jonmy

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by jonmy 6y ago
Meh, "design is a team sport" - great, everyone gets to jump in and play decorator and backseat drive. There are a lot of people with knives, but that doesn't make them a brain surgeon. My design team and myself will take the
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by jonmy 11y ago
Haha, I was a vegetarian for 20 years -- 15 to 35 years old. For 4 of those years I was vegan. I've mostly done some form of fitness and athletics all my life. That certainly helps. Though, when I was vegetarian it was hard for me to b
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by jonmy 11y ago
Thanks buddy. Price alone really wasn't the impetus for me writing the article. For $1,000/ month you can look at most asian cities - and yes, you can look at US cities. You could bootstrap in Columbus, Ohio - Detroit or Omaha for
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by jonmy 11y ago
LMAO thanks mann, I will take that as a compliment. I'm 42 years old. I don't know if it is flattery and bullshitting - lol - but, when most people meet me they are quite surprised by my age. I still do read all the blogs, am imme
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by jonmy 11y ago
I agree on working out of a cafe. I came to that conclusion and have doubled down on my home and home work situation. That decision has paid dividends. This old picture is a bit crap - and looks barren on the outside because of the ugly con
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by jonmy 11y ago
I agree. Unfortunately, in Saigon - we get a lot of the BroPackers and they tend to all convene in the Backpacker Area, Bui Vien. I also have local friends. I did a motorbike trip with my local friend to the Southern Vietnamese city of My T
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by jonmy 11y ago
Hey Hacker News, What a nice surprise to see this oldie pop up. I'm Jon Myers, the guy who wrote the article. Nice to meet you all. Hard to believe, I wrote that article over 2 years ago. Some things were a bit naive, I need to update
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by jonmy 12y ago
I'm in Saigon, use Google DNS and it's still down for me. Before when I tried a query on Google, I got the standard SSL warning, which blocked the site and said "your connection is not private". Now, when I try a query t
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by jonmy 13y ago
I'm a location independent UX/ UI, startup guy who has been doing this for a long time. Over the years, I've raised capital for one startup, worked with high-profile clients on complicated projects, and worked on my own stuff