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edb | 11 years ago | on: Xiki: The Command Revolution

Yes, me too. Sounds like creator wants to get on top of it and clean all that up, so I hope this kickstarter succeeds. Great project and I want sublime support! :) Backed.

edb | 13 years ago | on: Scroll to bottom: How human imagery affects click conversion

Bet you want to click that blue button, right? Impressive example that illustrates the point. :)

edb | 13 years ago | on: Commit Driven Development

This is EXACTLY what an integration test gives you, start there and let it drive your commit message instead, no need for a new mantra.

edb | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: Outliner templates for building a startup

Good point, I'm more interested in "Things I need to think about" right now though. I guess I'll research 'how to write a business plan' a bit more.

edb | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: Outliner templates for building a startup

Thanks!

edb | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: Outliner templates for building a startup

And just to get the ball rolling; I'll start with my first draft at my business planning outline I ended up with after a brainstorming session :

    - Product Development
      - Features
      - Bugs
      - Design
        - Feedback
        - Direction
    - Marketing
      - Launch
      - Viral Component
      - Incentivize referrals / Customer Acquisition
    - Business
      - Raise Money
      - Monetize
    - Brain Dump

edb | 16 years ago | on: Chapter 6 of the Ruby on Rails Tutorial book

this is a bad thing?

edb | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: As an employer, what do you wish applicants did more often?

This also highlights the point that it is important as an employer to write good job descriptions as well. I find this point often neglected.

edb | 16 years ago | on: Escher's "Ascending and Descending" in Lego

Let's say I need 100 grey colored bricks, for example. Where can one order lego pieces on a per-piece basis?

edb | 16 years ago | on: MBA vs Startup: Which should I choose?

This is like asking on reddit if reddit.com or nytimes.com is a better source of news.

edb | 16 years ago | on: Django Debug Toolbar Screencast

My guess is it's a Django Reinhardt song. :)

edb | 16 years ago | on: Hackers and Caffeine

Basically, it turns out there's more 21-35 year olds on the internet who are hopped up enough on caffeine to answer the survey they ran into while browsing the internet. Consequently, I feel almost any survey done on the internet in this fashion will include this distribution of respondents.

edb | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: What is the preferred cheap host (for low bandwidth sites)?

If you're canadian, or from quebec in particular http://globecite.com and http://www.hosting-canada.ca/ are really good and have good support. I think they're run by the same company, and they're not going anywhere.

edb | 16 years ago | on: Why I’ll Never Be A ‘Web Guy’

The reason most people want to program for the web is that they’re not smart enough to do anything else.

said the guy who just finished saying it's too hard to program without an IDE that has a good debugger.

This guy also thinks HTML==web programming...

edb | 16 years ago | on: Radiohead Says No More Albums

Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, and I have respect for yours. That being said, the idea of anyone not being able to enjoy radiohead makes me sad. Give them another try! :)

edb | 16 years ago | on: Music to Hack to: Nintendo Mixtape

Like with anything, creativity can spawn some really good 8-bit music that isn't only re-hashed zelda tunes. For a good starting point, have a look at that documentary I posted in the comments, I used to think it was just "living in the past" until I watched it and looked up some of the music.

edit: I'll include the link again for the lazy: http://www.vimeo.com/3734864

edb | 16 years ago | on: Music to Hack to: Nintendo Mixtape

Y'all should watch this video : http://www.vimeo.com/3734864 . It's an excellent documentary on the chiptune scene. Do a search on vimeo for part 2 and watch it before someone pulls it off.

edb | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: Anyone moved outside of the US to bootstrap your business?

Correction: No, not essential but someone will eventually treat you like shit because you don't speak french, and it's going to be offensive and feel like overt racism, but it'll happen rarely. </rant>

edb | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: Anyone moved outside of the US to bootstrap your business?

It's Montreal for 1 bedroom, 1 kitchen, 1 livingroom and a bathroom.

edb | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: What service do you use for personal file backup?

Jungledisk! It allows you to store all yor data on your s3 account