mdolon

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by mdolon 15y ago
jQuery Mobile is very easy to pick up and pretty efficient for simple apps: http://jquerymobile.com/
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by mdolon 15y ago
I'm not arguing for or against piracy but keep in mind that even at one dollar these apps can easily add up to a lot. My younger sister, for example, wants to download every cool looking app that she sees in the app store, be it useful or
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by mdolon 15y ago
Look on the positive side - $5,000 isn't a ton of money and people are failing at business every single day, usually losing a lot more too. If I were you I'd get a job to pay back the money borrowed from family and then bootstrap another s
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by mdolon 15y ago
There's always a line when I go to McDonald's, especially in the city. Usually not out to the street but at least 10-15 people long. Think about Best Buy or Walmart on Black Friday - people are on the streets camping for days. Same with
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by mdolon 15y ago
Would you be willing to share any numbers from this experiment sometime in the future? I'm curious as to how the response rate will be now that it's on the front page of HN and how the projects ended up working out (was it too much work? d
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by mdolon 15y ago
Couldn't you just have the TV show or commercial flash a QR code on the screen, or on the corner of the screen? I've already seen subway ads using QR codes, though I'm not sure how effective they are. The business model sounds solid thoug
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by mdolon 15y ago
What's the point of unlocking with my phone if I have to carry my key around in case my battery dies?
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UI Elements Pack (Photoshop PSD)(devgrow.com)
1 points by mdolon 15y ago|0 comments
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by mdolon 15y ago
> AppSumo.com 24-hour special: $8,120 (keep $2,436) So AppSumo made $5684 in profits by promoting and selling your book? What a sweet business model..
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How To Save Money While Bootstrapping a Startup(devgrow.com)
2 points by mdolon 16y ago|0 comments
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The Psychology of Success, Part 1: Obsession(devgrow.com)
2 points by mdolon 16y ago|0 comments
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by mdolon 16y ago
Definitely stay away from those sites unless you plan on doing volume/mass work to compensate for the low wages (or unless you have a big reputation). Like I mentioned in another post, at least 85% of my freelance gigs come from my existin
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by mdolon 16y ago
Also, ask someone else how much they'd pay for your work. I found that since I make websites myself, I tend to value the work a lot less because it seems easier to me. In reality, the work is very valuable to people who are not capable of
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by mdolon 16y ago
I'd say 85%+ of the better paying gigs I've gotten have been through existing connections and people I've known. For instance, a college friend started a new business and needed a site - he contacted and ended up hiring me. His partner th
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by mdolon 16y ago
I wrote a blog post you might find interesting that talks specifically about quoting web design projects: http://devgrow.com/how-to-properly-quote-a-client/ That's how I go about it and have found it to be the best/only way to ensure I do
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by mdolon 16y ago
Will send you an e-mail but wanted to post this here as others might find it useful as well. I charge $75 per hour for UI/UX design work, meaning wireframe mockups, full-fledged Photoshop mockups and XHTML/CSS/JS conversion. It may be low
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by mdolon 16y ago
I found that I had been undercharging for the past few years when quoting projects. While my hourly rate had been fine (around $75 for design, $100 for programming), my estimation of how many hours a project would take was always way off.
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by mdolon 16y ago
Pretty inspiring, though I hope you add a live demo to your main site (maybe to handle support? :). I know as a potential customer, I'm hesitant to pay for anything I haven't seen and interacted with.
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Using the HTML5 ContentEditable Attribute(devgrow.com)
1 points by mdolon 16y ago|0 comments
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by mdolon 16y ago
Just tried it out and it's surprisingly fast at downloading! (700mb file in just a couple of minutes) Also, having worked with the guys who made this, I can definitely say I'm looking forward to seeing a lot more exciting stuff from them.
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by mdolon 16y ago
What does this mean though? What is he consulting people/companies on and how is he finding clients? That is the hardest part of getting into any consultancy (in my opinion): finding clients.
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How to Properly Quote a Client(devgrow.com)
3 points by mdolon 16y ago|1 comments
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by mdolon 16y ago
This would have been more impressive had it been said during the revolution itself, or had the revolution failed (of course no company with shareholders would do that).
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by mdolon 16y ago
That makes me wonder though - he and many other rulers (I'm guessing) have amassed billions but are hush about it, so there's no telling who is funneling money and how much of it. It would be nice if Forbes added these rulers to their weal
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by mdolon 16y ago
I had the same thoughts initially and initially I started making my mockups for this project on pen and paper. I quickly ran into two problems though: 1) My client is in CA and I'm in NYC - the only way to get them my pen and paper mockups
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by mdolon 16y ago
I'm the author of the post. I did actually come across their comparison table, which states that a web app is in the works, just I totally forgot to mention that in the post. I just played around with the project you linked to though and
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by mdolon 16y ago
+1 to that. Anyone want to take charge and organize a NYC version?
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Review of Balsamiq, Mockingbird and MockFlow(devgrow.com)
29 points by mdolon 16y ago|12 comments
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by mdolon 16y ago
I looked into Forex a while back and came across http://www.babypips.com/ , which seems like a pretty thorough introduction/guide for beginners.
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Client Case Study: Switching From eBay to a Personal Web-based Storefront(devgrow.com)
1 points by mdolon 16y ago|0 comments

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