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Are you a founder? | delano: I'm a founder and VP of sales at Solutious Inc.http://solutious.com/ |
Are you a founder? | brianr: I'm the code-writing founder at http://www.lolapps.com . |
Are you a founder? | lyime: I am the founder of http://mugasha.com So far my role has been focused on development. As we get closer to our launch my role has been shifting and is more of other things. Honestly, I pretty much have to have my hand in everything. |
Best Mathematics book for complete noobie? | ottbot: I think Kreyszig's Advanced Engineering Mathematics is an excellent text in applied math.I'm not sure where you're at or what direction you want to study, but once you're familiar with calculus concepts this text is a good place to go to deal with ODE and analysis. |
Intern staying on with company, is Salary Negotiation Appropriate? | stonemetal: I would say get paid per experience and degree. You have .25 of a degree and approx 3 months relevant experience. Since relevant, in their company experience is worth more than general education. I would say somewhere around 30-40% of what you would expect to be paid after graduation. So do your research ... |
Are you a founder? | jbr: I'm co-founder of http://www.stormweight.com/ -- realtime brainstorming and voting for small teams. I alternate between title of "technical co-founder" and "ceo," depending on audience. |
Intern staying on with company, is Salary Negotiation Appropriate? | shorbaji: Use this as a negotiation exercise.If you do, first things first. Know your best alternative to a negotiated agreement (BATNA). Try to factor in the opportunity cost, i.e. what else you can be doing with your time if you do not take the job.With that in hand, accept any offer higher than the BATNA. Reject any... |
Are you a founder? | lux: I started Simian Systems (simian.ca) when I was 20. Still going, so I guess it's not a startup any more...Also co-founded Dojo Learning (dojolearning.com) which is still a work in progress.I'm considering a switch to a "technomad" lifestyle and becoming a full-time touring musician, which I guess will be my next b... |
Are you a founder? | cstefanovici: Founder of http://www.blibu.com
I'm the developer, designer... and the rest |
Best Mathematics book for complete noobie? | brg: Here is some general advice.First have some kind of goal. Do you want to be able to determine the orbit of an planet, evaluate the complexity of algorithms and computing models, study human interactions as walks on graphs, or use statistics to model and predict complex systems. Decide on this first, don't wonder... |
Are you a founder? | wastedbrains: Currently cofounder of http://devver.net currently acting at CTO mostly doing development. |
Are you a founder? | tici_88: yes, founder of http://wwww.kartamobile.com |
Advice for freshmen entering college | alexgartrell: TA as soon as you can.Do research as soon as you can.Surround yourself with the smartest people you can.Don't make partying a priority (this is a painful one, but binge drinking, fun as it is, won't help you towards accomplishing either of your goals).If you're learning a new language or tech, find a way ... |
Best Mathematics book for complete noobie? | brg: If you have some decent background in reasoning and logic, I would suggest Linear Algebra Done Right by Sheldon Axler. It provides a general introduction in mathematical reasoning as well as providing a strong framework for maths needed in many fields.http://www.amazon.com/Linear-Algebra-Right-Sheldon-Axler/dp/..... |
Are you a founder? | tici_88: yes, founder of http://www.kartamobile.com |
Are you a founder? | ikhare: Co-founder of http://zintin.com (with now only one real product left on the iPhone: Scribble). Co-founder of: http://photophonebook.com |
Are you a founder? | swombat: Looks like there are a lot of founders here!Me too. Cofounder and CTO of http://www.woobius.com |
Are you a founder? | jon_dahl: Yep - co-founder of one startup too many. :)-- http://tumblon.com-- http://zencoder.tv and http://flixcloud.com |
Are you a founder? | nkohari: I'm co-founder of http://agilezen.com/ -- lean project management app based on ideas from the Toyota Production System.I'm in charge of developing and maintaining the product, and my other co-founder/wife is in charge of keeping the business running. |
Python vs. PHP | TallGuyShort: I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with PHP. It has it's shortcomings, but if you program carefully I don't believe those become an issue, especially if you've found that PHP is sufficient for your current issues. I think PHP's biggest strength is that PHP has an abundance of free libraries, ... |
Founders, Pre-Founders, and Students... | hajrice: "Students (well, students are likely pre-founders but they're occupied with school for the time being.)"Beg to disagree. I'm a student and find plenty of time to work on my startup. |
Python vs. PHP | noodle: build a good company that people in general will want to work for and you'll pull in the top developers. a top developer might prefer something else to whatever you're using, but a top developer will also be able to solve the same complex problems in any language. |
Advice for freshmen entering college | larrywright: 1) Get a Github account, fork projects, fix bugs, and send pull requests. Write your own libraries and apps and push them there as well. When you graduate, you will have a corpus of code to show people, and a documented history of playing well with others. That will matter more than your GPA to any company... |
Are you a founder? | raghus: I started http://feedfliks.com |
Twitter down again ? | datums: http://www.hyperspin.com/en/quicktest.php?action=result&... |
Are you a founder? | tonystubblebine: Founder of http://www.crowdvine.com. I built the first version myself, which was enough to get us to profitability. These days I mostly talk on the phone. |
Are you a founder? | mjh: I'm founder of penetration testing laboratories. Site isn't launched yet, so I fall into the pre-launch founder status.The idea is based on providing a tool box for auditors and n00bs to do security testing from. So far the environment is setup and development is slow coming but I expect it to launch in some form ... |
Python vs. PHP | socratees: If its good for you business, then do it. From your post, i assume PHP can handle all the needed features. Python or Ruby is just another tool. Don't worry about it now. Technology is just a means to get things done. |
Are you a founder? | umbrae: Yep, creator of Kindling - http://www.kindlingapp.com - Incubated inside my company, Arc90.Kindling is an idea collaboration engine. Meant to find brilliance within an organization. |
Twitter down again ? | chris24: The DDoS attack against Twitter continues...http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-api-announce/browse_t... |
Are you a founder? | webgeek: Cofounder at http://www.hotindianstartups.com and http://www.bollyscoops.com |
Are you a founder? | zarqman: Yes, founder of http://zerigo.com - cloud-infrastructure services.I'm with several others... founders tend to do a bit of everything. I'm no exception. :) |
Are you a founder? | amitt: Cofounder of MyMiniLife. Was recently acquired by Zynga: http://www.myminilife.com |
Python vs. PHP | leif: Don't learn python in order to redo the site. If you're hiring people that would that much rather have it in python than PHP, you'll probably end up making novice language mistakes that will make them end up hating the codebase and want to rewrite it themselves. |
Are you a founder? | pickuppundit: Founder at http://www.pickuppundit.com |
Advice for freshmen entering college | iterationx: Don't skip the first day because thats when you get the syllabus. Don't leave your education solely to the university. Don't learn any European languages, they all speak English in Europe, I'd trade my German degree for a Chinese / Japanese degree any day of the week. |
Do people care about flags when selecting a site language? | xiaoma: >Would a Taiwanese person be annoyed if the Flag for Chinese Traditional was China's flag?Yes. Identity is the single biggest issue in Taiwanese politics. It would be very difficult to get any more offensive than showing a PRC flag for Taiwan. Don't even go there. |
Best Mathematics book for complete noobie? | jaja: "Scientific Notation and Other First Principles: Comprehensive Mathematics for Lawyers and Politicians," by Jacob Herwitz. Penguin, 1992.Great introductory text which starts from algebraic first principles and goes through pretty much everything up until differential equations. Very thorough. |
Are you a founder? | vdibart: Founder of http://www.whizkidsports.com. Still a work in progress, hopefully ready by beginning of next baseball season. |
Python vs. PHP | tocomment: Use AJAX for your new features. Let your developers write backend servers in Python which the AJAX on the site will talk to.I think this approach is a great way to let developers try out new languages. |
Advice for freshmen entering college | RK: I wish I had known which material was going to be the really high yield material later on (obviously that's not always possible). I had a couple of math courses (e.g. linear algebra) that I absolutely hated and put very little effort into, learning very little, only to find out that the concepts from those courses ... |
Are you a founder? | arohner: Founder at http://reasonr.com It's an improvement on forums/Yahoo Answers for troubleshooting technical problems. Similar technology to hunch.com but applied to a practical use.Warning: Still young, obviously needs a lot more polish before prime time. |
Are you a founder? | bdmac97: Founder of http://www.launchly.com - we provide feedback and analytics to other web startups to help them succeed.Currently the only "employee" so I guess I'm CEO, CTO, CxO too! |
Are you a founder? | herval: founder of http://www.mapservices.org/myguestmap and a couple of brazilian projects: http://www.investidorvirtual.com (currently being reworked for legal reasons), http://www.bloobox.com.br (not a web service, but still.. tech), http://www.cnnt.com.br, http://www.sollipsis.com (my current company) and a lot of ... |
How do I delegate? | tjpick: I'll let the community field this one. |
Are you a founder? | s-phi-nl: http://hnstartups.com/ was started to list the startups of HN users. However, it does not check that a submitter really is a HN user, so it's mostly spam now. |
Advice for freshmen entering college | pmb: Olin is designed to be challenging, and your fellow students are all going be selected from the top tier. This means that you have a 50% chance of being worse than the median (and probably the mean, too). You may need to learn how to learn from your peers, and learn how to act when you are not the smartest perso... |
How do I delegate? | brk: Are you asking how to manage direct reports, or how to go about finding someone to farm tasks off to in the first place?I think you're asking the latter, but I'm not 100% sure. |
Are you a founder? | zackham: Co-founder of http://ridewithgps.com - we're launching a huge redesign on Saturday, but have had a positive response to our features so far. |
What is something impressive you have built or achieved? | run4yourlives: My Sons. (Still building them, as a co-contributor)What, not the answer you were looking for? :) |
Are you a founder? | jalammar: Yes, founder of http://www.Qaym.com, a local business review site in Arabic |
What is something impressive you have built or achieved? | alain94040: Sounds like a good lead for bragging, but not sure if this community actually encourages it.I'll go with: first to write a mainstream article with the word "Internet" in 1992 (at least where I lived at the time).To add some balance: first to miss the Internet revolution in 1993, sounded like old news to me ... |
How do I delegate? | jalammar: It's a two-part problem. First is finding the right people to delegate the tasks to. Second is to define the tasks, assign them, then evaluate the result.What kind of arrangement do you have though? Do you have employees? Are you assigning things to co-founders? outsourcing to another firm? |
What is something impressive you have built or achieved? | cosmok: Personal bookmarker and web-history search. |
What is something impressive you have built or achieved? | zasz: I just finished cycling across America yesterday. I didn't go on my own, since researching the route would have been very time consuming, and I'm too weak to push both myself and my luggage up a hill. I went with a touring company, America by Bicycle, instead. I highly recommend them. Their website's www.abbike.c... |
Advice for freshmen entering college | alain94040: You have some time, but you must know that when all is said and done, your grades and your classes won't matter to land you a job, your side projects will: http://blog.fairsoftware.net/2009/05/13/being-a-new-cs-grad-...In the meantime, keep a good balance between study and social life. College is a great ti... |
What is something impressive you have built or achieved? | nwatson: technically, helped build products http://www.sensage.com and http://www.zenprise.com ... two very good software development experiences with some great development (and business) teams. |
How do I delegate? | TallGuyShort: One good strategy is to break the tasks down into categories, and automatically delegate all tasks in that category to a certain person. For instance, you could assign someone to be the PR person, and automatically delegate any issues with customers to them. That way, people start to specialize in a certa... |
What email client do you use? | jseliger: Apple's Mail.app, which is Good Enough. I have five accounts, all of them are checked with a single click, and I don't have to worry beyond that. |
What is something impressive you have built or achieved? | Mz: Got myself well when that's not supposed to be possible. Now living my life-long dream of a "normal" life: working for the weekend, saying things like "TGIF" and doing other ordinary working stiff type things. |
What is something impressive you have built or achieved? | p01nd3xt3r: Developed a sales forecasting algorithm that turned out to be within 5% of actual sales numbers over a 18 month period.Note: I don't know how its performing now because I switched jobs. |
Do you actively contribute to open source projects? | arantius: Yes, I'm one of the two core contributors to/maintainers of the Greasemonkey Firefox extension. |
What email client do you use? | jasonlbaptiste: straight up google apps gmail with gmail notifier. As far as multiple accounts:1) set other accounts up to forward to your gmail/gapps email
2) setup a filter + auto label system for those emails
3) add it as an outgoing email that you can reply from (limited to 7 i THINK) |
Tips on how to drive a blog | c64forever: A blog should be a natural extension of who you are and what you're doing. If you have to ask about what you should and should not put in it, you should go back to the drawing board and make explicit what your goals are for your blog. Is it just eyeballs for the sake of eyeballs? Then mix everything. Is it ... |
What email client do you use? | sound2man: Outlook for my exchange based email (at work), Thunderbird for IMAP (at home). |
What is something impressive you have built or achieved? | Mankhool: Thanks for the boost on my YC application. When I was in university I made a short film and sold it to the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) and it aired nationally. |
What email client do you use? | thorax: Thunderbird latest beta.I also use the iPhone email client just about as much as Thunderbird. |
What is something impressive you have built or achieved? | darwinw: Single handedly created http://Tripntale.com |
What email client do you use? | californiaguy: Mail.app in the office, mutt if I'm terminal bound. |
Tips on how to drive a blog | johngunderman: Write about two things: What you are doing/how to do it, and what you are thinking about. If it is interesting to you, then you will write an interesting article (or so we all hope). Write for yourself. An audience is just a bonus.Don't worry about being consistent to a certain subject. |
What is something impressive you have built or achieved? | Cantdog: A spaceship sends messages to a logging system I built(That's the coolest way I could phrase interning at NASA) |
What email client do you use? | deutronium: I use mailnotify to check a few different accounts
for new messages (http://www.nongnu.org/mailnotify/) then just log on to a webmail site to access the mail. |
Advice for freshmen entering college | electronslave: Point: You will be utterly lost.
Counterpoint: So, too, will everyone else be lost.Use your time to maximize your experience as best you are able. If you are studious, study your brains out. If you are a doer, find a lab and camp out there until someone asks you for help. If you're a drug user of any ... |
What email client do you use? | warfangle: pine.I kid, I kid. I use google apps all around (work & home). |
What email client do you use? | moai: SquirrelMail, Thunderbird |
What email client do you use? | SwellJoe: Thunderbird, Usermin (our webmail client), GMail, and the Android mail application, in that order.All of my @virtualmin.com mail comes to one mailbox via aliases, and I can access that box from home on Thunderbird, the web with Usermin, and my phone with the G1. GMail is for personal stuff, and for chat.Our ... |
What is something impressive you have built or achieved? | bgnm2000: I created a website that 3/4 of my college started using - and still uses now that I'm gone - solely through word of mouth.menumunchies.com - for those interested |
What email client do you use? | zackham: Mail.app with MailActOn (http://www.indev.ca/MailActOn.html) which I am not affiliated with and is not free. Use it for 7 email accounts, lots of RSS, all filtered carefully into one combined inbox and organized manually but quickly into local folders with that MailActOn app.In my experience heavy use of Mail... |
What email client do you use? | bgnm2000: I can't believe I'm going to say thisdon't laugh, but I use outlook, and .........AOL.I've had the AOL account for years and I've never cared enough to switch it over (it handles all of my spam like e-mails anyway).I've never really cared about my e-mail client in general. If I were motivated to switch - whic... |
What email client do you use? | Titanous: Gmail in a Fluid app, and Mail.app on iPod Touch. |
What is something impressive you have built or achieved? | dmfdmf: Lead systems engineer for ABWR Feedwater Control System Units 1 & 2, Lungmen Nuclear Power Station in Taiwan. Designed it 10yrs ago, just going online now.http://www.power-technology.com/projects/lungmen/ |
What email client do you use? | vulpes: Surprised there isn't any votes for Postbox app (http://getpostbox.com). * It integrates well with gmail
* does great with multiple accounts
* multiple outgoing addresses
* great search functionality
* GTD tools such as assigning emails a topic.
* Integration with facebook/twitter to pull up con... |
What email client do you use? | ErrantX: Gmail: all my accounts syndicate to there and I use multiple inboxes lab feature to sort it all. |
What email client do you use? | matttah: Kmail |
What email client do you use? | sidmitra: Opera.Mainly because it's open almost the entire day on my laptop. |
What email client do you use? | TweedHeads: Gmail forwarding all my accounts to my main account. |
What email client do you use? | ryanwaggoner: Mail.app with Gmail / Google Apps, so I have backup in the cloud, access anywhere, and IMAP syncing with iPhone. Works great. |
What email client do you use? | deimos: GMail on Mozilla Prism then Mail.app for everything else - I don't have a clue how Thunderbird performs on the Mac, but Mail.app works fine atm.Lastly, Thunderbird on Windows |
What email client do you use? | rythie: thunderbird for work, home and projects on the desktop. ipod mail.app and nokia n96 mailer the most rest of the time. If all those unavailable, squirrelmail. |
What email client do you use? | bkudria: Google Apps GMail, mail app on the iPhone (and occasionally web app).Mail sucks, GMail makes it ok. |
What email client do you use? | mjgoins: fetchmail -> procmail -> mutt -> vim -> gpg -> ssmtp |
What email client do you use? | larryfreeman: gmail for my main account and yahoo!mail for any sign ups, etc. that I don't really care about. |
What email client do you use? | garnet7: You might've made this a poll. From the HN FAQ:> How do I submit a poll?> http://news.ycombinator.com/newpoll> This is an experimental feature so there is currently a fairly high karma threshold for submitting new polls. |
What email client do you use? | jrockway: Gnus. (Local IMAP fed by offlineimap from my real IMAP server.)I use K9 on my phone. |
What is something impressive you have built or achieved? | edw519: I made my mother laugh when nothing else could. Everything else I have ever achieved is a distant second. |
What is something impressive you have built or achieved? | zkz: I personally have a problem finding my most impressive achievement not impressive at all from the instant it's done. Anyone else? |
What is something impressive you have built or achieved? | modoc: Built 10MinuteMail.com to learn Seam. The site now gets over 100,000 hits/day.Started Sparkred.com and have been profitable while competing against much larger established players.Built a woodshed that didn't fall over from the snow last winter. Built a closet that makes my wife happy. Built a desk that makes... |
What is something impressive you have built or achieved? | Keyframe: Persuaded my girlfriend to be with me. |
Founders, Pre-Founders, and Students... | p01nd3xt3r: I think this is a good idea; I am a founder looking for a good co-founder and I have found it hard to find good talent since I am not currently enrolled in school or plugged into one of the talent networks (Google, FB etc...). |
What email client do you use? | marcocampos: Gmail and Mutt. |
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