geoffc

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   by geoffc 17y ago

   Thanks for the feedback. I was hoping to ride the twitter tersity trend :-) but agreed that we probably need to bump that limit and pictures would be cool.
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   by geoffc 17y ago

   The recovery.org data is all US based. Search on Kansas for example. - Each posting has a spam link on it, if you click it the posting will disappear for you. Once enough different people click it the posting is deleted. - Currently posting
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   by geoffc 17y ago

   Oooh, I like the five most recent item idea. Thanks. The beta site is loaded with sample data so it is a little easier to see what is going on. http://beta.townflier.com:8000/
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   by geoffc 17y ago

   Yes definitely global but currently only in english. The back end is designed to support other languages so we hope to get that at some point.
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   by geoffc 17y ago

   Thanks for the thoughtful feedback. This link is loaded with about 37K listings scraped from recovery.org. http://beta.townflier.com:8000/
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   by geoffc 17y ago

   Thanks!
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   by geoffc 17y ago

   I got the idea for this when I was in a rural farming community in South Africa. The farmers traded all sorts of stuff using the local bulletin board and word of mouth rather than Craigslist. They knew about Craigslist but it did not cover
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   Ask HN: Please review my site - A Craigslist competitor for rural areas(townflier.com)

   14 points by geoffc 17y ago|36 comments
9. 129.▲
   by geoffc 17y ago

   Thanks for the feedback. If you would like to test the full cycle you can send me a location request at gcrawshaw@gmail.com
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    Ask HN: Review my location tracking site(whereareyou.me)

    3 points by geoffc 17y ago|2 comments
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    by geoffc 17y ago

    Sweet!! I got started on his DOS assembly book an eon ago. I'm buying this today.
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    by geoffc 17y ago

    For the acquired company you have traded in illiquid stock you have a lot of control over for illiquid stock you don't have control of. Only worth doing if you really, really believe in the acquiring company or can cash out a significant pe
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    by geoffc 17y ago

    Commercial rod and reel fisherman. I would catch cod, striper and tuna depending on the season. I have the boat and the equipment and if I ever get sick of coding that's where you will find me. I have been a soldier, a mechanic and a carpen
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    by geoffc 18y ago

    The problem he is describing is the information disparity in the mixed onsite/remote setup. In my current company all the developers (~15) are remote and it works well as we all have to effectively use email, im and phone to get things done
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    by geoffc 18y ago

    Absolutely this can be done and in my opinion is the best way to build a great software team. I am the CTO of Openair.com and this is how we have always operated. We have a dozen developers, about half in the Boston area and the other half
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    by geoffc 18y ago

    To clarify when I say know well I don't mean friends I mean people who I know have the coding chops to be worth the equity and pitfalls. I'm never had any luck telling how good a coder is without working with them for 3-6 months, after that
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    by geoffc 18y ago

    5-10% depending on the quality of the developer is what I have done in the past and as soon as we start making cash they start getting paid. Also I only do this deal with folks I know well as it is so much more complicated than standard hir
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    by geoffc 18y ago

    Saas is a great business model as long as you can handle the deferred revenue part of it, essentially you are financing your customers purchase of the software. This can be painful when you are cashflow negative but once you go positive it