jackkinsella

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by jackkinsella 16y ago
I recently wanted to break into the freelancing market and had some success with this chain of events: 1) I joined my local programming mailing lists - e.g. the nearest Hacker Space, Ruby Ireland. 2) I went to a local tech conference. 3) I
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by jackkinsella 16y ago
I learned this during my second year in college: the secret to reaching out to people and building a strong social network is to knock on people's doors. If someone lives in your dorm call over in the evening to chill. Call someone you've j
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by jackkinsella 16y ago
Last year I managed to sell quite a few legal ebooks for students at $160 a piece. It could be worth your while experimenting with a high price point initially since you can always lower it at a later date, or even simultaneously sell at mu
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by jackkinsella 16y ago
Besides coding what are your interests? Do you like to play Tic-Tac-Toe? Then try replicating it in code with four dimensions instead of two. Do you like finance? Make a video game where you play young Warren Buffet. Creativity is the colli
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by jackkinsella 16y ago
I copy and paste, although integration might be worth looking into.
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by jackkinsella 16y ago
My favourite way to get started learning a new language is using the "Pimsleur Method". These consist of completely aural courses with 30-45 hours of tapes in each language. There are no written materials whatsoever and this is intentional.
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by jackkinsella 16y ago
Vim. The bulk of my work involves writing - be that emails, articles or code. Vim provides an efficient, RSI minimizing way to rapidly tweak and edit text. I couldn't imagine living without it.
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by jackkinsella 16y ago
Regular exercise works wonders.
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by jackkinsella 16y ago
Paying $10,000 for design work at early stage is lunacy. I solved the problem by: 1) Reading the first 100 pages of the Non-Designers Design Book ( http://www.amazon.com/Non-Designers-Design-Book-Typographic-... ). 2) Using CSS grid systems
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by jackkinsella 16y ago
I graduated from university a year and a half ago and started my own web business. The company now makes enough money to support myself entirely. The business was borne out of desperation. I needed to make money quickly so I spent a weekend