chriswoodford

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by chriswoodford 12y ago
I was using invoicemachine.com but their API just wasn't cutting it for me so I switched to FreshBooks. The FreshBooks API is great: in a matter of minutes I was able to pull my hours from Harvest and generate a FreshBooks invoice. Tha
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On-demand food sleeper Gobble (YC W14) attempts its comeback(pando.com)
7 points by chriswoodford 12y ago|0 comments
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by chriswoodford 12y ago
Gobble (YC14) - Menlo Park, CA - http://gobble.com Gobble works with top local chefs to bring the world’s favorite dishes freshly-made to your door. Each dish is prepared using local ingredients and healthier recipes, providing
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Transforming Data in Clojure with Map and Reduce(chriswoodford.posthaven.com)
1 points by chriswoodford 13y ago|0 comments
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Transforming Data with Clojure(chriswoodford.posthaven.com)
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Thinking Functionally: The Paradigm Shift of Functional Programming(chriswoodford.posthaven.com)
3 points by chriswoodford 13y ago|0 comments
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Clojure Libs and Namespaces(blog.8thlight.com)
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A lesson in Internet cruelty and fighting back(salon.com)
2 points by chriswoodford 13y ago|0 comments
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The Internet mystery that has the world baffled(montrealgazette.com)
239 points by chriswoodford 13y ago|114 comments
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by chriswoodford 13y ago
I'm already using serverpilot for a couple of legacy PHP projects and I am really enjoying it. +1 for composer support built in.
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Canadian Open Data Project(data.gc.ca)
2 points by chriswoodford 13y ago|0 comments
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PayPal gets a makeover(paypal.com)
1 points by chriswoodford 14y ago|0 comments
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by chriswoodford 14y ago
I'm a big fan of FreshBooks http://www.freshbooks.com/
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Writing a Finite-state Machine in PHP(ideapatterns.ca)
1 points by chriswoodford 14y ago|0 comments
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Canadian Conservative Party's website hacked(bbc.co.uk)
3 points by chriswoodford 15y ago|0 comments
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by chriswoodford 15y ago
> Work where you will be the dumbest person in the room. probably the best advice you could give! - my biggest regret from when i started out was not working somewhere were i was the dumbest person in the room. i started somewhere where
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by chriswoodford 15y ago
based on all of the feedback here and some of the good ideas that people have come up with, maybe one of the first projects sent out should be to help you build out some of the smaller/more simple features. contributing to weekend hacker wi
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by chriswoodford 15y ago
i've noticed that my linkedin mail from recruiters has doubled (or more) in the last year. i'd say it's a valid trend
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by chriswoodford 15y ago
in cases like this, i always tell people to write like a news article: open with your conclusion! nobody wants to read through as you try to explain all the reasons for your conclusion. if you can't draw them in in the first line, you've lo
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by chriswoodford 15y ago
i really back these types of meetings, though in my practice, i call them "POWER MEETINGS" (i always hear it in my head like it was said by the VO for Power Thirst, hence the caps). get to the point, get the idea(s) out, and then get to wor
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by chriswoodford 15y ago
does this mean that i should get one of those friar tuck cloaks, a copy of PoEAA, and start preaching about martin fowler on street corners?
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by chriswoodford 15y ago
i generally just keep music for my non-work related time. though you're right that it is likely due to my genres of choice. tv while i work is still my preference and keeps me the most productive. it's like the ADD portion of my brain is sa
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by chriswoodford 15y ago
i actually find that tv makes me more productive. i'm not sure why... i can just put on a season of futurama or arrested development and keep focused/keep coding. without tv, i find i get antsy or distracted. if i put on music, i spend mo
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by chriswoodford 15y ago
i'm in the same boat and struggling with the same issues. on the verge of 30 it becomes more of a game of weighing the pros and cons. does this startup idea have enough potential that it's worth leaving my full time job? and if so, how am i
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by chriswoodford 15y ago
i'm actually surprised at the amount of time people spend procrastinating on something to help them stop procrastinating... or even more surprising might be the amount of time i've spent procrastinating by reading about people who've procra
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by chriswoodford 15y ago
the gmail plugin looks like one of the more worthwhile plugins to me, but it has the least feedback, while the "takes questions" plugin, which seems almost useless, has the most feedback. what am i missing?!
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by chriswoodford 15y ago
Quebecer's really sent a message to the Bloc with the NDP sweep of Quebec. this must be adding insult to injury for Gilles Duceppe...
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by chriswoodford 15y ago
this comment thread is turning into quite the social experiment. is ADD a prerequisite for being a good programmer/hacker/etc...?