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by bdfh42 17y ago
$5m funding means someone thinks the idea might have legs - so outrun them! Difficult to do just part time but with a simpler approach you might just be able to do it but only if you release - then you can keep releasing with each step putt
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by bdfh42 17y ago
I dropped off after the first couple of paragraphs - was there anything there worth reading?
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JQuery Visualize Plugin: Accessible Charts & Graphs from Table Elements (filamentgroup.com)
4 points by bdfh42 17y ago|0 comments
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by bdfh42 17y ago
Build your first prototype in the language you are most comfortable using. When you know which bits are hard to write then you can look around and see if any other language has facilities that make that part of the task simpler to write. Wh
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by bdfh42 17y ago
I quote from the article "The idea of using punch cards to instruct and control a system became the basis of computer programming" Good grief!
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Classical Music and MP3 Players(charlespetzold.com)
1 points by bdfh42 17y ago|0 comments
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by bdfh42 17y ago
there is some sound advice in this post - "listen to all of the financial/investment experts and then do the exact opposite". If I had done that consistently over the last few years I would be quite wealthy now.
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by bdfh42 17y ago
I love the quote "And since the engine doesn't release any unburned hydrocarbons, CO2 emissions are minimal" We really should start teaching science in schools.
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by bdfh42 17y ago
Not very well presented on the landing page but if you work through the examples (follow link) it shows up rather better. Some nice ideas there.
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How to be a packager(sethgodin.typepad.com)
18 points by bdfh42 17y ago|6 comments
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by bdfh42 17y ago
Just an ad - no content. Flagged!
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by bdfh42 17y ago
Grab a copy of "The little Schemer" (Daniel P Friedman and Matthias Felleisen) and a pencil and you can skip the phone and the notebook - oh and learn scheme of course. Travel light but make sure you travel.
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by bdfh42 17y ago
Pretty good advice from "wheels" but ask another question. What have your potential customers got to do to get a benefit from your start-up? That could be adding to the inertia - mild interest will only turn into a sale when everyone else i
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by bdfh42 17y ago
And there was I thinking it was just me. I have just sat down to write some .NET framework code to access COBOL indexed sequential files so that an existing web based application can access a "New" package that will be installed over the ne
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The Wrong Level of Abstraction(codinghorror.com)
39 points by bdfh42 17y ago|11 comments
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by bdfh42 17y ago
You are correct - but - at your initial point of contact you have (perhaps) a single opportunity to make contact with your prospective customer. You should do all you can (without boring or annoying your prospect) to capture enough accurate
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by bdfh42 17y ago
My current policy on validating email addresses is to issue a warning if a given email address fails a check against a standard that covers the vast majority of addresses in use. Validating against the whole range of possible address conten
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by bdfh42 17y ago
HN readers are expected to know how to use Google to search a single site.
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by bdfh42 17y ago
Top Class - and yes it is relevant to HN
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Ample SDK: Browser-in-a-Browser(ajaxian.com)
2 points by bdfh42 17y ago|1 comments
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Introducing Add-on Collections (FireFox)(blog.mozilla.com)
11 points by bdfh42 17y ago|2 comments
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by bdfh42 17y ago
Rather a silly strongly political post - I've flagged it as not relevant to HN.
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GeoFill - find users by IP or lookup and prefill forms for them(ajaxian.com)
12 points by bdfh42 17y ago|2 comments
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by bdfh42 17y ago
Crocodiles are eating my emu...
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by bdfh42 17y ago
Stick with asp.net - it works and scales. You could always break out in C# if you need a change. Database integration is a snip (and I avoid data bound controls like the plague) and Ajax works just fine. You can even use JQuery at the brows
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by bdfh42 17y ago
Disappointingly dull I thought - shame there is potential for a great post under this title.
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by bdfh42 17y ago
I would tend towards the higher price as long as your app is good value. You always have to compete the the "I could write that myself" viewpoint - but make it clear that the $25 will save the customer several hours work and meet their need
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Sharing Files With BitTorrent(codinghorror.com)
1 points by bdfh42 17y ago|0 comments
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by bdfh42 17y ago
In my experience there are two sources of problems with Relational databases. They are either designed by Programmers or they are designed by DBAs. They both make a complete and utter mess of the task almost every time. Programmers design d
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by bdfh42 17y ago
My reading of the graph is that the IE6 attrition rate is pretty near constant and seemingly unaffected by the launch of IE8. IE8 is growing at roughly the same rate that IE7 is decreasing - what one might expect if you think about the demo

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