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Twitter Bots is the future of Twitter monetization

A question of Twitter monetization has been around for a while, but nobody seems to have an idea of how this can be achieved. Well, it seems that I might have the answer. Twitter bots, well "intelectual ones" like the one, I've exampled earlier.

In majority tweets represent one's problems or questions. So just like Google displays you ads when you search for something, why not approach those tweeting with answers to their questions or solutions to their problems?

Gallery below represents the work of FindRoomRent bot actively advising people to put ad on the website. I think it is a hit in most cases, well rather miss in about 5% of those.

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What do you think?

Tags: profits, twitter

Increasing your startup productivity by investing into your employees physical activities

I am lucky I work out with a personal trainer, having Complete Body & Spa as one of my clients. At first, I simply wanted to loose weight. This took 2 years of extreme sweat. While most of the workouts back then I was suffering, things got better with time and I definitely got stronger, built some muscle and lost weight. As time went by, I realized that working out on a regular basis gives you productivity boost, ability "to get through" and this incredible drive for self-development.

Another thing I have noticed was increased concentration and ability to solve problems which I would not even try to take on before. I have never dealt with Linux before, but somehow I started using Linode and got pretty good in installing stuff onto VPS box and tuning it. On my road to easier and more sophisticated frameworks I learned Grails and wrote my first serious project.

My usual routine now is gym 3x a week and cardio every day for 30 minutes. On a good day running outside with your iPod listening to the right podcast track can be quite uplifting.

I will not go in explaining here what should startups do for their employees, but look - we all work seated and rarely move. So making gym classes mandatory for everyone capable in the team is a great idea. Not paying for the gym membership, but forcing people to attend different sorts of classes and checking their attendance!

If I were to run a company, this for sure would be my first executive order.

Simulating high-traffic for Linode VPS via LoadImpact

Thanks to the opportunity given to me by guys from LoadImpact.COM i recently tested my Linode 512 MB VPS with advanced load levels, simulating well-almost a "slashdot effect". And while my WordPress blog was able to withstand a maximum load of 250 simultaneous users (that's what these guys use as a measure of load simulation) for one of my client's Drupal installation numbers were not really that good. Take a look at graphs with comments after the break.

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Tags: Linode, loadimpact, nginx, php-fpm, vps

Downtown New York Rentals Market is about to change forever

About a half-a-year ago i wrote this post on finding a cheap and livable space in Downtown of New York City.

As one of the movie characters once said "real new yorker always looks for a better job, better apartment and a better relationship". So do i, looking once again into rentals postings on Craigslist. So what has changed? What's new and good?

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Tags: Chinatown rental, downtown rental, new york rental, rental

Whale watching in Provincetown

Late fall is when i visited Provincetown for the first time. As the weather was gloomy friends suggested on going for the whale watching tour in the ocean. And it was a lot of fun and new experiences. Check out pics and video after the break.
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Tags: provincetown, whalewatching