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by jonpaul 16y ago
Before AppEngine, that's the only way I would write GWT apps. I loathe Tomcat. (I know there are other J2EE servers). I used Rails on the backend. It worked amazingly well.
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I couldn't emphasize the part on focus. If you can't focus, you got problems. It seems to me that a lot of entrepreneurs suffer from entrepreneurial ADD. I've noticed that that's one key differences between those who succeed and those who d
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by jonpaul 16y ago
I love GWT. I've been using it for 3+ years. However, I love it because when I write a large enterprise web app, Javascript just doesn't cut it. But, I'm also a C# developer, and so I feel that Java is holding GWT back - as Java bothers me.
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I thought the video was very uninformative. Plus, she claimed that the test subjects still slept 8 hours. It's just wasn't continuous. What was your point?
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Awesome. Does Twilio support MMS? If not, when will it?
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New Apple App Store Review Guidelines(images.worldofapple.com)
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I would also like to point out that most Angel Investors/VCs won't invest in LLCs/S-Corps. I think this is because of preferred options... I'm sure someone else with actual experience could chime in.
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One of the most productive programming techniques that I have used (it's saved my ass) is to make sure that most of my code is unit tested. In the short-term you will feel like you're moving much slower. In the long term, it'll pay dividend
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I don't think it's a good idea to just quit if you have a new idea that you think is better. I say this from experience. A few months back I was convinced that we should drop our iPhone apps because we weren't passionate about them. We were
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by jonpaul 16y ago
While you are correct, Max Klein has come under fire for credibility issues on HN as of recent. I think that's the commenter's underlying question. Is this just another one of Max's "stories." However, it does seem pretty legit, as it's not
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by jonpaul 16y ago
What I really appreciated about this interview was Jason Jacobs humility. To me that's one key characteristic of a good leader. Notice how he constantly praises his team? Others CEOs and leaders should use this as a positive example.
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by jonpaul 16y ago
Wow, I just realized that your blog is on my RSS reader. Keep you head up high. You'll make it eventually.
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But at least he would have learned that their problem was speed.
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I want to build a website that can help you visualize your impact upon the world. It can be summed up by calling it Pay-It-Forward for books. It's called MindSpread. In essence you buy a book and give it to someone else on the promise that
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by jonpaul 16y ago
Seth Godin said it best: "Ironically, playing it safe is the most unsafe thing that you can do." His point is that you have to put yourself out there and take risks to be successful. Sitting back and being "safe" is akin to waiting for prob
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by jonpaul 16y ago
Ya, but what I don't get is why an iPad app needs to raise $8 million or why Slide.com that just sold to Google for $180 million raised $87 million. I must be missing something? Does most of the funding go to marketing, engineering, what? W
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by jonpaul 16y ago
There is no such thing as a perfect app. That is the first problem I see. Developers often fall victim to this line of thinking, and who couldn't? I mean, after all it is your baby, of course you want it to be perfect. That's not reality th
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by jonpaul 16y ago
I thought that this was a brilliant article. I often suffer from the problem of starting work only to find myself compiling some code and then taking a quick HN break and then 45 mins later asking myself what I was doing. I created a very s
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Flying on the Cheap(dlo.github.com)
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Smart Bear and Branding(blog.asmartbear.com)
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I pre-ordered from Gamestop and picked up two copies pretty quickly after midnight.
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I couldn't agree more. It pisses me off when people say "I don't have the time." What they really mean, is that they don't want to make it a priority. People need to consider their time like an investment, and maybe they'll consider watchin
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by jonpaul 16y ago
[The parent deleted his post, but it said "Are we done talking about this yet?"] No. I'll bet that everyday a new aspiring entrepreneur comes to HN to learn more. If just one of these aspiring entrepreneurs learns something new such as "I
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by jonpaul 16y ago
I think Jason knows exactly what he's talking about. After reading this: http://www.aarongreenspan.com/letter/index.html and this: http://venturebeat.com/2007/09/02/who-founded-facebook-aaron... The quote seems very fitting towards you.
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by jonpaul 16y ago
I love Tumblr! 1) It's free. 2) I can edit the HTML. 3) It supports Disqus. 4) Default themes are awesome. 5) Custom domain support is free.
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It's my understanding that: 1) If you don't intend for investment now, go for the LLC route so that you avoid double taxation. 2) If you want VC, you'll need a C-Corp as you noted. For the weird states... you may want to register in Nevada
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by jonpaul 16y ago
This article is right on. I would like to add then when you're selling products, sell on benefits not on features. Apple is the finest example of this. Very many people know or give a shit that their iPod has a 1GZ processor or 512 MB of ra
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How Consumer Reports got Apple's attention when no one else could (37signals.com)
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Or you could consider that the movie creators wanted to make the point : does it really matter? As long as he was happy and got to see his kids, maybe it didn't really matter if he was dreaming or not.
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by jonpaul 16y ago
I really like Eclipse, although lately I've read a lot of vitriol towards it. It works for me, but then again I only use Java for GWT and Google's plugin is only for Eclipse. But its refactoring capabilities are satisfactory for me. I use N

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