davewasthere

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by davewasthere 15y ago
Using FB as a login is really a usability thing more than a time saving issue. The friction of having to choose yet another password to sign up for an account is negated somewhat by using a FB/Twitter/Google-type oAuth/OpenID solution. I'm
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by davewasthere 15y ago
Of people who get to the interview stage, I'd say around %75 at least successfully do the FizzBuzz question on our test. But we've cherry picked the CVs a little. And probably only interviewed 50 people over the past couple of years. (And h
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by davewasthere 15y ago
Not, not free... is a 20% discount code if you tweet first. ಠ_ಠ
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by davewasthere 15y ago
I think it's easy enough to develop an accessible site, then progressively enhance it. The benefits of having it well written in that way has more benefits than just pure accessibility (SEO goodness comes to mind). In certain sectors, acces
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by davewasthere 15y ago
Must be tough as a Muslim during Ramadan though. Would be a bugger if you were in Norway, north of the Arctic circle. Does that mean you'd have to fast continuously for the time that the sun doesn't set? Lived in the Middle East a while ago
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by davewasthere 15y ago
And commenting - you could just use facebook's social plugins... Nice and easy. (Or Disqus etc...) Something that doesn't have load on your server. Easy, free, scales...
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by davewasthere 15y ago
One solution that I think has a ton of merit is using github-pages. You create an account on github and add a repository that is the same as your username. You can then set up a CNAME record (which you'll point your DNS too) and can host th
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by davewasthere 15y ago
This is where we need something like oAuth to allow accountants to have access to our bank transactions. I've been considering writing a little scraper to download my corporate transactions into a database regularly (similar to mint/lovemon
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by davewasthere 15y ago
I would love to watch films/tv episodes on my kindle this way. Although half of the enjoyment is in watching an actor perform - I find it a struggle to spend any significant time watching television. Whereas, I could consume an episode fair
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by davewasthere 15y ago
It's kind of like a basic dapper? http://open.dapper.net/
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by davewasthere 15y ago
I thought Sophie's World wasn't too patronising... It's definitely an approachable book http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sophies-World-Novel-History-Philosop...
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http://www.leedshack.com (for the lazy) :-)
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by davewasthere 16y ago
When in 2011? Q2, Q3, Q4? Is this just a one-page MVP to see if it's viable? At the moment, the offering doesn't exactly look compelling... I'd like to know more, but it's pretty sparse on info.
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by davewasthere 16y ago
Is it just filling in a grey B with blue boxes? I don't get it. Maybe you could have smaller levels that two-three people could play which demonstrates the strategy elements. Something that could be completed in a few minutes. Then, as more
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by davewasthere 16y ago
Are we using the same Pivotal Tracker? :-) I love the UI. It's got just what you need for an agile project - similar to 37signals design philosophy of less is less. History is most definitely tracked - and is incredibly granular. Click on a
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by davewasthere 16y ago
Two lines of code (and Slackware Linux) and I saved 'The Firm' around $250k (NZD) Was an old Dental system written using a flavour of Unix that I've forgotten now. The system ran over X.25, but we were moving to TCP/IP. In the end I built u
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by davewasthere 16y ago
A couple of years ago I made the mistake of committing to too many projects. (I'd just started free-lancing and put a few feelers out and they all came in at the same time! Typical!) Think I was pulling 16 hours a day consistently for two o
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by davewasthere 16y ago
Try and have most data in the cloud (dropbox/live mesh/Amazon s3) and applications with cloud storage (google docs/basecamp/pivotal tracker). I do carry a Windows 7 install disc and a 2.5" USB drive with all the various apps I need. (I code
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by davewasthere 16y ago
That was my initial take too. I love pivotaltracker and don't particularly like to see it ripped off. That said, it's an amazingly functional interface. But I'm hoping some degree of permission was obtained first.
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by davewasthere 17y ago
Definitely viable! There's nothing to say you can't be a share-holder in a company - or a director of one you create yourself. You just can't be an employee without a work permit. (although if you incorporate overseas, I think you should be
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by davewasthere 17y ago
With javascript disabled the link to 'Gui interface' is borked. http://www.xkcd.com/foo
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by davewasthere 17y ago
I've been locked up in a Russian prison while travelling. Met the local Mafioso. Ate great Borscht. Haven't seen a winter since 2006. I chase the sunshine around the world by doing mini-migrations to avoid the cold. I learn a little bit of
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by davewasthere 17y ago
I put a sign on the top of my monitor saying "Don't touch the screen". And I'd smack people's fingers with my ruler when they did. Damn fingerprints! :-)