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by marcomonteiro 14y ago
Exactly. For a moment I considered porting one of my client's app for free but then I read the details. No go.
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by marcomonteiro 14y ago
That's funny and I remember my dad having similar conversations with security system salespeople whenever they'd come around the house. While transitioning from real estate sales to iOS development I took on a few jobs to cover the bills. O
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by marcomonteiro 14y ago
I think I understand your reasoning but in many of these cases the "success" aspect I believe is that despite the failure/discontinuation of the product/company the investors still saw some kind of return on their investment. Though I don't
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by marcomonteiro 14y ago
Agreed. I've wanted @marcomonteiro from the start. That account has never had a tweet since at least 2007. It's the only reason I don't use twitter.
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by marcomonteiro 14y ago
+1 This is my method as well. Until the work is paid for, I own it.
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by marcomonteiro 14y ago
I think another challenge with this approach would be marketing/awareness. With app updates, current users are notified that there is a new version. If you put out a new version separate from the previous one then your existing user base
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by marcomonteiro 15y ago
"The real problems are the charming, smooth talking, dream clients offering cool projects, top dollar, and paying on time...until they don't and decide to start making your life hell because you're in so deep already. They're no dummies." I
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by marcomonteiro 15y ago
Like Android devices? I'm not trying to be sarcastic or snide either. I just get a little tired of these arguments when it comes to smartphones and tablets. Every modern smartphone and tablet that I know of comes with some form of "proverb
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by marcomonteiro 15y ago
I'm a Hacker Dojo member, and I can relate. I check into the Dojo on Facebook and I always have a few people who think I'm doing nefarious things like "hacking" people's Facebook account. I've been pretty good about educating people about w
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by marcomonteiro 15y ago
We can blame Hollywood and the media for perverting the word hacker, but jailbreaking and the negative connotations it can provoke is our own fault.
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by marcomonteiro 15y ago
What I read was that pay becomes less of a concern the more his expectations are exceeded.
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by marcomonteiro 15y ago
I develop iOS applications. Based on j45's definitions I'd be a consultant/contractor. I have one client right now and they take up most of my time. They're a small startup and it was my first development job in nearly 10 years. The firs
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by marcomonteiro 15y ago
I call myself Marco and many others do as well. I like your attitude here and I'd love to hear from you when the next project calls for someone who can consult or develop an iOS application.
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by marcomonteiro 15y ago
Over the years I've actually done the opposite. I'll read reviews on books I'm interested in on Amazon and go to a local bookstore to buy it. I appreciate the book reviews but I'm impatient and want the book now. The iPad and iBookstore h
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by marcomonteiro 15y ago
prompt() is a built in JavaScript function just like alert(). It isn't Apple specific, that's my point.
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by marcomonteiro 15y ago
Though code is used for test cases I would consider it planning. Especially in a TDD/BDD development process because you're taking the time to define what/how/where/when and why the implementation you'll write after works. Just my $0.02.
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by marcomonteiro 15y ago
It does but it also requires the payee to give away personal information (e.g. routing and bank account number). It also means the payer needs to get this information before they can send money. This is essentially EFT payments but simpli
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by marcomonteiro 15y ago
No it's not. Look at the address bar. He injected that image tag with a value that would cause an error (the x value as opposed to a valid image url) which triggers the onerror javascript to execute. In this case it prompts the user but
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by marcomonteiro 15y ago
I don't see anything misleading in Republic's marketing. I think they've made it pretty clear. This isn't a cellular company, it's a VoIP company that relies on wifi and happens to fall back on Sprint's CDMA network when there isn't wifi
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by marcomonteiro 15y ago
Marketing mishap I'd guess. The tag line threw me off as well, "create NodeJS web apps faster with more energy, using RailwayJS". I don't like the idea of having to exert more energy. Or maybe they mean my app will have more energy.
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by marcomonteiro 15y ago
This made me lol...literally!
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by marcomonteiro 15y ago
Based on your other post, you should have quit. You weren't happy and were subjected to slave labor. Forcefully applying more time at a keyboard doesn't make you a more productive programmer. In fact, it makes you sloppy. Despite what "
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by marcomonteiro 15y ago
I didn't either.
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by marcomonteiro 15y ago
Didn't get in. I was really hoping to go and learn a lot, especially after not getting into YC Summer '11. :( Oh well, there's always next time I suppose or maybe I'll get lucky and meet more people through Hacker Dojo that could help me
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by marcomonteiro 15y ago
I'm definitely watching it and hope I can contribute in some way to the project.
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by marcomonteiro 15y ago
How is this going to affect Three20 or your work on Nimbus? I'm really looking forward to seeing Nimbus develop as I've been fairly frustrated with Three20 so far. Best of luck on the new job and thank you for your contributions to the iO
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by marcomonteiro 15y ago
What about non-collaborators, like clients so they can clone repo's and use the ticketing features but not commit?
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by marcomonteiro 15y ago
I love using GitHub Issues even as a single dev. I give clients read access to a repo and they can log feature requests or bugs they find. As a single dev I'm less inclined to manage and backup a server for my repos. Also, I try to delet
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by marcomonteiro 15y ago
project != startup; hacker != entrepreneur; desire != drive; Some people should drop off. The road is long and it's best to find out who's willing to endure it up front. In my 20's I knew a lot of people who wanted to "do big things" and
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by marcomonteiro 15y ago
OMG! $1,500 a day? Yes please. I'm am seriously undercutting myself at this rate.

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