kellros

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   by kellros 14y ago

   I would never attribute 'sexy' to a website. Stylish and functional, I'd suggest you take a look at lifehacker.com . Functionality wise, it depends on what's appropiate for the type of website. There's a reason why portal websites are rarel
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   by kellros 14y ago

   I prefer doing some backups manually and automating others. I usually manually backup my projects/files on a flash stick/external hdd/NAS/dropbox. I don't have anything against CVS - I regularly use git and svn. Given git's snapshot based m
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   by kellros 14y ago

   Ask them for a dollar! :)
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   by kellros 14y ago

   That design looks exactly like stackoverflow.
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   by kellros 14y ago

   Good question. I reckon it will depend on the company you will be doing work for. If it's a tech startup that hires you as a freelancer and later want to hire you full time - then yes. Most other companies, probably not. My motto generally
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   by kellros 14y ago

   It looks pretty interesting (I have a twitter account but barely use it, if ever). What are the costs involved for the end user? Is it free? If so, tell them. Consider your filter tweets section from an adoption standpoint: Create filters t
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   by kellros 14y ago

   Most clients prefer to work with people who they can visit, sit and talk to. Unless you can get at least $30+ per hour, it will probably be a waste of time.
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   by kellros 14y ago

   I'd suggest you check out 'Mindful meditation'. Luminosity is a pretty fun way to train your brain, other than that, you have to work on puzzles and work on memory retention.
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   by kellros 14y ago

   Currently, very little. Only when I have to revise some things ( < 5% ).
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    by kellros 14y ago

    Practice!
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    by kellros 14y ago

    I tend to say I am familiar with a language if I've only spent a few hours on it. Knowing a language or 'learned' a language for me is when you are good (enough) to make money freelancing using that language.
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    by kellros 14y ago

    Cool idea, dislike the stock photo though :P. Even at South African rates, that's low considering risk and other factors towards the programmer. Furthermore, freelance is generally by billable hour or fixed rate. By billable hour, I mean so
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    by kellros 14y ago

    Anything worthwhile takes time. I'd suggest you find a topic you are passionite about, check out what apps are already available, grab a few and learn from their mistakes.
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    by kellros 14y ago

    I'd contest that argument. I'd agree perhaps with IE 8 being a PITA, but you can't reaaaaaaaally blame Microsoft for IE 6. It's not like google existed in its magnitude back then or even mozilla. Back then there wasn't much stability either
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    by kellros 14y ago

    Any startup should not just plan how to make money, but also test if their idea is feasible. As someone stated, working for startups carry a much higher degree of risk (mostly because you would be working for less $$$ and the difference you
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    by kellros 14y ago

    Music in itself is distracting - especially if you love certain music and dislike doing work - then you will focus on what you love. Music will only help you concentrate if the music is about the very thing you want to be concentrating on.
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    by kellros 14y ago

    I think this is what you are looking for: http://conversionxl.com/the-key-to-customer-loyalty/
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    by kellros 14y ago

    Security shouldn't be offered as an ad-on. Most clients expect you as developer to know what's best practice. It is also your responsibility to comply with local/country and international laws. I reckon the only time it might be allowed to
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    by kellros 14y ago

    Having a website is useful but essential - all of my freelance contracts I have gotten were via contacts (friends, family, acquintances). Recently gotten one from a friend who I consulted a couple of months ago and told them (he's a part ow
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    by kellros 14y ago

    Depends on how 'small' a business is. It is my honest belief that unless a business requires a website - they don't need one. There are some exceptions but in general they can more easily use existing services that has existing users. (Ex.
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    by kellros 14y ago

    What web framework are you using? It's possible to model inheritance/abstraction within database design but it's not always optimal. You can 'extend' an existing table by specifying the child identifier as a primary and foreign key referenc
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    by kellros 14y ago

    Was about to mention the same thing :). I don't quite understand what makes simple form different than a html form that posts to your website where you can access the posted data by api?
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    by kellros 14y ago

    From the Event Details: Eager to get your package into the standard library? That one is open for interpretation.
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    by kellros 14y ago

    There seems to be some encoding issues. Ex. I didn’t study my competition. Very interesting concept.
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    by kellros 14y ago

    It really depends on multiple factors - is the company service or product oriented? Product companies generally tightly associate the brand of their product with themselves in the beginning. Service oriented companies generally focus more o
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    by kellros 14y ago

    Haha. I had a chuckle. Technology handled irresponsibly corrupts. Remember EFNETeers flooding IRC? Or the AOLers chatting? Proof: http://bash.org/?21154 <NickBlasta> asl? <Cryph> unf? <NickBlasta> no <NickBlast
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    by kellros 14y ago

    True, the 'icon' for up-voting is an image and can be easily replaced by the unicode equivalent. HN uses an image in javascript to simulate a HTTP GET request to signal that you have voted. ex. var img = new Image(); img.src = ' http://ycom
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    by kellros 14y ago

    Hah, when I saw your question and Tidbit popped into my head - quite amusing to see you got ticbit as your first option :). I'd almost not go for an adjective. Think about names of popular companies such as 'Blizzard', 'Electronic Arts', 'Z
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    by kellros 14y ago

    I won't speak harshly of C or C++. In my opinion you need to specialize in either java or .net to make a career of it. On the topic of programming languages, general knowledge asserts that a programmer should at least be able to program in
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    by kellros 14y ago

    I wrote this awhile ago: http://programmersbreadth.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-internet-... Ideas come from brainstorming - sit somewhere with a notepad and a pen and start writing out ideas - something the average person will be interested