chubs

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   by chubs 14y ago

   Absolutely brilliant! I'm so glad you made this. Thank you, thank you.
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   by chubs 14y ago

   Hi, You're 100% right. I wish i had the emotional stamina to persist at a painful job whilst building up something on the side like others seem to be able to do. I truly believe it is what i should have done. However, whats done is done. An
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   by chubs 14y ago

   Thanks for the tip! Good tactic. I'll certainly try that. I was also thinking of running local iOS training workshops too.
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   by chubs 14y ago

   Thanks a lot! I think you're right, it makes you feel more alive in some fundamental way. I think it's important that i try this once before my time's up.
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   by chubs 14y ago

   I think this is his latest venture: https://www.appointmentreminder.org/ Basically following the 37signals model: subscriptions-based SAAS. Pretty neat stuff - i'd do that in a heartbeat over iOS apps if my ruby-on-rails skills weren't so
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   by chubs 14y ago

   Yes, i'm earning $100-150 daily from existing apps. So it's not a complete leap of faith. I admire those who can persevere at their dayjob whilst building up a side business, i really wish i could do that without going insane. Patrick mus
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   by chubs 14y ago

   Sydney. I go to cocoaheads, and am thinking about hitting up silicon beach sydney (i used to go, years ago) and maybe RORO and SydJS. Can you recommend anything else i should check out?
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   by chubs 14y ago

   Thanks for posting! I love hearing from amy's grads. I'm really seriously thinking of doing her course next time around. And i can totally relate to your 'debilitating' job, whereas in my case it was causing stress which, again, limits the
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   by chubs 14y ago

   You're absolutely right. Maybe i should explain further: I do actually have some moderately successful apps on the app store.
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    by chubs 14y ago

    You're totally right. And also, some have pointed out (quite correctly) that amy and patrick recommend starting out on the side, so let me explain further: * I have enough savings to last a few months if i sell my motorbike * I'm reasonably
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    by chubs 14y ago

    Yeah - forget my boring ios apps - tell me more!
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    by chubs 14y ago

    OP here: All advice is welcome and will be listened to, that's what makes this place great :)
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    I must be crazy(splinter.com.au)

    150 points by chubs 14y ago|118 comments
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    by chubs 14y ago

    I've got a couple friends doing p90x as well, and i'm concerned that it'll simply make them look like endurance runners, eg skinny as rakes, unless you're on steroids. What's your thoughts on that? I'm personally trying the reg park system
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    by chubs 14y ago

    I actually wrote a blog post about it. It's a bit embarrasingly naive of me really, but have a read if you're interested: http://splinter.com.au/how-i-just-wasted-a-month-on-my-lates...
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    by chubs 14y ago

    My plan was definitely to make an OSX client, then a mac client, then browser extensions, however the dismal sales make it hard to justify the work, as i'm sure you'd understand.
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    by chubs 14y ago

    This app basically just uses encrypted text files. The crypto is pretty straightforwards, i'm sure you could access it with perl.
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    by chubs 14y ago

    Gave up trying to sell it, so here's the source code - hopefully some budding iOS developer out there finds it instructive. Peace :)
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    I just open-sourced my iOS password manager with dropbox syncing(github.com)

    12 points by chubs 14y ago|7 comments
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    Be generous.(splinter.com.au)

    1 points by chubs 14y ago|0 comments
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    by chubs 15y ago

    So is the idea that they want to mine for Helium-3 and bring it back to power cold fusion reactors? If so - brilliant!
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    by chubs 15y ago

    Congrats! This kinda post is what keeps HN alive for me :)
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    by chubs 15y ago

    Have a look if you're interested: http://lauradesign.com.au/on-fire http://lauradesign.com.au/to-the-bat-cave http://lauradesign.com.au/what-the-rock-is-that I've made an objc framework for quest games, ready to go, just need lots of
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    by chubs 15y ago

    I've started an ios game in the spirit of SQ2, have done a lot of the code, production artwork for a few scenes, and scribbled artwork for all the rest. I'd love to finish it but my designer is too busy to continue.
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    by chubs 15y ago

    Good answer!
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    by chubs 15y ago

    I just had an email exchange with Patio11, which inspired the thoughts in this blog post, so i thought maybe someone else here would find this interesting given his hero status around here :)
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    'Scratch your own itch' vs 'Build what people want'(splinter.com.au)

    2 points by chubs 15y ago|2 comments
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    by chubs 15y ago

    Can't 'Consume' do most of this kind of stuff with its recipes?
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    Dragging a side project over the finishing line, kicking and screaming.(splinter.com.au)

    2 points by chubs 15y ago|0 comments
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    by chubs 15y ago

    Can anyone suggest a way to port your posterous blog to tumblr, retaining the url's and the comments (i believe tumblr uses disqus for comments) ?