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by Edinburger 18y ago
Sure - this point starts with the idea that pairing is slower in the short term but creates higher quality software. We might also believe that pairs will create systems which are easier to maintain i.e. pairing leads to better systems desi
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by Edinburger 18y ago
I've led agile teams for the past three years where there has always been some pairing and some solo work. I'm sorry I can't offer statistical data, only my anecdotal observations: * Pairing is particularly useful when breaking new ground.
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by Edinburger 18y ago
Why the downvote? I think this is a great hack and I'm definitely not disrespecting his work - it's awesome. However, imagine the potential of great ideas like this combined with amazing looking prosthetics as discussed in the other article
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by Edinburger 18y ago
He should get together with the 'Beautiful Prosthetics' guy: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=518860 . Functional + Beautiful = Win.
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by Edinburger 18y ago
Google Earth provides satellite photography. What am I missing?
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by Edinburger 18y ago
I think the idea above of asking your GF to help could be a good one. Maybe she has hacker skills. Maybe she has other skills which could really help your startup - business, sales, visual design. Any and all of these could really give you
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by Edinburger 18y ago
Absolutely. I tried to get a US-based lawyer to agree that we could set our terms of use out like this and he strongly recommended against it. His main argument was that whatever we wrote in the 'plain English' would be just as minding as t
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by Edinburger 18y ago
Hi PG, I don't know whether you're watching but this seems like a good example where it would be useful to grey out the URLs in downvoted posts as well as the message.
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by Edinburger 18y ago
Surely the entrepreneur's answer to "What do you do?" is "Whatever it takes!"
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by Edinburger 18y ago
Absolutely, I agree with all of your points. I'm suggesting the car as one more factor, not the only factor :-)
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by Edinburger 18y ago
I think the increasing importance of the car as a place where we listen to music may be a contributing factor. I have some old, well-mastered CD's which I love to listen to at home but they're hard to listen to in my car. The quiet sections
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by Edinburger 18y ago
Very useful - thanks!
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by Edinburger 18y ago
For those of us who want to target a small exit, it would be great to hear about small exits made in the last year and who made the acquisition. This article mentions a few. Does anyone on here know of more?
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by Edinburger 18y ago
Nice list. I would add 'Test your ability to recover from backup'
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by Edinburger 18y ago
Thanks everyone for the excellent replies. I'll evaluate software in the next few days.
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by Edinburger 18y ago
Interesting. I really like the way her videos zoom in and out on the browser to focus on the important area. Even though the video size is quite small, it works because of the zooming. I think I'll email her and also ask what software she u
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by Edinburger 18y ago
Thanks - I think the only problem is the resolution on YouTube is not very good. I followed the link through your profile to your YouTube video and although it's nice, for my purposes I'd like the text to be clearer on the video.
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by Edinburger 18y ago
Hi, I'd like to do a screencast, played back through a Flash player. The Railscasts are neat but they're not embedded in the browser. From your email, it sounds like Captivate might do the job although I'd have to pay for it. Any advice on
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Ask HN: How do you produce product demo videos?
50 points by Edinburger 18y ago|39 comments
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by Edinburger 18y ago
Nice way to explain the benefits of Agile. Really could save your business/career. And it's quite funny in places.