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Would you go to Iraq for a year and be paid $200k? | theprodigy: if this job entails working with the militaries technology (servers, networks, etc) you should take it. A lot of the very smart network engineers and programmers that I have met have worked in military; Iraq and DOD.You are going to be dealing with some high tech environments in Iraq and will get good exper... |
Why does Google say X million results and only gives up to Y? | dalke: I just did a search for "football checkers acequia moon" (without the quotes). It says there are about 11,400 pages, but when I go through them it ends up with 221 pages. I assume the estimation is based on some statistical predictions using the individual search words. Here they are relatively common terms (wel... |
Is China throttling Google.com? help me | jrockway: Why run an Internet business in China? Even the giants like Google can't quite get it right. Why do you think you will succeed?Much better to be in the US or Europe. It's worth the extra taxes or whatever. |
Project Collaboration Web Apps? | dzlobin: www.basecamphq.com
I'm not sure there is anything better |
Is China throttling Google.com? help me | reedlaw: It's working fine for me in central China. Why not just use the VPN if you're having trouble? |
Tips/Guide for thinking like a physicist? | hga: The approach I used is called physical intuition. Specifically, you try to envision using some sort or set of metaphors of what's going on. For electricity (what level? DC, AC, AC with calculus?), e.g. moving electrons, for AC add the propagation of current. Try to connect visual plots of voltage and so on to t... |
Is China throttling Google.com? help me | thaumaturgy: Can you use traceroute to determine where the lag is being incurred? |
Suggest an attorney? (Google is after us) | foldr: Is it worth all that trouble just to keep the domain name? |
Why does Google say X million results and only gives up to Y? | Rantenki: Because they walk a small part of an index to figure out how many hits there _probably_ are.Geez; you think they actually count a giant left join on the internet?Also: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2004/11/26/SearchSort |
Suggest an attorney? (Google is after us) | delano: If you're in Montreal, I know someone you can talk to. Send me an email.delano (@solutious.com) |
Suggest an attorney? (Google is after us) | ams6110: IANAL but I think their claim is weak. "Site" + "Google"? OK, where did the "z" come from?They can't really claim dibs on any name that happens to end in "oogle" and your firm does not seem to have anything to do with web search. Domino Sugar once tried to claim that Dominos Pizza was infringing on their na... |
Suggest an attorney? (Google is after us) | keefe: honestly, there was no thought of google when you decided to suffix your names with "oogle"? The actual spelling of the word is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googol so you just happened to choose the bit of the word the misspelled... |
How can I get my hourly rate from $65 to $125 in the next 90 days? | pedalpete: Well, after reading that blog post earlier, I really wasn't getting anything out of it, so I understand why you would be asking the question.I wouldn't focus so much on how you can get your hourly rate TO $125, but rather think of it as 'what can you offer to make your hourly rate worthy of $125.Is anybody r... |
Suggest an attorney? (Google is after us) | aresant: http://www.coastlawgroup.com - great team, Seyamack Kouretchian there is the technology guru to speak with. |
How can I get my hourly rate from $65 to $125 in the next 90 days? | richcollins: Get good at charging for results rather than hours. You can get a higher hourly rate if you're good at it.Find a niche with strong demand but without a lot of competition. New platforms are often good targets (Facebook, iPhone, Hadoop ... etc)Move someplace where the billing rates are higher. You can al... |
Suggest an attorney? (Google is after us) | blueag: Google's case is weak. Since you own Bandzoogle.com before Google's sites, you should counter sue. BTW, whatever happen to "don't be evil"? All sugarcoated PR craps from Google? |
How can I get my hourly rate from $65 to $125 in the next 90 days? | gexla: Some thoughts...Project rates rather than hourly.Get out of the freelancer mindset. You are a small business, not a roving employee.Become a full service shop rather than an hourly component added by someone else. You create more value that way. Maybe even partner with a designer and grow your team as you go.... |
How can I get my hourly rate from $65 to $125 in the next 90 days? | patio11: Freelancing isn't quite my baliwick but since when is lack of knowledge a barrier to commentary on the Internet.1) You need to focus on marketing/selling yourself to better clients. I don't know what your current strategy is, but hypothetically say you're primarily getting your work from Craigslist. You're ... |
Suggest an attorney? (Google is after us) | cduan: Have you considered contacting the Electronic Frontier Foundation? They might take interest in this case (I know they did some work in these sorts of domain name disputes before), and they are near enough to Google HQ that they might have some contacts there. |
How do you send mails from Amazon EC2? | rksprst: We're going to be using SendGrid http://www.sendgrid.com |
Suggest an attorney? (Google is after us) | cvinson: Thanks for all the responses. The quality of feedback you get from HN is really amazing. |
How can I get my hourly rate from $65 to $125 in the next 90 days? | wushupork: Related to what some of the people are saying here, focus on what problem the customer is having. No small business needs a "PHP developer to create an e-commerce system" - they need a solution. If you can show them that you can solve their problem and help them MAKE MONEY, it's a much easier sell.It sounds ... |
How can I get my hourly rate from $65 to $125 in the next 90 days? | rwhitman: I've been a freelance-only web developer for 10 years.Honestly with only general web dev skills and mostly PHP you'll be hard pressed to get over $65/hr. I know Django and I still strike out at getting Django projects pitched at $65/hr. But I think it has mostly to do with the economy.Once you want to cross a... |
What should Microsoft do to get its mojo back? | jcapote: This implies they had some mojo to begin with. |
What should Microsoft do to get its mojo back? | mbrubeck: Don't be so obsessed with what Google and Apple are doing. Stop entering markets that they have defined. Instead of focusing on crushing the competition and stealing market share, focus on creating a new market according to your own vision, where there are no other players. |
How can I get my hourly rate from $65 to $125 in the next 90 days? | ddemchuk: Rather than increase your rate, maybe you can try and increase your bandwidth. Your rate will be able to go up as your portfolio grows and the size and quality of clients increases.So keep taking on more and more projects, and bring in someone straight out of college to work for $15 an hour to take on the sma... |
What should Microsoft do to get its mojo back? | ChRoss: hmmm Bill Gates return? jus like Jobs return to Apple.
as for mobile product, i want Surface technology in WinMo. |
How can I get my hourly rate from $65 to $125 in the next 90 days? | Zak: Ditto on selling products/solutions rather than your ability to use certain tools.For some clients though, it is about the tools. They need an X programmer to extend their app that's written in X. I think part of your problem is your chosen X; PHP is popular, and it's easy to find work, so everybody's doing it. Th... |
How can I get my hourly rate from $65 to $125 in the next 90 days? | mikeyur: I have to agree with a lot of the other comments, start thinking on a project basis vs. hourly.I have a friend who runs a small dev shop and has spent the past few months selling a simple Facebook app she built.She charged a company around $10k for the app and got that rate by explaining how it would benefit t... |
What should Microsoft do to get its mojo back? | steerpike: Release that delicious, delicious looking courier tablet. |
What should Microsoft do to get its mojo back? | korch: Microsoft's sole, yet-painful solution: a hard-reboot across the board resulting in "Winux". |
How can I get my hourly rate from $65 to $125 in the next 90 days? | bigiain: 'Please don't post something like "just ask for it" because I just can't believe that it's that easy.'It's certainly not, but keep in mind _not_ asking for it is 100% sure to stop you getting it. You _do_ have to ask for it before anybody will give it to you, but instead of "just asking" you're going to need t... |
What should Microsoft do to get its mojo back? | og1: I'd really be interested in seeing MS continue to develop out Microsoft Robotics, don't know if it makes the most business sense though. |
How can I get my hourly rate from $65 to $125 in the next 90 days? | jonah: You're not going to get $125/hr as a "PHP Programmer". You'll get it as a firm delivering solutions.You'll likely need to partner with/subcontract out to others with the skills you need to offer a complete package. Marketing, design, copywriting, photography, and SEO come to mind. |
How can I get my hourly rate from $65 to $125 in the next 90 days? | jonah: Above all: Impeccable communication and delivery on time as promised. |
What should Microsoft do to get its mojo back? | volomike: - Push out a system patch (and a Silverlight update for those who don't download patches) that causes IE6 to post a warning bar at the top of every page it visits, with a link that they should upgrade because the IE6 browser is no longer patched. Also, pay a sum to Adobe to cause the latest Adobe Reader Plugi... |
What should Microsoft do to get its mojo back? | sqba: They should have split into 3 separate companies as was suggested (and ordered?) a long time ago. Now's too late. |
What should Microsoft do to get its mojo back? | aresant: Swap out the CEO. Ballmer has kept things even keeled and done a great job releasing Windows 7, why not go out on a high note and put in somebody that represents the future, not the past? |
What should Microsoft do to get its mojo back? | Pahalial: A very specific suggestion:Push the Zune. With WiFi, HD decoding & output and significantly increased storage size, they could turn it from a pure iPod competitor to a significantly better SlingBox/iPod combo. If I walk into a friend's house and have it recognise the network, it should instantly start serving... |
How can I get my hourly rate from $65 to $125 in the next 90 days? | dmhomee: One thing that I found useful in my craiglist sales pitches, was to get away from pitching yourself as a LAMP developer and pitching yourself as a consultant of popular technologies -- instead of just listing out php/mysql etc, have a section where you emphasize drupal, facebook, mobile applications etc. -- ba... |
Suggest an attorney? (Google is after us) | pvh: Just change the name. Not a big deal. |
What should Microsoft do to get its mojo back? | andyjdavis: 2 possibilities 1) less command and control 2) more command and control1) less command and controlFund a whole bunch of branch new products to be built by people not currently employed by MS. Start ups essentially although they may or may not be 100% owned by MS.Make sure they are all separated from the res... |
Is anybody solving really cool problems anymore? | taitems: No offence intended, but this whole post reads like you are really dissatisfied with the world. |
Is anybody solving really cool problems anymore? | dangrossman: 1) Maid.2) They exist, you can go out and buy one now. Might need a pilot license.3) Gastric bypass surgery.4) Not quite there yet, but once you get her name you can look her up on Facebook and Twitter.5) Dunno about that one. Out here on the east coast, our stereos don't have any kind of remote control re... |
Suggest an attorney? (Google is after us) | tzury: Whichever lawyer you will hire, should start the response letter with the following statement: "Do Not Do Evil"
What kind of a rubbish is that |
Is anybody solving really cool problems anymore? | coffeemug: Sorry for the shameless plug, but we like to think we're solving really cool problems: http://www.rethinkdb.comEDIT: I don't have the time right now to make a list of really cool startups, but I could probably come up with a list of at least ten. Here's one that immediately comes to mind: http://www.directed... |
Is anybody solving really cool problems anymore? | olalonde: You might want to add http://singularityhub.com/ to your feed reader ;) |
What should Microsoft do to get its mojo back? | chrisbolt: McDonalds does not own Chipotle, they sold their entire stake in 2006.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipotle_Mexican_Grill |
Is anybody solving really cool problems anymore? | iamwil: The way to satiate your dissatisfaction is to work on it yourself. |
How can I get my hourly rate from $65 to $125 in the next 90 days? | ErrantX: > d) Find places to find great work (I mostly look on Craigslist right now)This is probably your problem. I had a lot more success finding bigger companies with more money to spend. Or entrepreneurial types who work in the "real world" and were willing to spend hard cash on a web presence too.A lot of my consu... |
Is anybody solving really cool problems anymore? | sli: 6) EMP. Seriously. They make them, you can build them, they work. And they can cause some serious damage, so be ready to get slapped with vandalism charges. Here's another solution: call the police on that guy (for a terrible taste in music, oh God, introduce him to some real hip-hop!). |
Is anybody solving really cool problems anymore? | amih: Accelerated learning?Search for Vera Birkenbihl.
She has an audio course which is really amazing. I improved my memory and creativity and helped my kid memorizing foreign language words in school. He really enjoys the playful way we do it and aces at school. |
Is anybody solving really cool problems anymore? | aaronblohowiak: Do you work out? |
Is anybody solving really cool problems anymore? | ErrantX: One mans definition of cool isn't always another's :) |
Is anybody solving really cool problems anymore? | Tichy: I think the technology for augmented reality dating is almost ready, or might be ready now. Face recognition seems to have become really good lately.The only real problem is getting all the profile pics out of facebook. |
Is anybody solving really cool problems anymore? | ible: I'd love to have most of the things you mention, and some are on their way such self driving cars but there is lots of interesting work out there
How about
- pranav mistry's sixth sense project
- bio printers creating organs with ink jets
- combinatorial genomics
- google street view (still blows me away to chec... |
Is anybody solving really cool problems anymore? | roundsquare: For laundry, why not automate at least a part of it? I'm sure you can build a device above your laundry machine where you can toss your clothes. Once it gets above a certain weight, it can dump your clothes into the machine and trigger something else to add detergent and maybe something to push some butt... |
How can I get my hourly rate from $65 to $125 in the next 90 days? | psyklic: When you get new customers, tell them that you give discounts for the first job so they can see what a good job you do. On the invoice, put your real rate minus a discount. Then, the next time they ask for your services, charge the real rate.To switch existing customers, just say that due to demand, you're rai... |
Is anybody solving really cool problems anymore? | marshallp: -google goggles - image recognition is what's required for many of the things you mention including robot maid, driving car (the darpa challenge used lidar, which is expensive - purely vision based would be much cheaper).-the limiting factor to flying cars is actually air traffic control - which is still man... |
How can I get my hourly rate from $65 to $125 in the next 90 days? | jacquesm: The very best way - and the simplest too - to up your rates is not to charge by the hour, but by the job and to work like the devil. |
Is anybody solving really cool problems anymore? | tallanvor: Of course people are working on a lot of these (and other) interesting technologies. In Tokyo, you can see some models of self driving cars and robots that Toyota has come up with. You'd better believe there are a lot of companies working on furthering 3D technology and immersion - everyone from Sony and N... |
Is anybody solving really cool problems anymore? | jacquesm: Regarding the hose in your stomach, how about some self control? It shouldn't be up to science to come up with solutions for over indulgence in what is essentially a scarce resource.Limit your intake, exercise and it will take care of itself. |
Is anybody solving really cool problems anymore? | marknutter: I'm trying to think of a way a website can solve all of these problems for you.. |
Is anybody solving really cool problems anymore? | st-keller: We're designing a new "evaluation-system". It uses a new pure functional, time-unaware, inherently parallel core which works without using monads.
The core can be considered as a read-eval-print loop without the "read" and the "print".
If it works, we will solve some problems which mostly are not considered ... |
Is anybody solving really cool problems anymore? | dagw: I know academia is considered a dirty word among some people here, but seriously if you want to see cutting edge cool stuff that is the place to go. Pick something off your list, find out which university as at the cutting edge of that field and apply for a PhD position. |
What engineering decipline does weapon design come under? | gexla: Check the career pages of weapons manufacturers.http://www.heckler-koch.de/Apprenticeship |
What engineering decipline does weapon design come under? | hga: I would go for Mechanical Engineering if I were you.Do you live in or plan to study in the US? Even if you don't, try contacting the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Shooting_Sports_Founda...) and Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAAMI, http://... |
Apple's Java now that Oracle has taken over | hga: Hmmm, Oracle has claimed that what they're planning on doing with Java is "More! Better! Faster!" (well, the latter is implicit). And it's all been GPLed (except for those bits of the library that are getting replaced, probably have been by now).I would think it's up to Apple; I'm not aware of any animosity bet... |
What Professionals Should be Hired to Sell a Startup? | medianama: Depends upon the size of deal. You can do it yourself if it's in low millions |
improving your design skills? | davidw: For some clickable examples:http://www.hecl.org - I think this one has a bit too much text; that much I can figure out on my own.http://www.squeezedbooks.com |
What should Microsoft do to get its mojo back? | beagle3: I don't remember any time when Microsoft was "cool" or had "mojo", and I've been doing work since '88 at least. People who joined the scene in the mid '90s or later often think Microsoft is great -- because they don't know any better.Microsoft is the McDonalds of software. Does McDonalds have a mojo? Did they ... |
improving your design skills? | gexla: Are the clients happy? More importantly, are the clients reaching their goals with your designs? Design is a lot more than a pretty face. It's also about usability, driving sales, , telling a story, engaging visitors, etc. If your design results in increasing my sales then I don't care if people think it's u... |
improving your design skills? | utku_karatas2: Highly recommended: Non-Designer's Design Book - http://www.amazon.com/Non-Designers-Design-Book-Robin-Willia... |
improving your design skills? | oneplusone: Looking at the two examples you provided, I think your problem falls into two categories. Typography and colors.Typography: The information hierarchy is not clear enough. In your second link the top section has near identical sizes and weights which makes it hard to see what is more important. I suggest you... |
improving your design skills? | thinkbohemian: I got similar complaints about my designs, (which can be super frustrating..."i gave you a website...now you want it to be gorgeous too...sheesh").So I started taking note of what I liked and didn't like about site designs. I made a delicious list and tagged the sites i liked with "webdesign-inspiration"... |
improving your design skills? | pxlpshr: There are a few fundamentals I see lacking in your sites that would be a night/day improvement:1. Grids2. Typography3. Thorough understanding of CSSBoth of your example sites are accessible but good minimalism generally emphasizes #1 and #2. Think Apple. You can find plenty of books on those two topics because... |
improving your design skills? | dctanner: Learn by example, just like you read someone else's code to learn a lang or framework, find sites that you like e.g. from http://www.designmeltdown.com/Open a few up in the background, fire up photoshop and start getting inspired by the layouts and themes around you. Once you've done this a bit you'll find yo... |
improving your design skills? | spatulon: I found The Non-Designer's Design Book pretty useful.http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321534042/It provides a list of simple typographic and design rules to follow, and explains why they're important. As written on that Amazon page, they are contrast, repetition, alignment and proximity.There's no re... |
Do you need angel funding? | epi0Bauqu: The form submits here: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AvP564P3eSROdGtnQ2N... |
improving your design skills? | pmjoyce: This is a constant issue for me. I get excited by good design - it scratches a purity/elegance/zen itch in me. Can recreate it? No chance. I've even had one of my sites defined by one HN user as "...like a domain parking page".[1]To loosely paraphrase Justice Potter Stewart: I can't define good design but ... |
improving your design skills? | PhrosTT: learn C.R.A.P. * Contrast
Elements that aren’t the same should be very different so they stand out, making them “slightly different” confuses the user into seeing a relation that doesn’t exist. Strong contrast between page elements allows the user’s eye to flow from one to another down the page instea... |
improving your design skills? | Nekojoe: Have you read Jakob Nielson's work? - http://www.useit.com/Designing Web Usability would be a good start - http://www.useit.com/jakob/webusability/And Homepage Usability is good for screenshots with examples - http://www.useit.com/homepageusability/I would take what he says with a pinch of salt at times, as he... |
improving your design skills? | SlyShy: I'll give this a shot.I'm expecting you don't want to spend tons of time on graphics and the likes, but you don't need to in order to drastically improve your sites as they are now.Your typography definitely needs to be improved. A lot of people say they can't tell when they need to fix their typography, so her... |
improving your design skills? | sambashi: I highly recommend the book "The Principles of Beautiful Web Design" from Sitepoint. Get the basics right first. |
improving your design skills? | bokonist: I am hacker who had made a fair amount or progress in learning graphic design.Here are the things that helped me:a) read as much as possible on graphic design. The non-designers design book is a great choice. But there are tons of articles across the web on fonts, spacing, coloring, contrast, etc.b) pick ou... |
improving your design skills? | og1: Learn to wireframe and sketch out your websites ahead of time. It is much easier to try ten different layouts on paper than starting them in css. Some people like to mockup in photoshop, but I prefer paper. It is just faster for me.Some people already mentioned "Non-Designers Design Book" - Robin WilliamsSome othe... |
Should TechCrunch Reveal Who Paid For Posts? | pclark: Did the company do anything wrong really though? |
Any one handed hackers? | jdietrich: Are you using the one-handed Dvorak layout? Because if you're not, there is one. You might find it helpful to use a short stroke laptop-style keyboard and/or a mini-keyboard with smaller keys. If you're willing to spend some cash, you have quite a few options. There's the http://www.frogpad.com/ a compact, o... |
Do you need angel funding? | cookiecaper: This seems like something better off with private results, right? |
Should TechCrunch Reveal Who Paid For Posts? | shareme: they already did..see update blog post pointer |
Do you need angel funding? | wesley: I see you've made the spreadsheet uneditable. A wise choice! (Users that have seen the previous posting will agree) |
improving your design skills? | CoryMathews: Normally the biggest thing people screw up is the colors. Use a color generator and then always pick colors from the theme. Two of my fav sites for this arehttp://colorschemedesigner.com/
and
http://kuler.adobe.com/The next step after color is Typography. You don't need to get into all the nitty gritty cr... |
Should TechCrunch Reveal Who Paid For Posts? | pplante: I think this is much more common than you might expect. I don't like the idea of asking for compensation for a favorable mention, however is it all that different from when a company gives away their wares to someone unsolicited? I suspect that most people in that position will have their opinion slightly al... |
improving your design skills? | Ixiaus: This is an excellent question - one I've been trying to answer for myself for quite sometime.You certainly don't need to go graphics heavy, but having an eye for arrangement, matching color palettes, typography, flow, etc... are all crucial to an elegant design. I've found you don't ever need to go graphics cra... |
improving your design skills? | mrduncan: Ryan Singer of 37signals gave a great talk at Windy City Rails last year about this very topic.http://windycityrails.org/videos#4 |
improving your design skills? | ssp: Andy Rutledge's blog has lots of good stuff. His five-part introduction to gestalt principles is about the basics of graphic design:http://www.andyrutledge.com/gestalt-principles-1-figure-grou...http://www.andyrutledge.com/gestalt-principles-2-similarity....http://www.andyrutledge.com/gestalt-principles-3.phphttp:... |
Who's Hiring? | tocomment: I might be looking for a subcontractor if a contract comes through.Looking for a good all around programmer with database and web development skills (Python a plus). Ideally I'd like someone in the MD/DC/VA area but remote work might be possible.Email me if interested. |
Do you need angel funding? | chime: I've always seen posts like this here on HN and was always too shy to share this early-on in development. I keep hoping for the day when I can do "Review my app: Blah" but the difficulty for me is actually getting to that stage because of time/motivation reasons. So I'm hoping that by sharing my idea early on, I... |
Who's Hiring? | thinkcomp: We're looking for mobile developers and UI designers in Palo Alto. http://www.thinkcomputer.com/corporate/jobs |
improving your design skills? | brlewis: Here's a quantifiable source of information on what the rest of the world wants: http://www.tumblr.com/themes/popular |
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