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by mcdowall 16y ago
Amazon have no plans to do so in the near future either, their AWS Evangelist Matt Wood told me so last week at their London conference.
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by mcdowall 16y ago
I wholly agree, certainly don't try to obtain a merchant account for an online travel agency, we were viewed alongside porn and gambling. On a more recent note though I have been looking for a marketplace merchant solution, Braintree and Am
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by mcdowall 16y ago
I think he pretty much has in his post already. Feefighters, Recurly, Authorize.net, Amex
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by mcdowall 16y ago
I am acutely aware of how well some people can do but I just didn't have the time to do more back linking / articles, so for me I was more than happy with the return.
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by mcdowall 16y ago
About a year ago I built a number of micro niche sites aimed specifically at generating adwords income for high ppc terms. They weren't especially pretty but they were a good exercise and more than paid for themselves. At the point I sold
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by mcdowall 16y ago
Worked for me with with full address - http://www.etc.com I did have to play around a bit to avoid those errors however
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by mcdowall 16y ago
I find it surprising that irc hasn't been mentioned in the comments and the post, since ordering my first Rails books I have found the support and advice I have received in irc terrific.
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by mcdowall 16y ago
Please someone build something similar for the UK.
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by mcdowall 16y ago
Thanks.
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by mcdowall 16y ago
I've already e-mailed Harj who helped clarify my points prior to application, however I have one more if I could trouble you. I am currently trying to get a first working prototype of my site ready in time for the 20th with the explicit aim
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by mcdowall 16y ago
Am currently in the process of an application, so far their speed and quick understanding in meeting the needs of my solution has been first class.
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by mcdowall 16y ago
Myself and a few colleagues are going along, would be cool to meet up with some fellow HN members for a beer or two.
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Ask HN: Anyone else going to the AWS S3 Conference in London next Thurs?
1 points by mcdowall 16y ago|1 comments
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by mcdowall 16y ago
With all the contact information available if you really want to know something like this then why not fire off a mail. My perception is that the guys that get funded are usually just decent guys in the most part, sure they wouldn't mind if
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by mcdowall 16y ago
I would see it as an additional security measure rather than an alternative. Signed up, will give it a try on my new app.
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by mcdowall 16y ago
As a single founder I found this post very inspiring. I too am trying desperately to get a working prototype of my idea ready, hopefully in time for this YC round on the 20th.
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by mcdowall 16y ago
"I have two obsessions in life: Rock Climbing and Surfing. I'm pretty good at the first, and borderline hopeless at the other, but I'm committed to the point where I've arranged my life so that I can travel for months at a time to pursue on
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by mcdowall 16y ago
Absolutely fine, English is widely spoken
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by mcdowall 16y ago
Having travelled both Indonesia and Thailand I am surprised you mentioned Thailand as a good spot for Surfing. I just found a lot more surfers in Bali and on the Gili Islands. Food was probably comparable in price, but a Bintang being slig
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by mcdowall 16y ago
Congrats, as someone who has seen the hard side of the Travel Industry these are truly remarkable figures. Good luck for 2011.
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by mcdowall 16y ago
Totally agree, I love my iPad, yes the first version didn't have a camera and would've been cool with the retina display but come on, there isn't one Android tablet out there that does as good a job for the price. It's fundamentally changed
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by mcdowall 16y ago
A really interesting piece by the BBC on the issues in the region.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12482313
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by mcdowall 16y ago
Your most probably right, however with visa restrictions being just 3mths stay I figured my time was better spent getting the projects towards prototype here by myself. I suppose with skype having a remote co founder is not out of the ques
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by mcdowall 16y ago
It's a strange one, given my experience I can earn pretty decent money but I just have the urge to do something for myself, it's a bug that doesn't go away with reading HN and seeing great startups each and every day. I am working on two pr
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Ask HN: So I've learnt Ruby, now to choose where to go next?
1 points by mcdowall 16y ago|5 comments
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by mcdowall 16y ago
Congrats on taking the leap. Having worked on startups with co founders and currently as a soloist here are a couple of tips that may be of use; Investigate your Market size and typical search traffic thoroughly. Begin your seo campaign as
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Mubarak refuses to step down(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by mcdowall 16y ago|0 comments
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by mcdowall 16y ago
Seems to be down for me...
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Ask HN: Recommend a delayed payment solution please
1 points by mcdowall 16y ago|0 comments
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Geckoboard out of beta, new widgets(geckoboard.com)
2 points by mcdowall 16y ago|0 comments

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