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Dinner with Sequoia Capital (bidding)(grubwith.us)
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by rguzman 16y ago
Sigh. I wish someone would solve this problem already. I mean, some startup to do to payments what heroku did to rails deployment. All the recurring-billing systems only solve half the problem: the logic for recurring-billing, but it is st
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Django | Django 1.3 release notes | Django documentation(docs.djangoproject.com)
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by rguzman 16y ago
I'm one of the two developers that got the site built at first (as a contractor gig). I can vouch for adennis being really awesome to work with and being a good hustler.
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by rguzman 16y ago
you should post this on http://reddit.com/r/amiugly
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by rguzman 16y ago
Interesting... if you know me, please review me, HN: http://www.chattel.me/humen/rodrigo-guzman-san-francisco-ca Smalter, some feedback: - I was initially hesitant to share via FB/twitter. Nothing in particular about the chattel itself,
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by rguzman 16y ago
I think this is an underestimate. They also charge a per-booking transaction to the person booking. It is around $10. Assuming that the average booking is 3-nights that's another $3M.
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by rguzman 16y ago
I'm doing this already. Let's chat via email (my email is in my profile).
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by rguzman 16y ago
To find events, try http://startupdigest.com/ As for organizing events, it works better to set a time without any consensus/asking and let people know that it will be happening with enough notice.
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by rguzman 16y ago
Full disclosure: I'm a django developer and have never written an app in rails. People like to say that python+django is equivalent to ruby+rails. I largely agree, but that's only a first order approximation. The rails community is larger t
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by rguzman 16y ago
You should not worry about hours. You should worry about results produced over months (or even quarters). Whether the wage ends up being $50/hr or $250/hr matters little so long whatever you need done gets done on time. Caveat emptor: I'm
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by rguzman 16y ago
Javascript. I mean, learn javascript really well. While I like python much better than js, the prospect of writing the same language for both the server and client side is very appealing. Also, things like jquery templates, sproutcore, capu
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by rguzman 16y ago
I think it is fair to say that 37s had some impact on this with basecamp, also. Of course, not of the same order of magnitude as email -- but, email took ~20 years to be widely adopted and accepted.
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by rguzman 16y ago
A/B test the menu/pricing.
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by rguzman 16y ago
Having only a mobile web version isn't necessarily obsolete. The current demand for native apps on mobile devices stems from the fact that it is easier to get high quality user experience on the native apps than on mobile web browsers. This
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Interview with Walter Chen about startups, school, and being a founder.(ustream.tv)
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by rguzman 16y ago
It is a good idea, I like it, looks well done. Small feedback: my account confirmation email went to spam. This may be useful: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/371/how-do-you-make-sure-... And also: http://sendgrid.com
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by rguzman 16y ago
I've remote-paired a couple of times with skype + screen. It is very important that both have a good headset/mic. In screen, we used a shared session and each keep a separate terminal window open for each tab in the session. The downside wa
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by rguzman 16y ago
An effective theory of change. http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/theoryofchange I'd say IQ, but that isn't a skill, now is it?
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by rguzman 16y ago
The same way you pick up girls: become Richard Feynman. http://xkcd.com/182/ More seriously, I find that when I think I can't explain something I know to someone in simple-enough terms it is because I'm underestimating the audience. Expla
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by rguzman 16y ago
The first step is to learn python. If you already know how to program this should be quick (< 72 hrs) following the official tutorial: http://docs.python.org/tutorial/ The second thing, go through the django tutorial which should tak
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by rguzman 16y ago
argh... pesky email stuff. i'll look into this soon.
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by rguzman 16y ago
yeah, we just wanted to get it off the ground quickly. we will add timezone support soon.
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by rguzman 16y ago
Thanks! Both should be fixed.
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by rguzman 16y ago
I did consider that and, in fact, would work. It was just quicker/simpler this way (django auth out of the box as it stands). We will likely move to that signup flow soon.
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by rguzman 16y ago
Thanks for the feedback. We were just discussing your first two points -- we'll do something about it soon. As for the public vs private calendars, we weren't sure what people would prefer: public, private, or option. So, we opted for wha
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by rguzman 16y ago
smalter, peng, and I put this together to scratch personal itches and help us keep our new year's resolutions. Any feedback is welcome.
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Show HN our weekend project: an email based productivity log(idonethis.com)
20 points by rguzman 16y ago|23 comments
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by rguzman 16y ago
> You claim that some of those projects could be done by 2 people in 3-6 weeks. So 1 person (e.g. you) could do it in 6-12 weeks. And 9 women can give birth to 1 baby in 1 month. I agree that prioritizing is important, but there is a lo
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by rguzman 16y ago
NPR's Planet Money. The Moth. I also +1'd This American Life, and Radio Lab. At some point I liked You Look Nice Today -- it is really funny, but intellectually vacuous. Econtalk is quite good, but a bit dry.

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