GavinB

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by GavinB 15y ago
SEEKING FREELANCER - New York City preferred, would consider remote. We need an iOS developer with experience building games or picture book apps. We'd love to talk to someone who has also done Android development or used cross platform too
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by GavinB 15y ago
This remains the standard mark for deletion in today's publishing industry. Yes, we still often edit books in three to five inch stacks of paper.
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by GavinB 15y ago
Freelance game development is very focused on web and ios at the moment. I suspect the companies doing c++ work are working on big budget games and in need of full time employees. Contractors with quality ipad game experience, on the other
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by GavinB 15y ago
Dropbox is the one startup that's earned the right to charge my credit card every month.
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by GavinB 15y ago
A book is not defined by being made of paper. Godin is pro-book but recognizes that the future of the book is as a digital file. I don't think anyone is arguing that there is a continuing role for librarians who act as archivists of valuabl
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by GavinB 15y ago
It will be interesting to see whether patents will make this a defensible innovation. Will AMD et all have to invent a similar but materially different technology in order to keep pace?
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by GavinB 15y ago
It does seem like this would be a lot easier if there were also chat (or even if it were chat-only). If you're talking about code, it would be really helpful to be able to paste in snippets or links to resources.
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by GavinB 15y ago
Hopefully this is one of those acquisitions where the acquired company ends up taking over and reinventing the acquiring company.
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by GavinB 15y ago
There are always risks in business. Are all the people who have built successful companies that rely on facebook, apple, twitter, google, or other platforms wrong? The important thing is to understand the risks and account for them. Don't o
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by GavinB 15y ago
This is basically saying "Bitcoin might not work because some nodes might decide to go start another currency." That's a threat to any monetary system. With Bitcoin, as soon as nodes start breaking the rules, they are ejected from the syste
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by GavinB 15y ago
The easiest way is to just find another offer from another company. You're not "worth" double your current comp if you can't find it somewhere. Then you let them know that you have another offer but would prefer to stay if they can match th
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by GavinB 16y ago
Reading the script in the complaint ( http://www.teslamotors.com/sites/default/files/tesla_-_claim... ) it looks like Top Gear staged pushing the car into the hanger as part of a fictional story about running out of charge after 55 miles o
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by GavinB 16y ago
Color clearly has a much bigger vision than what we're seeing. Sequoia knows what they're building, and has the experience to know how much money it might take to build it. Even if they have a 90%+ chance of flopping, the investment in them
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by GavinB 16y ago
If we don't fix this, everyone at the galactic congress is going to laugh at us.
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by GavinB 16y ago
What made launching at SXSW a "do or die" situation? Sure, it's free publicity, but is that worth burnout and product that was rushed out the door? I wish you guys all the best, but I wonder if you'll look back at this in a year and think t
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by GavinB 16y ago
I think your framing is better, but there's nothing wrong with saying "we don't negotiate beyond the published rates" as long as you don't mind some customers walking.
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by GavinB 16y ago
New York City We're looking for an Assistant Project Manager to help build online games for a major publishing company (we're not dead yet!). Game design, wireframes, puzzle creation, customer service, documentation, QA--this position is a
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by GavinB 16y ago
Absolutely. Heck, if you know the right people, you can even freelance hire the same editors who are working at major houses right now. (Side note: if anyone at HN wants that, I'd be happy to make the introductions.) My only point is that t
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by GavinB 16y ago
The most important staff on the book is the editor. None of the major publishing houses outsource their editors. What is outsourced is a few additional reads for copyediting of spelling, grammar, and usage. An editor will make an author tak
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by GavinB 16y ago
The question asks "Do mediocre programmers EVER create good software?" The answer to that is no, but it really has nothing to do with offshoring. If you're going to go outside of the country to find cheaper talent, you should be looking for
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by GavinB 16y ago
You just popped the CD in and the program on it came up. A few years before that, the average computer was still booting to a command prompt. For non-hackers, auto-run was amazing. And since then, it has worked as intended billions and bill
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by GavinB 16y ago
Let's say that Bing sets up a script that sends queries to Google and then records the results. That's clearly copying. I'd question even that hyperbolic interpretation. Let's say that Google sets up a script that sends queries to website
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by GavinB 16y ago
We need a flash game developer--someone who can take an idea like "parachuting onto an island" or "cracking a safe" and work with us to turn it into a clever game. gbrown at scholastic dot com
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by GavinB 16y ago
New York City or remote. We need a flash game developer--someone who can take an idea like "parachuting onto an island" or "cracking a safe" and work with us to turn it into a clever game. Close enough to NYC to work on-site or pop in for m
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by GavinB 16y ago
New York City - must be on-site. A little bit of game design, a little bit of project management, a little bit of community management--a lot of fun. No programming required, but familiarity with web and game development is a plus. Interest
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by GavinB 16y ago
I found the pricing page confusing at first. At a casual glance it looks like most of the plans are exactly the same. Something about the design made me ignore the number of units listed at the top. It also doesn't state if there are transa
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by GavinB 16y ago
The SAP states that the values of the constants of the laws of physics are so fantastically, improbably finely tuned to allow the existence of matter and life, that it seems highly likely that these values were predesigned. Even if you ac
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by GavinB 16y ago
This article talks about pricing models, but doesn't discuss why an ebook costs 9.99 and not 0.99. One reason is simple economics: there's no perfect substitute for a specific book. If I want the next book by my favorite author, buying anot
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by GavinB 16y ago
I tried to figure out the test, (and suspected there might be no scoring mechanism at all) but still felt obligated to answer the questions honestly, despite thinking that some were clearly the "programmer" answer. Maybe I should get the "g
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by GavinB 16y ago
Wasn't offered at Verizon, but it could have been an unhelpful salesperson. If not them I can probably find a 3rd party repair. Don't know why I wasn't considering this, thanks for pointing it out. I wasn't trying to trash android, just ann

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