skywritergr
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4 years ago
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on: Is success tied to having rich parents?
Once you don't have to worry about not having to pay rent, not having to pay electricity etc then your appetite for risks grows. To get to that point you either need to start from a rich household (parents) or get to a certain age, have some money to support you (from previous work) and then go into entrepreneurial experiments. This is a big reason why you see older entrepreneurs embarking into that journey.
skywritergr
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5 years ago
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on: Egypt prepares to start move to new capital, away from the chaos of Cairo
skywritergr
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5 years ago
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on: KaTeX – The fastest math typesetting library for the web
I used Katex on my GatsbyJS blog and it worked nicely. Felt like doing latex but less confusing.
skywritergr
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5 years ago
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on: Slack Files EU Competition Complaint Against Microsoft
The additional problem I see with Slack is that their calls/video chat option is really inadequate and almost everyone is opting for Zoom. Zoom + Slack is a very steep price point for a lot of companies, especially in an era of cost saving and insecurity about the future.
My company opted to move to MS Teams because the experience is better as it integrates calls + chats and we were already using office365 for emails and documents anyway, so it was "free". As someone said already, it's hard to compete with free.
I can't see Slack getting out of this in one piece. I see Amazon being the obvious choice here.
skywritergr
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8 years ago
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on: Reflections on founder mental health, coaching, a decade after losing my mom
I'm not sure about finding a coach, but having a person that you respect to talk about your problem, issues or frustration with work is really important.
Whenever I've talked about something that bothered me with a very few people I respect, and look up to, I made better choices. I really recommend to everyone to find this person.
skywritergr
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9 years ago
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on: Netflix Will Be the Exclusive US TV Home of Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm and Pixar
skywritergr
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10 years ago
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on: Introducing unlimited private repositories
It sounds like it would be a big help if github offered unlimited read-only/bot accounts. Not sure how technically feasible is that but it doesn't sound impossible.
skywritergr
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10 years ago
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on: How sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll are creating the next big tech companies
How is music and gigs a vice?
skywritergr
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10 years ago
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on: Making GitLab faster
We've been using Gitlab with my team for the past year or so. Moved from corporate Github to it. It's really nice and almost flawless so far. When i tried to install it, at some point, to a VPS of mine i had several issues with ruby packages etc. I might give it another go, it seems like the latest versions have been improved significantly.
skywritergr
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10 years ago
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on: Reykjavik Center Map
This is really amazing and unique work. In a world of bland maps/websites this is a breath of fresh air.
skywritergr
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10 years ago
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on: How Berlin’s Futuristic Airport Became a $6B Embarrassment
That's what i thought in the beginning of the crisis but now i'm reconsidering. (I'm Greek)
skywritergr
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10 years ago
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on: Driving for Uber as an Iraq War Vet
I totally sympathise with the man, and i believe that this is an extremely well written article. At the same time though i want to mention that plenty of times when i get on a taxi i'm super tired, maybe distressed and really in no mood to talk to anyone. Glaring outside of the window saying nothing is my favourite thing to do, but many people might prefer watching pictures on Instagram from their hometowns and smile. As someone else said "C'est la vie"
