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New comment by tinyrock in "Sell to Teachers"

tinyrock — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 03:56:14 +0000

We have found the opposite - teachers will pay for software if it is made well and makes their life easier. The price point obviously still needs to be set appropriately.

Life was very busy when I was teaching, anything that saves time on busy work is appreciated.

New comment by tinyrock in "Sell to Teachers"

tinyrock — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 03:43:00 +0000

We focus on this strategy for Termites (http://termitesapp.com) and it works well.

The purchase process at the school or district level can be glacial slow.

New comment by tinyrock in "Electron Band Structure In Germanium, My Ass "

tinyrock — Thu, 05 May 2011 01:57:42 +0000

The crap results were probably due to the soldering messing around with the crystal properties. Using a pressure-contacts approach instead seemed to do the trick:

http://tinyrock.com/resources/4000918/Bandgap-Measurements-I...

Has it really been 10 years!

Scribd Platform for Teacher Resources - works great

tinyrock — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:03:11 +0000

Article URL: http://tinyrock.com/resources

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=248382

Points: 1

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Create Optimum Groups - Good Relationships Together, Bad Relationships Apart

tinyrock — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:20:39 +0000

Article URL: http://tinyrock.com/monkey

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=162658

Points: 1

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The result of a one night stand with PHP

tinyrock — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:46:16 +0000

Article URL: http://tinyrock.com/testimonials.php

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117474

Points: 2

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New comment by tinyrock in "Seating Plan Generator - Good together, Bad apart - uses Simulated Annealing"

tinyrock — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:55:49 +0000

I use it once every couple of weeks to tweak seating plans for my classes as I discover new relationships between the kids.

Desktop software because the SA algorithm placed too much load on the server, it started off as a Ruby web-app. Also desktop because most school networks have pretty draconian filtering in place.

New comment by tinyrock in "Seating Plan Generator - Good together, Bad apart - uses Simulated Annealing"

tinyrock — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:41:04 +0000

Would love some feedback, especially on ways to market this software.

I know, desktop software, how 2001 :)

Cheers, Richard

Seating Plan Generator - Good together, Bad apart - uses Simulated Annealing

tinyrock — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:38:16 +0000

Article URL: http://tinyrock.com/termites

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=113957

Points: 1

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