drewmck

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Show HN: Rapidly create lists and sync with Dropbox (iPhone app)(bloomingsoft.com)
1 points by drewmck 13y ago|2 comments
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by drewmck 14y ago
Studies show kids prefer Comic Sans for screen reading vs. common serif and sans-serif fonts (namely, Arial, Times, Courier). They prefer it for both appearance and readability: http://t.co/P3ebZjUi So, if you're designing for kids, these
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by drewmck 14y ago
I've found that most people don't care about this unless you're delivering an extraordinary native experience (ala Path) A native app is great if you've got a team who can do it well. If you can't, simple PhoneGap-ish apps will suffice. It'
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by drewmck 14y ago
You mentioned the logistical, technical and financial problems involved. Was part of the problem that you simply lost interest in the project?
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by drewmck 14y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonic_treadmill "The hedonic treadmill, also known as hedonic adaptation, is the supposed tendency of humans to quickly return to a relatively stable level of happiness despite major positive or negative eve
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by drewmck 14y ago
UX guy and former management consultant here. I can tell you the grass is always greener... As a management consultant I was expected to grind out pointless "decks" (powerpoints) all day long. And all night long? Grind out RFP's for new bus
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by drewmck 14y ago
I was speaking with a colleague about Node and he suggested using Coffeescript instead of JS directly for the exact reasons you mentioned. I'm also coming from Obj-C, C and Ruby background and recently read "Javascript: The Good Parts". I'm
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by drewmck 14y ago
Make this into an iPhone app and you'll probably get some very nice monthly dosh from it.
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by drewmck 14y ago
Except he didn't. In douchey-business-guy fashion he tries to put an entire community of transdisciplinary people in their place by telling them to be happy with handling the technical side of things, while people like him interface with us
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by drewmck 14y ago
Exactly. A title bump means that the person will just leverage their position for the same/better position somewhere else with better pay.
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by drewmck 14y ago
Looks like he sells WordPress themes: http://www.inkthemes.com/
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by drewmck 14y ago
Nice. I'm wrapping a text-based todo/note taker now. I think there's still a lot of people who use these.
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by drewmck 14y ago
Perhaps no one should ever blog about anything they do and learn from? Unless, of course, it's a rocket ship or a fusion reactor. /HN
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by drewmck 14y ago
"It is in the education sphere" My immediate knee-jerk reaction (as someone currently in an emerging field within education): pursue it as a side project. You have a background and connections in this field, which is extremely important. Ed
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by drewmck 14y ago
Please read Linus Torvald's book "Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolution" http://www.amazon.com/Just-Fun-Story-Accidental-Revolutionar... . It mostly deals with his experience building Linux and the insane amount of work it to
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Boss gifts company to his workers [video](abcnews.go.com)
4 points by drewmck 14y ago|0 comments
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by drewmck 14y ago
I thought you were describing me, right down to the sales numbers. Agreed that the real cash here is in contracting. Use appstore apps as exemplars of your work, make your actual $ consulting.
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by drewmck 14y ago
The thing I notice about a lot of software/games/whathaveyou made by people <18 is that it basically fits my expectations ("Nice going kid! This looks meh. I'll reserve any critique as you're 15") Looking at this module, had you not inf
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by drewmck 14y ago
Same reason this happened: http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/on-politics/2... His website was designed by agency. The agency tasked a designer to create layout, including 'patriot' photos. The designer, perhaps someone who di
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by drewmck 14y ago
"All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone." - Blaise Pascal
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by drewmck 14y ago
$250,000 per developer with qualified subject matter experience in your company's native technology. And there's 20 of them. It's a friggin' steal!