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by mikeleeorg 16y ago
http://elance.com Heavy competition from overseas developers & development firms at rates as low as $12/hr. Can still find some clients with a preference for domestic contractors at slightly higher rates though. But most clients tend
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by mikeleeorg 16y ago
Hey, that's pretty cool. I've been looking for a tool that can display a full Twitter conversation reliably. What you have is -almost- there. I'll admit, the remaining 10% is really tough to do, but if you're able to solve it, you'll have o
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by mikeleeorg 16y ago
I've also seen one case of "Jedi" being used in a job title: http://www.meebo.com/jobs/openings/javascriptintern/ And yup, they use "Ninja" too: http://www.meebo.com/jobs/openings/javascript/
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by mikeleeorg 16y ago
Great question. Unfortunately, I think the answer is "it depends." It will probably depend on your particular audience and the way they interact with your site. What I'd suggest is an A/B test with a few different header link layouts. My gu
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by mikeleeorg 16y ago
I like this, not just for the cool effect, but for the clever name too. milliondollartwitter.com wouldn't have had the same chutzpah.
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by mikeleeorg 16y ago
It's a very interesting take on UML tooling. Your product has a lot of potential. I'm curious to play around with it once it's released.
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by mikeleeorg 16y ago
That's a good point. Bad code can definitely appear anywhere. I like to think that open source motivates good practices, like abhirakshit said, but I have no statistics to back up that belief. This would be a very interesting research topic
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by mikeleeorg 16y ago
Ah, you're right, they don't. Hmm. They have a + inside of a circle (labeled "Add"). There's also a check mark inside of a circle (labeled "Accept"). I suppose you could consider those. Or even having no icon at first. Then the red icon (or
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by mikeleeorg 16y ago
Does something like JavaDoc, PHPDoc, JSDoc help? That would be an awesome tool though. Sounds like a great startup idea if someone can figure out how to build something like that :-)
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by mikeleeorg 16y ago
YUI is on GitHub. I'm sure they'd love any help & suggestions to their Base component. http://github.com/yui/yui3
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by mikeleeorg 16y ago
In my experience, I've found that processes that influence the desired behavior (through the use of incentives) have been more effective than tools. But I'm certainly no expert and am always looking for better ways to do things. Have you us
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by mikeleeorg 16y ago
Very true. I didn't mean open source is the only way. Code reviews, extreme/paired programming, personal discipline, and lots of experience on development teams are also great ways. I'm sure there are others too.
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by mikeleeorg 16y ago
Most good programmers I know have some measure of Larry Wall's three great virtues: laziness, impatience, and hubris.[1] Hubris is defined by Larry as: "Excessive pride, the sort of thing Zeus zaps you for. Also the quality that makes you w
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by mikeleeorg 16y ago
Sorry. Just thought it was funny. It made me think of how bootstrapping a startup means always worrying about paying my bills. I wish my creditors would take a spider drawing too.
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by mikeleeorg 16y ago
Though it means adding a bit more code to each page, YUI has this Base CSS component that is meant to rebuild some of the native formatting Reset CSS removes: http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/base/
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by mikeleeorg 16y ago
Nice effects! Though the red X icon looked like a delete button to me, making me think: can I delete & remove this form field?
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by mikeleeorg 16y ago
Making your code open source is also a great way to make sure your code is easy to understand.
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by mikeleeorg 16y ago
Someone should post a similar letter, but swap out OkCupid & FriendlyRank with Microsoft & Apple. Or... gosh... so many examples, so little time to list them all...
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by mikeleeorg 16y ago
These anecdotes remind me of the videos & articles of young children, teens, and grandparents (and pets) using the iPad. They are definitely interesting examples of possible early majority[1] members adopting this technology - though pe
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by mikeleeorg 16y ago
"...money does not make women happy." Oh really? Tell that to my wife. Ha! I kid, I kid... ;-)
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Man tries to pay bill with spider drawing(news.ninemsn.com.au)
2 points by mikeleeorg 16y ago|3 comments
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by mikeleeorg 16y ago
"The worst programmers are certain of their skill. The best secretly fear the day when everyone figures out they're no good." http://twitter.com/izs/status/13509482462 hehe
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by mikeleeorg 16y ago
Nice script! Another good practice when preparing CSS files for production, other than concatenating them, is to minify them too (strip out comments & whitespace).
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by mikeleeorg 16y ago
Totally agree. Plus, I find that hobbies & activities unrelated to my startup can actually help. I'm a big believer in lateral thinking, and one great way to practice lateral thinking is to shift your mind onto other, unrelated topics.
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by mikeleeorg 16y ago
Same here. Plus, I look at all of these headlines on Google Reader, which doesn't display the submitter's username.
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by mikeleeorg 16y ago
One idea is to use LinkedIn and find sales & business development people (perhaps preferably with an entrepreneurial background) in the health care device/pharmaceutical industry. Then craft a nice, persuasive email and try to pitch the
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by mikeleeorg 16y ago
I think it ultimately depends on your personal working style. Some advantages to vim are: + it's simple UI (all text-based) + it's lightweight + it is modal (which can be easier if you're a touch typist) + you never have to use the mouse (j
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Like Fraud: Trickery with Facebook's Like Button(bizthoughts.mikelee.org)
5 points by mikeleeorg 16y ago|0 comments