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by babul 18y ago
Startups often start in "stealth mode" for a reason.
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by babul 18y ago
What type of attempts? Have you tried going to events, meetups, and (un)conferences etc.? It is a great way to start. Meet people, learn what they do, let them learn about you. Once people see you at several events over time, and you get a
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by babul 18y ago
Why wait 4 years? Why not join a startup (or technical company) now and start doing the things you want full-time instead of fitting them in around a job you don't value? You can learn a lot getting hands-on at the ground level, and if yo
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All Nvidia G84 and G86s are bad(theinquirer.net)
3 points by babul 18y ago|0 comments
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Quality and Efficiency (31fps.com)
9 points by babul 18y ago|0 comments
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by babul 18y ago
Sometimes when people "pay" for something, they value it more or perceive it to be better. If this aids *nix uptake, I'm all for it.
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by babul 18y ago
Not all HN readers. :)
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UFrame: goodness of UpdatePanel and IFRAME combined(codeproject.com)
1 points by babul 18y ago|0 comments
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by babul 18y ago
(need_money==now) ? "Yes" : "No";
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by babul 18y ago
I am trying several languages and frameworks to increase my understanding and learning, (C#/)ASP.NET included. Understanding and insight through experience ...best way to learn?
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10 ASP.NET Performance and Scalability Secrets(codeproject.com)
7 points by babul 18y ago|11 comments
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by babul 18y ago
I often think one of the best things people who want to sell things (both in the real world and online and regardless of the product) can do is to sell seriously on ebay for a while. It teaches you many of the principles outlined and so muc
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Ten E-commerce mistakes(paulgraham.com)
4 points by babul 18y ago|3 comments
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by babul 18y ago
Probably due to the inroads made by KVM and the like.
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What Strategists Can Learn From Microsoft Vs Yahoo(discussionleader.hbsp.com)
2 points by babul 18y ago|0 comments
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by babul 18y ago
Things usually make more sense when you implement your learning. Abstract knowledge is often easily forgotten or poorly grasped, learnt knowledge less so.
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by babul 18y ago
Suns Jini+JavaSpaces was good a few years ago. Was sad to see them drop it though. Can you talk more about the edge cases and problems/solutions in your next blogs?
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Facebook value drops $11.25bn(theregister.co.uk)
15 points by babul 18y ago|10 comments
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by babul 18y ago
Almost everything you submit is to do with ocinnovationvault.com or directly connected to it. Are you SEO hacking news.yc? As I don't understand why this gets so many votes.
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by babul 18y ago
This is excellent and a very useful tool that does exactly what many of the leading design agencies already do in-house e.g. as shown in the 10min video at http://www.newfangled.com/web_development_prototyping_proces... . I look forward
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by babul 18y ago
No. The terms are unfavourable with too many escape clauses, and you should try to moneytize the blog on your own first (adsense/adverts/etc) to try and establish its market value/worth.
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by babul 18y ago
Plus discussion of design decisions, other approaches, problems and solutions, etc., as this makes for far more interesting reading and hopefully may provide a nugget of wisdom we may not alreay know :)
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by babul 18y ago
building things quickly and cheaply is easy to do only when you know how.
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by babul 18y ago
because it is flavour of the month. plus the simple nature of twitter and an API allows a (low functionality/complexity) site based on it to be up an running quickly.
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by babul 18y ago
31 is not old age, and I hope when I get to 31 I have 20 year old girl friends :) However, in the real world it is hard to socialise with people who are not in the same age group as you are for many practical reasons e.g. try going to bars
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Hackers crack cash machine PIN codes to steal millions(business.timesonline.co.uk)
1 points by babul 18y ago|0 comments
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by babul 18y ago
Getting the demographic and targeting right is hard as most of them don't know who their consumers are or are too vague?
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by babul 18y ago
Many startups have spent millions on such advertising without much success. If you pay for it, it is expensive and often poor ROI. Instead, I'd try to get organic mentions/articles based on the USPs of your offering or some quirky/funny sto
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by babul 18y ago
Trac is great, and I've used it a number of times, but if you are rolling your own platform then Redmine (www.redmine.org/) is worth considering as it is much nicer and easier to get started with.
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by babul 18y ago
I love the Show and Tell idea, we should have more of them!

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