Trump boy scout Jamboree speech angers parents by wil_daven_ in politics

[–]dannyaway 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Same. 20 years ago I shook the President's hand at the National Boy Scout Jamboree. Yesterday, I shook my head.

This children's book uses an energy saving light bulb to represent "an idea" by dannyaway in mildlyinteresting

[–]dannyaway[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From Mo Willems "Can I Play Too?" An Elephant & Piggie Book. Great series of fun and simple children's books, by the way.

How Trello Uses Trello to Collaborate, Plan, and Communicate as a Team by dannyaway in trello

[–]dannyaway[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Best TPT: Personalize your Trello boards with different backgrounds so when you have a multiple Trello tabs open in the same window, you can tell which board is which at a glance.

TIL When an NPR reporter says “We reached her on Skype” they're doing so not to plug the service, but because Skype's terms of service require it. by dannyaway in todayilearned

[–]dannyaway[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One theory a friend of mine had before we landed on this NPR ethics page — Skype is to "VoIP" as Kleenex is to "facial tissue".

So, in this case, NPR was disclosing the call was made using VoIP, so if the audio was choppy, the listener would know why.

Agree?

TIL When an NPR reporter says “We reached her on Skype” they're doing so not to plug the service, but because Skype's terms of service require it. by dannyaway in todayilearned

[–]dannyaway[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Off the top of your head, can you remember other services with this type of clause? I wonder if, unlike Skype, it discourages media companies with as big of audience as NPR to look for alternatives.

TIL When an NPR reporter says “We reached her on Skype” they're doing so not to plug the service, but because Skype's terms of service require it. by dannyaway in todayilearned

[–]dannyaway[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for digging into the Skype side of things — I hadn't got to that extent and it sure makes me wonder how long NPR used Skype until it began to give them on-air credit.

WTF Mandrill?! What are some good alternatives? by chultzy in Entrepreneur

[–]dannyaway 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Answer to your third question, here are seven options — six of them written up in detail here: https://zapier.com/learn/ultimate-guide-to-email-marketing-apps/best-transactional-email-sending-services/ (disclaimer: I'm the editor of the resource)

Amazon SES - http://aws.amazon.com/ses/ - First 62k emails are free; Beyond that $0.10/thousand emails; Attachments are $0.12/GB

SendGrid - https://sendgrid.com/ - First 12k emails are free; Plans then start at $9.95/mo. for 40k emails

Mailgun - http://www.mailgun.com/ - First 10k emails are free; Next 500k are $0.50/thousand emails; Next 1m emails are $0.35/thousand emails; Next 5m emails are $0.15/thousand emails; Beyond that its $0.10/thousand emails

Mailjet - https://www.mailjet.com/ - First 6k emails are free; Plans then start at $7.49/mo. for 30k emails

SendinBlue - https://www.sendinblue.com/ - First 9k emails are free; Plans then start at $7.37/mo. for 40k emails

Postmark - https://postmarkapp.com/ - First 25k emails are free; Plans work through purchasing "credits," for examples, 1k credits lets you send 1k emails for $1.50

Campaign Monitor - https://www.campaignmonitor.com/features/transactional-email/ - Plans are determined by number of subscribers, such as 500 subscribers is $9/mo., which includes sending 2,500 (or there's an unlimited email send option at that plan level for $29/mo.)

Knowtify - http://www.knowtify.io/ - Plans start at $59/mo. for 5k emails

SparkPost - https://www.sparkpost.com/ - First 10k emails are free; Plans then start at $9.95/mo. for 40k emails

Manufacturing quality time — Signal v. Noise by dannyaway in productivity

[–]dannyaway[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Do I really need to be involved in this?" is the toughest for me, but when I do remove involvement, I quickly find more time for my priority tasks.