kicking”Submitted An Unexpected Ass Kicking as a story · 746 points
HN discussionFor those who don't know (every time I mention this, I get like 10 upvotes. Apparently a lot of people even on HN don't know about it!) , if you want to get a (Google) cached version of a page, just type 'cache:[URL]' in Google search bar and press return. 'cache: http://joelrunyon.com/two3/an-unexpected-ass-kicking -> http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?hl=en&outpu...
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on “An Unexpected Ass Kicking”Submitted Get Disciplined, Not Motivated as a story · 107 points
HN discussionAh, got it. That's actually hilarious. Joel, btw, dead/typo'd link top of this list: https://joelrunyon.com/impossible/ Have a good day, everyone!
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on “US Soldiers Expose Nuclear Weapons Secrets via Flashcard Apps”Submitted What I Learned From Russell Kirsch as a story · 20 points
HN discussionIt's a shame that people still think it's impossible to be aggressive without being a jerk, both in business and social life. Sure, a lot of jerks are aggressive, but that's only a correlation, not a causation. "Nice" is not a positive thing. If someone calls you "nice" it's a sign you should change your personality. "Nice" is what you say about people you have nothing to say about: http://www.joelrunyon.com/two3/ni…
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on “Nice guys finish first. Eventually.”Submitted Doing Attracts Doers as a story · 14 points
HN discussionCompletely offtopic, but I can't resist: What's it like being in a position to choose how $500k per month is spent? Wow. That's equivalent to about forty engineers' salaries per year. EDIT: I visited your website and am not sure what to think. http://joelrunyon.com/ Is it true that those sorts of marketing tactics will convince people to entrust you with how to spend $500k/mo? (Personal branding is rather important.…
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on “Ask Google to choose your next domain”Submitted 12 Steps To Sucking Less as a story · 13 points
HN discussionReminds me of: http://joelrunyon.com/two3/an-unexpected-ass-kicking
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on “Linus Torvalds goes off on Linux and Git”Submitted Be Your Own Bitch - Do What You Want as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted When Was The Last Time You Felt Like Puking? as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted How To Rock Your First Public Speaking Engagement as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted An Unexpected Ass Kicking as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bullsh*t Qualifications as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Do More Online By Doing More Offline as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Brief Guide To Bravery as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted An Unexpected Ass Kicking as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Cold Shower Therapy as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Nice People Don’t Change The World as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Brand New Impossible Thing (Or Two) And How You Can Help as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted What Can You Do In 2 Years Anyway? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Average People as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Complete List of Convincing, Unique, and Legitimate Excuses as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Leading People? Dream Bigger: Create An Adventure Big Enough For Them To Follow as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Little Bit Crazy as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Never Be Comfortable as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Do More Online By Doing More Offline as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted In Case of Emergency as a story · 1 points
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