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Hot Takes

Short-form takes — quick reactions and sharp one-liners.

Hot Takes

iPhone 5 First Impressions

My wife and I were among the hordes who queued up for an iPhone 5 this morning. First impressions on iPhone 5: * Fast. Like really, really fast. Super fluid and resp

By Casey Ellis · 20 Oct 2012
Hot Takes

iPhone 5 First Impressions

My wife and I were among the hordes who queued up for an iPhone 5 this morning. First impressions on iPhone 5: * Fast. Like really, really fast. Super fluid and resp

By Casey Ellis · 20 Sep 2012
Security

Sms Scams – What Can Be done?

First things first… If you receive a spam SMS you should forward the message to the Australian Media and Communications Authority Spam SMS service on 0429 999 888. I rec

By Casey Ellis · 26 Jun 2012
Security

Sms Scams — What Can Be done?

First things first… If you receive a spam SMS you should forward the message to the Australian Media and Communications Authority Spam SMS service on 0429 999 888. I re

By Casey Ellis · 16 Jun 2012
Security

mysqlcheck.com – in Ur mysql, Checking ur… mysql.

Check out this website by Mark Wickendam. Let it be said first up that I think this site is awesome. I lol’d hard, visited it again, lol’d hard again, and so on. As o

By Casey Ellis · 11 Jun 2012
Hot Takes

Auction Sniping 101

This is a quick little how-to that will hopefully save a few people some pain. I’m going to presume you know what eBay is and how their auctions work. eBay auctions are

By Casey Ellis · 13 Dec 2011
dontgetpwned

The Golden Rule of Avoiding Fraud

This is a simple one that I told my mother-in-law the other day. It won’t protect you from everything, but it will greatly reduce your exposure. Don’t comply with an

By Casey Ellis · 05 Dec 2011
Building

How to Kill a Startup — an Email I Should Have Sent 2 Years Ago

Sellerwise.net was my first real tech start-up. As a business it had a lot of potential – a genuine need in the market, lack of competition, a massive potential custome

By Casey Ellis · 18 Oct 2011
Building

Definition of an Entrepreneur

entrepreneur (n): a person who’s prepared to work 16 hours a day for themselves to avoid working 8 hours a day for someone else. …hat tip to Nick Ellsmore for that

By Casey Ellis · 12 Oct 2011
Building

A Little Less Conversation – the Ascending Close

An interesting trend in Internet marketing is to deliberately under-inform prospects re what your product is about. You provide just enough info to get them to click on

By Casey Ellis · 10 Oct 2011
Security

The Market for Stolen Credit Card Data

This is a ridiculously awesome post from Dancho Danchev which dives into the mechanics of the sale, distribution and fraudulent processing of credit cards on the Internet

By Casey Ellis · 04 Oct 2011