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by jacobroufa 16y ago
Take a look at Drupal. Historically it's needed the most help in the front-end department. There are tons of opportunities within the Drupal sphere. Also, Top Notch Themes (developed Skinr and Fusion, some up and coming theme related Drupal
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by jacobroufa 16y ago
Thanks for providing (a) detailed response(s). I really appreciate the time you took. I know that one of the reasons I value the communities I'm a part of is for what you just demonstrated. As Mike would say, "I am but an egg" and I need th
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by jacobroufa 16y ago
This isn't just a facet of the tech scene but jobs all over. I left my restaurant job for this very reason. I gave my managers ample opportunity to tell me where I needed improvement and give constructive criticism. Yet they continued to me
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203 people tell What I wish I knew when I started Drupal(acquia.com)
1 points by jacobroufa 16y ago|0 comments
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by jacobroufa 16y ago
The majority of people/groups I see selling Drupal stuff sell themes which I see as legitimate... It takes a lot of work to make a well-written theme and once someone buys the theme, while GPL'ed it's possible to redistribute for free but w
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by jacobroufa 16y ago
I'm confused as to this selling thing as well... I can understand developing something like this for a client's project and selling it to them as a part of your work... but selling it to the community? This is why I use Drupal.
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by jacobroufa 16y ago
I used to work for a company, the Chicago Technology Cooperative, where we focused on building websites (and apps) for non-profit organizations. Maybe you could start a company with that intent?
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by jacobroufa 16y ago
Communication is vital. If communication breaks down then everything else turns to shit. Also, handshakes don't cut it as much as we may want them to. I'd love to be able to trust people, but in matters where money is involved no one can be
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by jacobroufa 16y ago
A friend of mine has a combination of cloud/hosted setup for his personal site, and I'm leaning towards setting up something similar. Why not set up a landing page on a cheap server (a la NearlyFreeSpeech) and use that to link to your prese
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by jacobroufa 16y ago
No reason to regret anything, as I see it. I am the culmination of my 24 short years of experience. Without my experiences, good, bad or indifferent, I wouldn't be the person I am today. And I like that person.
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by jacobroufa 16y ago
I think it's necessary to stick with your intuitive thought to a degree... at least until rationality takes over. Keep in mind that anything, taken to the extreme, can become unhealthy. I think you've hit the nail on the head in saying that
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by jacobroufa 16y ago
For work, I'm building websites with Drupal. My latest project is http://dateunknown.com . As a side project, I've started to build a Drupal wrapper for Phono, a jQuery front end for sip calling, sms and xmpp chat in a browser.
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by jacobroufa 16y ago
Everyone's gotta start somewhere. My advice to you is to stop worrying about how long it's going to take you to do what you want. Just keep putting one foot in front of the other and working towards that (those?) goal(s) and you'll be there
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by jacobroufa 16y ago
@abraham. Dude's way up there in terms of Twitter knowledge. Found a replay bug 3-4 days ago they still haven't fixed... I'm surprised he hasn't gotten job offers. If anyone knows him, they should hire him. That being said, I'm with travisj
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by jacobroufa 16y ago
Thanks for the link! I'm alright with being "out of a job"... I telecommute with most of my clients anyway. It's just difficult for me being physically separated from a population conducive to creativity and filled with professionals who ne
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Seattle or Portland?
2 points by jacobroufa 16y ago|2 comments
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by jacobroufa 17y ago
If it's a good day and I'm paying attention to my body, I just get up whenever my I first wake up, usually before my alarm goes off. Sometimes I think it is the cats that wake me, other times I think I wake the cats... I can never tell. If
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by jacobroufa 18y ago
I think you will be making the right decision. A year ago, I was working for a web design firm working with the Drupal content management system. I wasn't the greatest at it, but I was in the position to learn and grow my skillset and not h
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by jacobroufa 18y ago
I highly recommend Logitech's VX Nano. I've had mine for almost 6 months now still using the original batteries, and I use it every day! It's small which I thought would be a pain at first (remember Apple's infamous "hockey-puck" mouse?), b