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by gridspy 17y ago
I totally agree. That is why only about half my free time is spent on Gridspy. In fact, part of the decision to stay full-time employee right now is so that I can spend time with my family without the huge stress that I might sink our finan
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by gridspy 17y ago
Thanks for the suggestions. I'm still focusing on the part of the "SEO Pyramid" where I create great content that people want to read. There is heaps of tuning to do soon.
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by gridspy 17y ago
I prefer http://progressquest.com/
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by gridspy 17y ago
I actually see "Huge startup" as "3-6 months runway, 3 employees." I use that to justify short term sacrifices, but I find the work itself the best motivator.
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by gridspy 17y ago
Hear hear! I have exactly that problem. Also, Full-time Sunday (for me) is a bittersweet taste of what that would be like.
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by gridspy 17y ago
I second you on the gaming argument. Before I got into business, I reminded myself about how much free time to work in if I stopped playing games and watching as much TV.
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by gridspy 17y ago
Yeah. Don't bother until you have an idea that really fires you up. However, you might want to spend the time actively searching for that great idea (research into unautomated industries, say).
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by gridspy 17y ago
Yeah. Unfortunately I'd be a husk if I stayed up as late as I'd like and still had to get up for the kids in the morning.
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by gridspy 17y ago
Check Hacker News, email, etc. Remind myself that I'm going to be a huge startup soon. Choose what excites me the most and bite of a tiny chunk. If I'm having real trouble, I'll promise myself to do 30 minutes and stop if I'm not making hea
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by gridspy 17y ago
Thanks. Honestly, what Gridspy needs is more of Me. I don't see myself paying other people to do work until I am running full-time because I am more dedicated (it _is_ my startup) and also I know the code better. Interesting situation to be
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by gridspy 17y ago
To code on both, do something you care about as your startup. _really_ care about. Also, there is lots to do. Do whatever seems most fun to you at the time. By the time you are forced to do things for clients, you'll have enough code and go
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by gridspy 17y ago
Proud to see my blog post on HN. It has been a tough slog working full-time while spending every other waking moment on Gridspy. It doesn't help that I spend every waking moment thinking about it, even when I should be applying myself to my
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by gridspy 17y ago
You might be able to distribute the publishing of content into the house, but can you distribute the failsafe hardware? Redundant connections? UPS? When you buy hosting online, you buy more than space on a hard disk.
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by gridspy 17y ago
How about companies like RackSpace which " stores persistent data from one party and republishes it to arbitrary others" - are they safe? How about your local web hosting company, which " stores persistent data from one party and republishe
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by gridspy 17y ago
Despite how much you might want to succeed, consistently working beyond 40 or 60 hours a week is going to degrade your productivity below the level you would achieve with 40 hours a week. There are several factors - You make more mistakes -
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by gridspy 17y ago
I'm interested in using Habitstream for Gridspy. It is quite a big price step between free, branded streams and unbranded commercial streams. It is a cool idea, something that I'll have to come back an explore as we start to take off.
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by gridspy 17y ago
So tempting to say that I disagree just to prove you right...
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A PC in Every Power Cabinet - aaahhhh......No.(blog.gridspy.co.nz)
2 points by gridspy 17y ago|0 comments
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by gridspy 17y ago
I think you are right - more programmers will drive more demand for programming, not just lower wages.
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by gridspy 17y ago
jqplot looks great. Thanks for the suggestion!
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by gridspy 17y ago
Hot : Dashboard: http://your.gridspy.co.nz/powertech/ Jquery sparklines: http://omnipotent.net/jquery.sparkline/ Google visualisation: http://code.google.com/apis/visualization/documentation/gall... Annotated timeline (the flash one):
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Ask HN: Should Gridspy avoid Flash?
3 points by gridspy 17y ago|5 comments
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by gridspy 17y ago
The VCs who did that would get a bad name. Also, it is in everyone's best interest that the angel investor network is healthy.
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by gridspy 17y ago
"Derrek" wanted you to read the newsletter. Because you didn't want to, you now have the chance to "Punish" him. Clicking on the "punish" button leads to a video of Derrek receiving a hot coffee to the face and sinking off the chair. After
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by gridspy 17y ago
Until you say no, you are a slave to every request that comes your way. Much better to be selective and stick to your strengths - excelling at everything you do. PS: Why is always a valid question.
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by gridspy 17y ago
Yeah. Every time I visit it gets +1 waste of my time because I always hit it outside the window. Just a matter of time before I tune it out.
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by gridspy 17y ago
I hate to think what would happen to a police officer serving serious time in a normal prison.
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by gridspy 17y ago
My version of events: NewCo comes up with a reasonable extension on existing technology that anyone in the field who thought for 6 months could have come up with. However they fail to take it to market. LaterCo is never formed because its f
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by gridspy 17y ago
I really liked "VC's generally don't support subsequent changes to the business plan. A self-funded entrepreneur is constantly making major course corrections, to the point of driving his colleagues crazy. VC's will deny this, but a VC i
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by gridspy 17y ago
The author contrasts "VCs want Innovation" with "VCs want a product and a standard business model". They then claim that these statements contradict. For example, Gridspy is making an innovative product, which is proven and already has seve

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