rwhitman

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by rwhitman 12y ago
I went to school for web design before the crash, and graduated in 2002, when the collapse had completely run it's course. My first east coast gigs were freelance work that I took from video production shops who got into the business o
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If you're interested in the topic of Venus colonization, I read this article a few weeks ago and loved it: http://www.science20.com/robert_inventor/will_we_build_colon...
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SEEKING WORK - NYC & REMOTE I am a full stack web developer, digital strategy and product consultant. Skills include design, product but also 13 years of experience in HTML/CSS, PHP, Python, Django, marketing / CRM integration
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Nope.
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I've attempted to sell a product on Flippa before... Buyers are pretty skeptical especially about revenue and traffic. You generally need to have some proof of revenue and that it's continuing to generate income, leads and traffic
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They have account reps you can talk to and make your case. Worth a shot
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Salesforce does have a non-profit tier that's heavily discounted. May be overkill for your case but it's an option
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There's a comment below with the full text of the study: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8608989
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I've been using PyCharm which is apparently just a Python-optimized version of IntelliJ. First introduction to Jetbrains software and love it
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Yes there are cab companies in LA. There aren't many and they are just awful . Never any place you need them, you have to call a dispatcher and they never show up remotely on time (sometimes not at all, or in bizarre cases three show
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Gosh downvoted by Django devs, ouch.. don't want to sound ungrateful, a big amazing open source project built by very smart people, after almost a decade the documentation's bound to get a little unruly.. just been bashing my head
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If I had been using it every day since 2008 or so I probably wouldn't have seen the issue. Coming back to djangoproject.com after 4 years, it now feels like kind of a rats nest. Really wish they'd offload the documentation to Read
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I just got back into Django heavily after a 4 year hiatus - It's a little frustrating that even though the platform has evolved, the documentation has gotten much much worse.. back in 2008 the docs were one of the best things about Dja
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From what I've heard, proximity to camp pendleton results in many authority positions in SD being held by ex-marines. Administrators at the school district probably had a hard time seeing why anyone wouldn't want an MRAP cruisin
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I always thought the idea was that these things are loaned to local governments on the condition that they can use them until there is a need to send them back into combat..
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I started wearing watches on a regular basis about a year ago and it has become an addictive new hobby, I'm up to 4 now and feel naked without one. The primary use-case for a wristwatch - being able to glance at your wrist to tell the
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In the world of watches, $350 is dirt cheap
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It's kind of fascinating / scary that this is running on only 100 lines of javascript.. Kind of a cool way to let designers dive into interactive layouts, if only for just prototyping. I could see it being fleshed out into somethi
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I'm pretty glad that's over with. Authorship was a pain in the ass
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Uber must feel really vulnerable if they think there's a need to be this aggressive about undermining the competition.
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From the pics the light looks like something on fire. I'd speculate what he observed was a flaming oil slick on the water surface after the detonation. Also if that's true it means that they lied about it being "in the range
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In most cases I'd agree but the best part of this is the video
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Well, the video is absolutely hilarious I'll say that
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One of the houses on Osage Avenue that was burned down was my dad's childhood home.
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With these "I had a wild overnight viral success, here's what I did" posts there is always secret sauce that the author leaves out of the equation. I just love that in an article titled "How I got my startup to #1 on b
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So Google's position is that SSL is such a high priority for content sites that they will officially incite a mad scramble for every content site on the planet from big media companies to hobby blogs to secure their page behind https t
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Yea exactly. There are a bunch of news stories floating around about how developers are in crisis struggling to sell homes to younger homebuyers, and as someone in the demographic of who they're struggling with, its such an obvious rea
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Wow that is fascinating. Your community has a pretty excellent website. Slick design, lots of high end photography. Which means someone spent a lot of money on it. Meaning someone is raking in big bucks by promoting the town. Took a look at
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Yea exactly as you described - add to cart etc, then click checkout it asks for signup. Don't make people sign up to buy something, allow them to check out as a guest and then ask them to create an account after the transaction. Requ
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Important rule of ecommerce order conversions - never require an account signup / login before getting to the checkout screen from cart. And allow guest checkout. I'd take a guess you are hemorrhaging sales because of this

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