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by dutchrapley 16y ago
Well said. It's not about the platform or OS being open. It's about opening up possibilities for people. One way Apple did this was with the App Store. Apple didn't create this model for distributing apps, they simply discovered it, allowin
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I love the succinctness of the email exchange.
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“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” - Jim Rohn You can do it. You have the drive for it. It's all one big learning experience. Never stop learning. Learning to gain knowledge is important. What
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Really???!!! And, there's no bubble?
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by dutchrapley 16y ago
The real answer is, "It depends." It really depends on where you are with your learning. When I was younger and was getting into the industry, I would read books cover to cover b/c the various topics intrigued me (sql, databases, javascript
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codepalousa (March) http://www.codepalousa.com/ SXSW (March) (more interactive) http://sxsw.com/interactive CodeConf (April) http://codeconf.com/ Future of Web Apps (June) http://futureofwebapps.com/ Defrag (November) http://www.de
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I would have bought basketball.com. Looking back, it was a deal back then.
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Walker Corporate Law is always advertising on Mixergy. http://walkercorporatelaw.com/
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by dutchrapley 16y ago
For Ruby, check out The Well Grounded Rubyist. David Black's writing style simply delivers. http://www.amazon.com/Well-Grounded-Rubyist-David-Black/dp/1... While you await delivery of your books, also check out Mr. Neighborly's Humble Lit
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Bitstream Vera Sans Mono 10px on a 22" 1680x1050 - It's clean and crisp. Seems to be the only font I'm happy with on both Windows and Mac. http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/ttf-bitstream-vera/1....
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by dutchrapley 16y ago
I can't speak from personal experience, so I'm not going to offer advice based on my experience. But, do listen to the Mixergy interview with Jason Jacobs of RunKeeper - http://mixergy.com/runkeeper-jason-jacobs-interview/ - he started wor
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Would have been awesome if it had an "up up down down left right left right b a" easter egg.
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And, to cover CS in particular, expect to see a ton of innovation in the area of data storage. It's going to be interesting to see what happens in the relational db, non-relational db, and file system fields.
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>what happens when you get stuck and can't think of something to work on that people care about? It's more complicated than creating something that people care about. You need to solve a problem in a creative way, and also figure out a
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by dutchrapley 16y ago
When I first read your post, I didn't see the second question. I interpreted the first as, "What is it important to know for startups in order to be successful?" Then you state your second question as, "Which field of CS do you think that w
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by dutchrapley 16y ago
There is no spoon, there is no important, silver bullet field. There is no golden standard formula creating a successful startup. In math, 4+4=8. But, not just 4+4. You can arrive at at the same outcome in several other ways: 1+1+1+5, 2+6,
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Listen to the interview with Tobi from Shopify on Mixergy.com
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Not personally. I have a couple of friends who have used that combination specifically. Not as a primary, but for vacation or if they happen to be in a coffee shop with an unreliable connection. If I were in the situation where I needed som
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http://www.virginmobileusa.com/mobile-broadband It's mobile broadband without the commitment since it's Virgin Mobile (it runs on Sprint's network). Plans are $20, $40, and $60 for 30 days access. You can always buy the usb stick, and the