andyjdavis

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by andyjdavis 17y ago
Its worth moving every 12-24 months just to avoid this. Even if you only move 5 minutes down the road. The process of culling Vs packing and shifting tends to help you dispose of junk you've accumulated. The prospect of moving again in the
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by andyjdavis 17y ago
I was lucky with my then girlfriend, now fiancée. We were moving into a smaller place so she had no choice but to heavily cull her belongings. Although the process was painful she has now been converted and regularly voluntarily gets rid of
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by andyjdavis 17y ago
I tried to donate a stack of books to my local library. They weren't "new or as new" so they wouldn't accept them :( They weren't damaged. They just didn't look new. Them not taking them wasn't so bad. I was more annoyed by the attitude of
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by andyjdavis 17y ago
What Paul doesn't really devote enough time to describing is the pleasure that getting rid of stuff brings. Reducing the amount of stuff you own is liberating. You feel physically lighter. Its not just about avoiding a burden. It is physica
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by andyjdavis 17y ago
Surely, they're giving you a way to opt out every time they contact you? imo, provided there is a prominent and easy opt out method there's no problem Of course, if there isn't a really easy to opt out then it is douchebaggery of the highes
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by andyjdavis 17y ago
I don't own a tinfoil hat but that was pretty creepy. The idea of this corporation portraying itself as some sort of buddy who will be by my side as I go through life... To me it comes across as a mixture of arrogance and over familiarity.
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by andyjdavis 17y ago
2 possibilities 1) less command and control 2) more command and control 1) less command and control Fund a whole bunch of branch new products to be built by people not currently employed by MS. Start ups essentially although they may or may
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by andyjdavis 17y ago
Sounds like a major hassle to change names plus it may look shady to your customers. The lawsuit sounds pretty bogus based on what you've said. Surely Google can't be allowed to have exclusive use of "oogle" just because it sounds like part
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by andyjdavis 17y ago
It obviously may not be possible for your specific business but if it is I'd encourage you to try and arrange things so you don't have to invoice people at all. For http://comfypage.com we have a small set of additional services we can pr
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by andyjdavis 17y ago
Build something/anything and put it on the web. It almost doesn't matter what. Aim for something where you can build a kind of working version in a week or two. Do NOT launch into 6 months of development before making it public as your init
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by andyjdavis 17y ago
If you have any interest/connection with education then http://moodle.org It's used by millions of people all over the world ( http://moodle.org/stats/ ) and is helping to make education more accessible.
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by andyjdavis 17y ago
I don't necessarily agree with that statement but there may well be a relationship with colonial rule ie countries like Cameroon being ruled by foreigners who then leave. The first govt of independent Cameroon presumably inherited reasonabl
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by andyjdavis 17y ago
number of people * average annual income = $'s available for buying things Pretty much any number multiplied by 1 billion people = a lot. As the average Chinese citizen becomes better off the result of that calculation will go up really fas
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by andyjdavis 17y ago
Ruby and Python get all the headlines but I suspect there's a huge, largely silent, population sticking with php. php isn't cool and it's not the best environment in the world but it's the default language for a lot of people. I'm mostly a
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by andyjdavis 17y ago
The results page of http://www.whatpeoplearesayingaboutus.com It's just a bunch of frames in tabs that allow me to see any new references to products/projects I'm involved with. I find it helpful to have product comments in my face every
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by andyjdavis 17y ago
I don't think it would work at pricing like that. I'm guessing this is something people will only use for a month or two (until they get a job). However you price it factor in that you may only retain customers for 2ish months. What about a
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by andyjdavis 17y ago
I haven't done cold calling before building a product but it sounds like a good idea. It's never too early to get some feedback and to make prospects aware that you exist. Having them involved from day one could help you end up with a bette
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by andyjdavis 17y ago
Played a fair bit at highschool. That was before this Interweb business came to town so have never played online. Still have a box of cards in a storage container back home.
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by andyjdavis 17y ago
Quite possibly... I'm thinking about aggregating it in some way rather than just iframing (my quick and dirty solution to just get something done). Thus far I haven't thought of any meaningful post processing I would do other than putting a
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by andyjdavis 17y ago
Something I put together in about 2 hours while caring for my brother. Food poisoning while on holiday. Awesome. Anyhow, I have it as my homepage and think its handy but I'm going to be blind to its problems what with it being my (quickly t
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Tell me what's wrong with this thing I built recently :)(whatpeoplearesayingaboutus.com)
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by andyjdavis 17y ago
Im currently living in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Low cost of living. Nice relaxed environment for when youre not working. I was previously living in Australia. Made a decent living from consulting work which may have been one of the reasons