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The Long Tail

Jan 15, 2005  •  2 min read  •  Richard Hundhausen

Total sales of unpopular items often exceed total sales of popular items.  Consider some stats from a recent article in Wired magazine.  The average Barnes & Noble carries 130,000 …
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Innumeracy

Jan 15, 2005  •  2 min read  •  Richard Hundhausen

<mathGeek> The Associated Press (AP) quotes (evidently without analysis) numbers from National Coalition of the Homeless.  They claim that there are 3.5 million homeless in the US.  …
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We hired our first 1099 employee

Jan 14, 2005  •  1 min read  •  Richard Hundhausen

Well, we did it!  After much hand wringing and deep conversations, we decided to hire our first 1099 employee.  Gary Gumbiner has agreed to work for the next few months on a project for …
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World Beard and Moustache Championships

Jan 7, 2005  •  1 min read  •  Richard Hundhausen

The 2005 championships will be held in Berlin, on October 1 2005. So stop trimming, and start planning, because the competition looks stiff! Apologies to my techie friends, but I had to blog this!
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Life

MSDN event in Twin Falls, Idaho

Jan 7, 2005  •  1 min read  •  Richard Hundhausen

Just heard that Microsoft will be in Twin Falls, Idaho on March 1, 2005 presenting on WinForms, ASP.NET, and Visual Studio Team System. More details can be found here.
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