maxbrown

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by maxbrown 16y ago
Your website is making me sad...why so much flash?
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by maxbrown 16y ago
First, I would have the response in your pocket when you walk in to an interview. That's a question you can expect. Second, if you do get another job and you have the luxury to, maybe ask the company if you can consult with them for a week
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by maxbrown 16y ago
Ah, the age old unpaid service request. I find this very similar to the designer's issue of spec work in the design community - http://www.no-spec.com/faq/ The best response I've heard to the spec work issue is making an analogy to other
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by maxbrown 16y ago
The question seems to be - Do you want to motivate younger students towards entrepreneurship or support those who are already committed to it?
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by maxbrown 16y ago
1. I would reduce the shadow (or the blur on it) below the horizontal nav (make it the same as the one below the logo, if it's not). I think that will help visually. 2. I would switch the text styling for the quote and the "Viral music dis
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by maxbrown 16y ago
IMO it depends on what the "review" entails. Certainly charitable contributions serve as an incentive for people to take action (see http://www.freerice.com/ ) - but if you're asking for a lengthy, thought out review, it probably won't ser
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by maxbrown 16y ago
I've browsed Flippa a good amount, though I've never been inclined to make a purchase. Honestly, the reason I wouldn't have purchased this is because there's only one month of proof (if the proof is even real, although that would be a PITA
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by maxbrown 16y ago
Is this really worth doing? Seems like a large productivity sink... Did it make you happier enough at work to be able to rationalize it?
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by maxbrown 16y ago
Hmm - how do you stay sane with your spouse/boyfriend or girlfriend? There's always going to be problems... be willing to work through them, and work with someone who is willing to actively work through them with you. Compromise, and your
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by maxbrown 16y ago
To add to this, just simply choose to actively get more out of your university. If you want it, and you're really putting in the effort to search out more from it, you can usually find it. Join a CS or entrepreneurship club, e-mail cool p
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by maxbrown 16y ago
Alright... when you say it "looks like shit" do you mean it really needs a complete overhaul from a top, professional designer, or do you think it could be touched up and look pretty good? I'm no top designer, but I do contract web design -
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by maxbrown 16y ago
Ok, but then you're sharing your idea with hundreds of people... do you want the fun (impossible) task of finding out which one of them leaked your plans?
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by maxbrown 16y ago
Business is business... it would of course be worse if you were recruiting from your friend's company, but in the example given, the CEO in question had nothing to do with the initial interest and interviewing.
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by maxbrown 16y ago
Whatever you do don't take on another business cofounder. I have two of them right now (I'm not even a full-on developer, really just a web designer and front-end developer) and they can't ever seem to accomplish anything while I spend hou
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by maxbrown 16y ago
IMO you should count the time you would want an employee you were paying to count. If you are giving 100% of your focus to thinking about solving a problem for a client, you should count it. If you know you're not giving it the work the a
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by maxbrown 16y ago
An unequal power dynamic does not at all imply that you can't be friends. If either of you make each other's life more difficult, you're not going to be friends - but isn't this always the case? If, however, you have a healthy business rela
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by maxbrown 16y ago
Of course I love that they're seeking out entrepreneurial talent, but the article doesn't seem to make mention of how they're going to target that in interview questions. Definitely curious...
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by maxbrown 16y ago
"Why bother with brand consistency? Brand consistency has one massive advantage – recognition. With recognition comes familiarity. With familiarity comes trust and confidence." ( http://www.attitudedesign.co.uk/the-no-1-rule-brand-consiste.
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by maxbrown 16y ago
My advice would be to be very clear in your writing (e-mail exchange, cover letter) what the value is that you're going to bring the company. In this case, it seems like you want to sell yourself as a junior dev - someone who can do the co
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by maxbrown 16y ago
It would certainly be easier to answer you if you had specific places you were thinking of!
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by maxbrown 16y ago
As a Chicago native and presently being at school in Ann Arbor, MI, I can tell you that there are definitely opportunities in other cities.
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by maxbrown 16y ago
It seems just from your tone in the post and your comment below that you already think he's not dependable and not someone you want to work with. If you think he brings VITAL skills to the table that your venture won't get launched without,
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by maxbrown 16y ago
That all makes sense to me, and like I said, it seems really an issue of how they're handling it. If they were to tax them, what would it look like? Facebook and Apple both seem to be implementing ways to take a cut of the money going thro
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by maxbrown 16y ago
I believe this is the quote from Twitter - "We’ve had conversations with UberMedia, the developer of these applications, about policy violations since April 2010, when they first launched under the name TweetUp – a term commonly used by Twi
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by maxbrown 16y ago
I imagine it would depend highly on the specific wording of the agreement that you signed - sorry, I know that's not that helpful, but that's mostly what I've been told by the lawyers I know.
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by maxbrown 16y ago
The only way I can see this being possible is if (1) they moved you to faster servers when you bought a business account or (2) they somehow limit the data rate to free customers but remove or raise the limit for business customers. Both s
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by maxbrown 16y ago
I agree with you, particularly about interviewing - that the hirer will often have arbitrary beliefs and standards. But I'm not so sure about resumes. While inevitably there is some arbitrary nit-picking and subjective preferences, I woul
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by maxbrown 16y ago
I agree... they really should respect you for saying that you made the commitment and are a person who follows through on your commitments. They shouldn't want someone who doesn't, because you could be liable to do the same to them.
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by maxbrown 16y ago
I would really think about what sort of position he would be able to get. My guess is that most start-ups are (especially at first) going to avoid hiring anyone that isn't essential to what they do. If you can't pinpoint value-adding skil
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by maxbrown 16y ago
Forgive my cynicism - because of course I agree with the idea that you should aim for "building an experience" - but isn't this infinitely easier said than done? It seems like saying "you should make something disruptive and amazing." I'd

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