RKlophaus

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by RKlophaus 18y ago
Had the privilege of hearing a presentation by Brian Binnie, the test pilot for Scaled Composites ( http://scaled.com ) shortly before they won Ansari XPrize back in 2004. His description of their team sounded like the ultimate group of hac
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by RKlophaus 18y ago
Very excited to study this code. Thanks Joel!
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by RKlophaus 18y ago
Paul, thanks, please do. This has gotten out of hand.
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by RKlophaus 18y ago
Damn, wish I could go back and edit this post to make it more clear. I am talking about BUSINESS here: meetings with VC, clients, etc. Not actual dating. I repeat, not actual dating. When it comes to dating, stick to ONE GIRL AT A TIME. But
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by RKlophaus 18y ago
"sources of funding are pretty much interchangeable" I'd agree to a point... thefunded.com exists for a reason. :)
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by RKlophaus 18y ago
Yeah, this advice definitely applies more to the business side than the tech side. Business is people, and people are unpredictable and driven by emotion. On the tech side, you want to stay lean and mean.
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New Nitrogen Screencast (Erlang Web Framework)(nitrogen-erlang.tumblr.com)
5 points by RKlophaus 18y ago|0 comments
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by RKlophaus 18y ago
The pictures in your slide deck do not inspire confidence in your ability to execute.
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by RKlophaus 18y ago
Mechanical_fish asked the right question: What do you want to build? Once you know what you can get passionate about, figure out what people commonly use to build apps in that arena. Some suggestions: Rich media websites? Flash/Actionscript
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Value of a reminder before your meeting? Priceless. Value after? $0.
2 points by RKlophaus 18y ago|2 comments
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by RKlophaus 18y ago
Hi Davidw, Thanks for your interest and questions. For now, Nitrogen is primarily aiming to bring Erlang up to par with other languages for creating dynamic, Ajax-ified Web 2.0 applications. "What does it really do that takes advantage of E
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by RKlophaus 18y ago
Colin - Excellent, excellent post. This is exactly the type of feedback I was looking for. Definitely pushes me in the direction of a Blackberry. Thanks!
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by RKlophaus 18y ago
Hmm... interesting. If I were to go that route I would probably get an Asus eee instead.
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by RKlophaus 18y ago
That's my top choice so far, but it's for emotional reasons more than anything. :) Can you elaborate on your reasons for suggesting the iPhone?
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Ask HN: iPhone? Blackberry? Android? Prayer? - How do you remotely monitor your startup?
3 points by RKlophaus 18y ago|8 comments
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by RKlophaus 18y ago
I just published a screencast demo of a web framework that I made in Erlang, called Nitrogen. See http://nitrogen-erlang.tumblr.com Also, the technology behind my startup company, Stitcho.com is in Erlang. See http://www.stitcho.com I
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by RKlophaus 18y ago
Woah! Joe Armstrong, the inventor of Erlang, just sent me an email asking about Nitrogen (the Erlang web framework featured in the demo above.) As I said to my wife, "I feel like a teenage girl at a Jonas Brothers concert."
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The 5 Minute "Flickr On Rails" Demo... in Erlang(nitrogen-erlang.tumblr.com)
5 points by RKlophaus 18y ago|1 comments
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by RKlophaus 18y ago
I agree, the Cappucino logo is hot. (Couldn't resist.) Seriously, though, the 280 North website looks great.
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by RKlophaus 18y ago
For icons I've been using the Crystal set by Everaldo, released under LGPL. http://www.everaldo.com/crystal/
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by RKlophaus 18y ago
Awesome idea, and they already exist... http://www.eaieducation.com/530397.html http://www.amazon.com/Advantus-Corporation-Rubber-Stamps-Clo...
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Ask HN: Who designed the graphics for your web app, and where did you find them?
55 points by RKlophaus 18y ago|44 comments
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by RKlophaus 18y ago
I grew up on a farm--feeding cows, moving hay, clearing fields, etc. (There are many great stories.) and am now, as a "technopreneur", on the exact other end of the spectrum. Even though I sometimes refer to my work as "moving electrons", I
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by RKlophaus 18y ago
Unfortunately, I think you missed your window. Apple dropped from ~180 to ~90 in the past month and a half. (It's been up a little over the past two days.) If I weren't worried about completely un-diversifying my portfolio, I'd buy more now
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by RKlophaus 18y ago
Stitcho is basically "Growl for the Web", but NOT in the sense of being another Javascript-to-Growl bridge (a few of those exist out there, protoGrowl, Growl mootools, etc.) Rather, Stitcho lets you send notifications from server side code
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by RKlophaus 18y ago
Great question :) Mostly working on Stitcho.com ( http://stitcho.com ) Stitcho is a desktop notification widget for your website, with support for Windows and Mac. Add desktop alerts to your web app in less than 30 minutes. Also, trying to
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by RKlophaus 18y ago
There are three gadgets I want to own before I die: - Penny's computerbook from "Inspector Gadget". - Al's handheld communicator from Quantum leap - The jewel in Ender's ear. I think the first two are very close now...
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by RKlophaus 18y ago
I'm not the first one to say this, but I'm worried about Windows as a platform. The code base has now been recycled 5 times over, and they keep adding layers to it instead of cleaning it up. (One thing I admire about Apple. When the OS code
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by RKlophaus 18y ago
"I do not understand this logic of 1 guy with normal vision = 5 blind guys." Well phrased. The big problem I see with outsourcing is that it's difficult to cultivate passion in a remote team, and passion is what leads to attention to detail
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by RKlophaus 18y ago
I agree. From a technology perspective, it is very clever.

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