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by rafski 15y ago
My preference is to scope well, give the client a per-project quote and then charge hourly for out-of-scope work. This way, the client knows what to expect to pay from the start and if he introduces changes on the way he knows it is going t
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by rafski 15y ago
Well done, even June results are above "ramen profitable" where you live—unless it's the capital.
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by rafski 15y ago
http://begfor.it and http://facebook.com/begforit I understand…
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by rafski 15y ago
In other words, US citizens are US property.
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by rafski 15y ago
This is distinctive for the US from what I understand. People in most western countries don't have to report to them once they've left other than to renew passports.
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by rafski 15y ago
Not trying to take away from how fantastic and inspiring a story this is, what's with the "check for grants/subsidizing" bit? Is the ultimate advice "be from a wealthy country that lets you travel on welfare"? :)
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by rafski 15y ago
Leeches? Not the best choice for a comparison. Leeches are free medicine, as opposed to today's as-closed-as-it-gets med/pharma industry. They are still in use in official medicine, not only in the form of synthetic blood anticoagulant hiru
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by rafski 15y ago
Will Apple's solution be limited to Safari? I would think Marco's customers are rather a tech-savvy crowd who wouldn't tie themselves to just one particular browser. I use Instapaper for the multi-browser support (mostly in Firefox), but al
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by rafski 15y ago
The crazy idea that files are obsolete reminds me of how Skype thought that the old multiwindow communicator paradigm needed replacing and forced Skype 5 on disgruntled users. Skype insists they see the future while users keep downgrading
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by rafski 15y ago
As cyborganics says, having companies sponsor it to virally launch products might be the thing…
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A startup for social begging
11 points by rafski 16y ago|9 comments
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by rafski 16y ago
Fun facts: At the time of the AppStore announcement by Steve Jobs, the word trademark APPSTORE and the domain APPSTORE.COM belonged to Salesforce.com Salesforce.com dropped their APPSTORE trademark in 2008, just about the time Apple applied
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by rafski 16y ago
In many European countries it costs considerable money to keep a business alive, REGARDLESS of any income. In Spain you have to pay €250 a month Autonomo, a social tax, even as a sole trader/freelancer. €250 x 12 months is €3000 (roughly $4
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by rafski 16y ago
The 100 million for schools is a preemptive publicity stunt ahead of "The Social Network" film premiere next week. It will be interesting to see how hundreds of millions of people seeing a film (on- and off- cinema screen) – supposedly depi