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by Terry_B 16y ago
My desire to do this though, causes the problem that I feel like I can't stop working and constantly increasing my savings. The idea that if I take time off for a while to work on something at a loss, the damage will be too great due to the
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by Terry_B 16y ago
I recently asked a question that got a lot of responses along these lines. Hope you get even more! http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1366217
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Ask HN: How to work with a designer?
4 points by Terry_B 16y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: Methods for finding niche business opportunities
101 points by Terry_B 16y ago|17 comments
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by Terry_B 16y ago
Thanks, I think you're spot on. The surprising thing is probably just how small that problem has to be when it's just you working on something in your spare time with all the things that need to get done to get to that first sale ASAP.
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by Terry_B 16y ago
My problem so far has very much been that all of my ideas and efforts have been towards big, pie in the sky, breaking new ground type things. And of course, they usually don't get finished. I've been trying to get far more disciplined in lo
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by Terry_B 16y ago
No, I think it's moved on from ridiculous and just become a mandatory step at this point.
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by Terry_B 16y ago
You forgot the sex tape.
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by Terry_B 16y ago
When people say consulting, they seem to mostly be referring to web development it seems. I'm more of a software guy. With web development I'm guessing that finding customers is a bit easier because people tend to know that they need a new
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by Terry_B 16y ago
One of the major benefits of Agile that I've found is how many problems go away when the customer gets to see progress on a very regular basis.
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by Terry_B 16y ago
There's another good guide here by HN user jacquesm: http://jacquesmattheij.com/be-consultant
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by Terry_B 16y ago
Purely tactics to get their filtering bill passed? In the end we'll all be thanking them for being such nice people that they are only filtering our internet...
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by Terry_B 16y ago
Thanks! I'd read Costikyan and plenty of Gama Sutra before but not the others. When sitting down to prototype a game I usually find the first iteration turns out to not have the fun gameplay you had imagined at all. It's then a matter of ho
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by Terry_B 16y ago
I've had a really hard time finding writing of this quality and insight into good game design. There's lots of fluffy, high level stuff at one end of the spectrum and then lots of stuff that discusses the details of specific well trodden ge
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by Terry_B 16y ago
Wow, it actually makes me somewhat wish HN didn't exist and instead I got this in the mail. If only there was someway to source great articles I hadn't already read...
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Ask HN: What streetsmarts have you learnt?
129 points by Terry_B 16y ago|92 comments
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Ask HN: Where are the enterprise gurus?
14 points by Terry_B 17y ago|2 comments