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   by scorchin 17y ago

   The hard part about screencasts and interviews is keeping the viewers attention span. We've seen on Mixergy how the viewer count drops over time -- from Andrew's graphs he makes public. I'd be interested in checking out some Rails screencas
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   by scorchin 17y ago

   University of Nottingham, soon to be UCL.
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   by scorchin 17y ago

   Lyx is brilliant! It provides a GUI (not quite a WYSIWYG app) to LaTeX and provides all the nice exports you're likely to need. For those comes from a Word/OpenOffice background, using Lyx should be pretty intuitive.
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   by scorchin 17y ago

   That, or someone filed for a patent describing various permutations of my web app 7 years ago. Sigh.
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   by scorchin 17y ago

   I'd love to try out your test, E-mail sent! (UK-based as well)
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   by scorchin 17y ago

   There are two main areas that you'd need to learn: front-end development and back-end development. Front-end development knowledge points: HTML, CSS and JavaScript Back-end development knowledge points: Server administration, databases and
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   by scorchin 17y ago

   That looks cool. I'd use it more if you could export the SVG file once it's rendered. Oh, and a gantt chart layout would be cool too!
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   by scorchin 17y ago

   I work for a web development firm and we handle a lot of large intranets for big internationals. Most of the systems are built using combinations (pick two) of PHP, JSP, Ruby, Perl, MySQL and Oracle. The servers (total around 60) tend to be
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   by scorchin 17y ago

   In all honesty, read through _why's (poignant) guide to ruby first to understand the basics of Ruby and read some cool comics along the way. Once you're happy you've got a good footing in Ruby (will only take an afternoon+evening to read an
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    by scorchin 17y ago

    At the end of the day, if a Sales person can bring in 100-120% of their salary, then they're worth every penny. Sadly when I joined my current company there were two sales staff who seemed to run the place. Within about a month they were bo
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    by scorchin 17y ago

    I'm going through the same process right now. I've just bought a Mac Mini + Magic Mouse + VGA Adapter + AppleCare for £700. I've got a decent monitor, KVM switch and keyboard already. I'm going over my K&R book at the moment, running th
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    by scorchin 17y ago

    You're not the only one: http://inessential.com/2010/01/16/email_init Looks as though the project is going to be called 'Letters App' and the president is John Gruber.
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    by scorchin 17y ago

    I get that YCombinator is based in Mountain View, but it's amazing to see just how many (~10) are in and around that area. Personally, I'm on the hunt for London-based start-ups so I'll probably think about contacting one of the three that
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    Loren Brichter on Tweetie(youtube.com)

    13 points by scorchin 17y ago|6 comments
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    by scorchin 17y ago

    I'm considering this frame of mind at the moment. I currently have a job, but am looking for work elsewhere at the moment. I'm tired of the dysfunctional way we schedule, speak with clients (lack of respect from head of company) as well as
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    by scorchin 17y ago

    Are you planning on making this open-source or writing about this anywhere? Would especially love to follow your progress if you have a blog.
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    by scorchin 17y ago

    Doesn't look like it's available in the UK yet either.