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   by makerops 13y ago

   First question I think you should ask yourself: do you really even want to pursue funding?
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   by makerops 13y ago

   Probably still legal in Florida though.
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   by makerops 13y ago

   https://twitter.com/makerop/status/343008058991075330
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   by makerops 13y ago

   If history has taught us anything, it is that at some point, no matter what society or period in time, someone will come along who has outwardly evil intentions and claim power. The less information they can obtain on any individual the be
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   by makerops 13y ago

   If you have the skills, and the passion for the work, on you resume: Undergraduate Studies: Univ of whatever This will get you through the door if you have a good portfolio and if you can wow them in the interview, when the time comes for a
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   by makerops 13y ago

   Reamde by Neal Stephenson, Daniel Surez freedom (tm), deamon, and kill decision. ready player one anything by mark twain
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   by makerops 13y ago

   I also have http://makerops.com coming soon, look for the first videos 7/1/13
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   by makerops 13y ago

   I have ltdex.com, a designer t-shirt site with inventory (100 or so blank american apparel) 50-75 printed. We had a fab sale last summer, and I make 100 or so in revenue per month (4 shirt sales). I don't have time to do any marketing,
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   by makerops 13y ago

   According to some random cost of living calculator I just pulled up on google, I would need 150,000$ to live in SF based on my current salary, and that is a lateral move, are there dev jobs paying 2-300k in SV?
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    by makerops 13y ago

    Hey, shoot me an email anthony@makerops.com, Id be happy to help out.
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    by makerops 13y ago

    Fwiw, sleeping with socks on also helps you get a better nights sleep.
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    by makerops 13y ago

    I started, and invested my own money (6 figures, that I earned) in a b&m business in my 20s, lost a lot of time, money, and experienced a lot of bullshit... but I learned a lot. That preamble is because, while I have no experience with
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    by makerops 13y ago

    This is really cool, thanks!
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    by makerops 13y ago

    The comments on the page are pretty funny.
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    by makerops 13y ago

    I have two actually, one is a fully functioning designer t-shirt site with inventory, that still is up and produces revenue (1-200$/mo), and the other is a defunct android/iphone/web app, that is b2b (I didn't have to time to sell to busine
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    by makerops 13y ago

    Actually talking to a taco truck owner >>>> Random Guessing about a domain you have little knowledge of. But, what I think his point was, make a list of things that taco truck owners spend time/money on. Marketing, food ingr
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    by makerops 13y ago

    I was recently in a similar situation, although not in SV; you are feeling a lot of unnecessary guilt(?), from a logical standpoint you probably realize it is not justified, but that does not mean you aren't experiencing the emotions. You
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    by makerops 13y ago

    I think you can charge a lot more than 5c for this service. I think developers tend to think about margins as it relates to the service that the app is built on (this case twilio). Even though they charge 1c per text, you need to base you
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    by makerops 13y ago

    I agree with you, I should have linked to them; when I get a chance I'll do so; it was one of those things that just didn't occur to me.
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    by makerops 13y ago

    This is an awesome point, and I need to change the copy; the site won't teach just puppet/chef, even though that is my specialty, there is a lot of room between going full fledged with a config stack, and writing some thing in between. It
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    by makerops 13y ago

    Thanks for the input, first thing on the agenda after mastering producing screen casts, is to find a good copywriter, and designer for the launch. If anyone is looking for some freelance work in these areas, feel free to get in touch antho
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    by makerops 13y ago

    Thanks for the tips, I'm not the best marketer/designer etc. I forgot to dig in to the + in the emails, Ill check that out when I get a chance. I agree there is a niche that needs to be filled, especially from a devs perspective, after rea
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    Learn Chef, Puppet, configuration management, and automation(makerops.com)

    22 points by makerops 13y ago|12 comments
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    by makerops 13y ago

    Even once a week cooking can save a ton of time, and you can pump out a lot of food in an hour or so if you plan correctly.
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    by makerops 13y ago

    I am a sysadmin and developer by day/night; I am currently putting together my initial videos for http://makerops.com , which I hope to be the railscasts for bridging the gap between dev and ops, for individuals/startups/people who don't h
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    by makerops 13y ago

    I can not speak for anyone but myself obviously, but I enjoy the visceral response to the highs and lows of doing, building, and putting things out there for the general public. There aren't many drugs that can recreate the high of earning
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    by makerops 13y ago

    Where do you think I stole the idea from? Great book.
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    by makerops 13y ago

    Now, all they need to do is to turn all the ghostmalls into hackerspaces and we are on to something.
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    by makerops 13y ago

    The preview book feature alone makes it 100 times more valuable than a traditional book imo.
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    by makerops 13y ago

    Oh man, thank you for this thread, I had heard only good things about the new play bar, and was going to purchase one this week...I guess not now.