ivyirwin

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by ivyirwin 14y ago
I am a huge believer in the word of mouth method. I've been doing web design and programming for over 10 years and have not once cold called or advertised my services. I think there are two important aspects of "word of mouth" however. Firs
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Show HN: Who's Hiring Thread Inspires SlingM.com: View/Share 3D Model in Browser
1 points by ivyirwin 14y ago|0 comments
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by ivyirwin 14y ago
I'm shocked at the disdain people on HN have for certain tools. I was always taught that it's not the tool, it's how you use it. I think Panic is a perfect example of that axiom. Their website (at least the older versions) has been emulated
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by ivyirwin 15y ago
Other people have commented on highlighting the call to action, so I'll try to give some design feedback if you're up for it. The monotone greyscale makes it difficult for me to get a sense of the page hierarchy. Instead of seeing 4 distinc
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by ivyirwin 15y ago
Looks nice. Do you have a beta code for HN we could use to try it out?
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by ivyirwin 15y ago
Austin, TX (No Remote, No H1B) Looking for Jack-of-all-trades developer (PHP) I run a one-man (plus consultants) web development company (shadyhillstudios.com) in Austin, TX that is growing rapidly. Projects include working with data startu
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by ivyirwin 15y ago
did anyone hear the radiolab podcast about there being more possible moves in chess than there are atoms in the universe? I think it was under the podcast called "games"
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by ivyirwin 16y ago
Thanks for checking it out -- glad you enjoyed reading the results. I also suspect HN will be composed of mostly future thinkers, but our research points to successful companies needing all three constructs to operate efficiently. By the wa
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Ask HN: What is the thinking style of HN?
4 points by ivyirwin 16y ago|4 comments
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by ivyirwin 16y ago
I have a similar setup as you – work on a mac with a Debian testing box. I've always run a local server with PHP and MySQL to run things natively, but have been moving more and more to working on the testing box. My favorite software for th
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by ivyirwin 17y ago
I am always surprised at the way in which architecture as a profession is romanticized. I blame Mike Brady... I went through the process of getting my Masters in Architecture. It is a long and very arduous process and something you shouldn'
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by ivyirwin 17y ago
The rules ares changing for length of resume. In college, yes, it should just be one page, but that's because you most likely don't have any experience. The one page limit works because it makes you focus on the meat of who you are. However
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by ivyirwin 17y ago
Fair enough. Decent analogy, but not quite to the point. Land prices are adjusted over time due to quality of land, location, and surrounding. Domain prices are all relatively the same price new, but theoretically the next day someone can t
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by ivyirwin 17y ago
I really don't get where squatter prices come from. It's one thing if a domain is in use, has a history of high traffic, and has high potential through name length and/or brand potential. But a regular old squatting site that barely gets hi
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by ivyirwin 17y ago
Thanks for the offer. But in the spirit of HN, this question is for all of the self-employed people out there that might one day need to put together the ol' resume.
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by ivyirwin 17y ago
Thanks for putting the failures in perspective. I think my biggest challenge on that front is to represent the time I spend on those projects without showcasing the failure or leaving a time gap on the resume. Also, it would be great to be
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Ask HN: How to turn self-employment into employment?
9 points by ivyirwin 17y ago|19 comments
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by ivyirwin 17y ago
I really liked the intuitive nature of your design work space. Rarely do you see a DIY graphic/layout space that is easy for the general end user to use. I was trained as a designed to use Illustrator and I feel like most online tools try t
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by ivyirwin 17y ago
I am formally trained as an architect and I believe there are plenty of overlaps between architecture and programming. In fact, it was a series of computer science programming classes in college that reinforced my desire to study architectu
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by ivyirwin 17y ago
1. Mission/What is It? 2. Current Market (competition) 3. Need left by current market 4. Why this is the solution to current need 5. How it works 6. Pro forma 7. The team
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by ivyirwin 18y ago
Rejected (again). But the frustrating part is feeling like my application wasn't read. I mean they didn't even check out my website?
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by ivyirwin 18y ago
It will be nice to see part two, but there is enough fodder in part one to talk about. There is no doubt recommendation engines are a great sales generator. But are they any good at what they do? Plotting points on a graph based on user rat
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by ivyirwin 18y ago
Interesting analogy. At the end of the day, however, what are we trying to achieve from this model? It seems like maybe the author is after faster production time. While this has its commercial advantages (as the author points out in his sl
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by ivyirwin 18y ago
Shouldn't we all be treating this like just another VC? Everyone seems to be caught up in the fact that it's money coming from Google. But at the end of the day, it's money coming from an investor. Obviously, because it's Google, they will
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Google Releases Google Services for Websites(eweek.com)
1 points by ivyirwin 18y ago|0 comments
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by ivyirwin 18y ago
Two things: First, I'm not sure Google has ever made anything new. They've always just done it better. And that is a kind of innovation. In fact, I would argue it's the only kind of innovation. Making new things exists on a completely diffe
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by ivyirwin 18y ago
While this isn't the monetization approach I would take (for what it's worth) you do have to ask, how much is Twitter worth to you? Would you pay $10 a year? $5? $1 a month? Surely you must get that much value out of it? Take Facebook for e
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Looking for the bottom - not there yet(economistsview.typepad.com)
1 points by ivyirwin 18y ago|0 comments
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by ivyirwin 18y ago
What does it say about "the cloud" when the Wall Street Journal is just now covering it? It feels like my mom discovering Facebook.
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Blockbuster: imitation not innovation(tivo.com)
2 points by ivyirwin 18y ago|0 comments

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