timjahn

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by timjahn 12y ago
Seriously! It's crazy. We live in such an auto centric society. I often think, why do we have the parking lot in shopping centers go all the way up to the front door (so you have to cross in the path of cars to enter the building)? Why
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by timjahn 12y ago
How are you paying off the mortgage in 1/5 of the time?
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Ask HN: What service has affordable MySQL databases on demand?
2 points by timjahn 12y ago|1 comments
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by timjahn 12y ago
I think people sometimes underestimate the increased efficiency of simply switching from driving to public transit (if you're able to). Even if public transit takes slightly longer, you're winning. 40 minutes on public transit get
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by timjahn 12y ago
Same here. A combination of the urgency and complete disconnect from everything else (no internet, etc). I find I get some of my most focused, solid work done on the L.
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Ask HN: What's the best host for a PHP-based multi tenant SaaS?
1 points by timjahn 12y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: Freelance/contract developers – who are your clients? (BigCo, SMB, etc.)
16 points by timjahn 12y ago|5 comments
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by timjahn 12y ago
I never believed this until I experienced it myself with my 4 year old. LEGOs are damn expensive but the competition simply just doesn't work.
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by timjahn 12y ago
This needs to be standard across companies of all size and it needs to be a reasonable time, as it is at AeroFS. Kudos to them for doing something about it.
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by timjahn 12y ago
If I go into the office, 45-50 minutes door to door by walking/L or by biking. If I work remotely, 0 minutes.
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by timjahn 12y ago
If you don't mind me asking, what sort of business do you have that requires little graphics made all the time? Genuinely curious.
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Ask HN: Freelancers what are the top 3 problems preventing your business growth?
8 points by timjahn 12y ago|8 comments
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by timjahn 12y ago
In Chicago, we have junk pickers who scour the alleys daily for exactly this sort of stuff. They load it in the back of their pickup and it's gone. All you have to do is put it in the alley.
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by timjahn 12y ago
Couldn't agree with you more on the healthcare costs. The difference between being W2 employed with company provided healthcare for a family and being self employed with self purchased healthcare for a family is absurdly huge. America
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by timjahn 12y ago
I find it sad how people are so lazy when it comes to long form content. I understand we all might not have time at the moment for the long form content, but there is time somewhere in the day. Somewhere.
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by timjahn 12y ago
Mint.
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Your social network as currency(nordiclighthotel.com)
3 points by timjahn 12y ago|0 comments
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by timjahn 12y ago
I thought about this too last year. Such a service could also audit your services list every so often and ask you if you're still using them. If not, they could remind you to cancel or cancel for you, saving you money.
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by timjahn 12y ago
From the post: "Nearly 80% of commuters currently drive to work alone." Anecdotally in Chicago: Look at the Kennedy any day during morning or evening rush hour. Easily 8/10 cars have a driver and nobody else in the car. I see
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by timjahn 12y ago
My thoughts exactly.
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by timjahn 12y ago
How does Github alone determine a good match? If I don't have much on my Github, I'm ineligible?
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by timjahn 12y ago
I call bullcrap. Drive to Lincoln Park zoo on a Saturday and find parking near the zoo that doesn't involve 25 min of circling around hoping you win the lottery. Or visit a friend in Wicker Park by car and try to find street parking so
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by timjahn 12y ago
Keyword being rare.
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by timjahn 12y ago
Not sure where you live but I'm off the Kennedy and its absolutely true.
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by timjahn 12y ago
"The big advantage of driving to work over taking the bus is time. A bus ride just takes longer: walking to the stop, waiting for the bus, picking up passengers, all while toughing out the same traffic as cars." Generally, yes, dr
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by timjahn 12y ago
Sidecar is a joke in Chicago. They have only 2-3 drivers available at any time, wait times of 15-30 min, and 98% of the time they refuse your request anyway. I fully expect Sidecar to just give up in Chicago any day now.
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by timjahn 12y ago
The real answer is a third of the way through the post: "First-time founders care most about their exit. Every time after that, you focus on legacy." The author already had a successful exit, so they have their money. Now they wan
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by timjahn 12y ago
Anybody used this in Chicago? Does it work well? Could've used this about 2 months ago when our group got hit with insane 4.5x surge pricing.
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by timjahn 12y ago
Welcome to Chicago! There's a ton of events always happening, meetups, etc. Lots of co working spaces full of entrepreneur communities. Definitely subscribe to the Startup Digest. Feel free to shoot me any email with any questions. Tim
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by timjahn 12y ago
Where are you sourcing the jobs/gigs from?

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