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by jwwest 14y ago
This is why there's so many products for designers and developers, honestly it feels like we're a bunch of naval gazing, self-important idiots who never learn to market correctly because we're too afraid to. My biggest concern with the appr
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by jwwest 14y ago
This is the second product they've launched in the last few months that does not have a recurring subscription, but a one-time fee. I'm not sure how this will scale for them in the end.
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by jwwest 14y ago
Is there something stopping Google from shipping Google Now for iOS? If you use Chrome on iOS they're collecting all sorts of information, you can also pull GPS data etc from G+ on iOS and associate it server-side. You don't get the cool sp
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by jwwest 14y ago
> Starting a company is an emotional roller-coaster which becomes much easier when you have someone to share the experiences with This is the argument I hate the most. It's up to you how much of a roller coaster something truly is. For
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by jwwest 14y ago
I finally shipped it! PennyPincher2 is a complete rewrite of an app I've had sitting on the app store for a while. A blog post is forthcoming, but the idea is the same, but I have completely changed the interface from a tab-based design (ol
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Show HN: Finally shipped it - iOS App for finding daily deal offers(pennypincherapp.com)
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The Hacker Chef(giantrobotbattle.tumblr.com)
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Are you a freelancer? Have 5 minutes for my 2013 survey?(clvr.im)
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by jwwest 14y ago
Awesome resources, thank you. I haven't given thought to DRM. Books that I buy typically aren't DRM'd, and honestly the only ones I've seen are usually textbooks.
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Ask HN: How can I get into publishing?
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Show HN: Popping out of the dev bubble with my first book(ebook.giantrobotlabs.net)
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by jwwest 14y ago
First off, the school shooting is a complete tragedy, there's no two ways about it. It's sickening and frustrating and depressing. I can't imagine what something like this does to a person or how a person is drawn to do something like this.
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by jwwest 14y ago
The collaboration argument comes up so much I think it's fair to label it a red herring. If you need to collaborate, take your conversation to a meeting room to hash it out. The general working area should be as quiet as possible.
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by jwwest 14y ago
Americans don't value silence the way other cultures do (I'm an American btw). I'm not sure if it has to do with the ratio of introverts to extroverts, or if it's simply that we're an individualistic culture, but often I strain to hear in a
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Skeumorphism is not an acceptable design language(thedailyscrum.net)
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How will the series A crunch affect the job market? (thedailyscrum.net)
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Is a BS Degree really worth it?(thedailyscrum.net)
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by jwwest 14y ago
SEEKING WORK - Remote, based in Dallas, TX --- JW West jwwest[at]gmail[dot]com --- iOS Ruby Rails PHP Node MongoDB SQL HTML/CSS Javascript --- Resume: http://clvr.im/Qpy4Tk My Consultancy: http://treehousemobile.net
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What's the purpose of the Surface Pro?(thedailyscrum.net)
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Great programmers...(thedailyscrum.net)
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The Unicorn Pony of Mobile(thedailyscrum.net)
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by jwwest 14y ago
I've never, ever, ever had a 2-3 minute phone call. In any business call, that's just the small talk. Usually you spend the first 5 chatting, then 5 talking about the subject matter and then 10 trying to explain or clarifying details. Sayin
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by jwwest 14y ago
This post summed up my feeling exactly as it pertains to phones. I spend at least 30 minutes before a scheduled call nervously glancing at the time, mentally preparing myself for the interaction. Extroverts don't have the capability to unde
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by jwwest 14y ago
If you want to follow the brand directly, bookmark their site or read their rss feed. It's their playground, we're just using it. The sense of entitlement is overwhelming.
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by jwwest 14y ago
What about Chicago or Dallas. Surely not all programmers live in four cities on the coasts
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by jwwest 14y ago
This is a very YMMV post. Everyone's family/friend situation is different, as is the type of business you're heading into. Personally I'd rather befriend those that I work with to avoid mixing contexts. But then again I'm very particular ab
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by jwwest 14y ago
Long hours != Productivity There's a huge myth about Japan in that many people believe that salary men work insane hours out of dedication to their jobs. In reality, there is very little productivity in Japanese corporate offices. While the
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by jwwest 14y ago
>The background of the room, all Japanese-y, is distracting as well. Well, he does live in Japan...
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by jwwest 14y ago
I would have never paid any attention to Ramit unless he came with Patrick's seal of approval. The problem is that I shudder inside a little every time I hear the word 'info product'. The whole industry is beset by frauds and hucksters, and
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by jwwest 14y ago
Are you trading your time for money, or are you trading your expertise for money? If the answer is time, you might as well find a decent paying factory job and make widgets all day. The thing is, companies don't want to write software, they

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