steve___

il y a 15 ansdiscuss

Ideally full time. We work with a few really awesome contractors now. But these devs need features and bugs spec'd out. We're hoping to find someone to share the workload with.

steve___

il y a 15 ansdiscuss

  Technical Project Manager
  Location - Guelph, Ontario
  http://zsw.ca

  Overview/Qualifications
  Project management, development monitoring, outsourcing
  Comfortable in a casual, hands-on, be-yourself environment
  Enjoy working in a small group
  Familiar with the Linux environment (eg cli, vim, git)
  Familiarity with any of python, php, javascript, css, magento or web2py is a plus
  Willingness to take ownership and responsibility of projects and tasks
  Possess exceptional organizational skills
  A bit of an extrovert
  A generalist/jack of all trades

steve___

il y a 15 ansdiscuss

You're misunderstanding what he is saying. As well you're not understanding how rm (unlinking) works.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unlink_(Unix)

steve___

il y a 15 ansdiscuss

The message should show up on screen when installing the package. If many packages are upgraded at once, a user could miss it. The output is also sent to /var/log/pacman.log

All that said I'd recommend to anyone new to subscribe to the 'Latest News' RSS feed: http://www.archlinux.org/feeds/news/

steve___

il y a 15 ansdiscuss

re: kvm - this might be of help: http://blog.falconindy.com/articles/build-a-virtual-army.htm...

steve___

il y a 15 ansdiscuss

We use the Newark data center and monitor our server with Nagios. In the past 90 days I have not received an alert because the connection was down.

steve___

il y a 15 ansdiscuss

tesseract is a cli OCR program. In the Archlinux community repo there is also, ocrad, cuneiform and gocr. I have not used these.

steve___

il y a 15 ansdiscuss

I used Terminus for many years. About 18 months ago I switched to gohufont -- http://font.gohu.eu/

A person can't fit quite as much on the screen but I find the extra spacing makes it much easier to read (eg emails).

steve___

il y a 16 ansdiscuss

Try adding this to your .inputrc file

  $if Bash
    Space: magic-space
  $endif

Now the history expansion will be done when 'space' is pressed.

steve___

il y a 17 ansdiscuss

For me an ideal fit would be someone who is like-minded with a constrasting skill set.

steve___

il y a 17 ansdiscuss

What makes you say this? Do you feel co-founders are analogous to a marriage?

steve___

il y a 17 ansdiscuss

There are many ways to skin a cat. Assuming the equity amongst the co-founders is equal, I think the methods used to resolve conflicts are mainly dependent on the co-founders dispositions.

For me personally, I believe there has to be a willingness from the founders to put the customers' needs first. If I truly believe I'm working with my equals, then their opposing views are just as important as my own.

Assuming there are four founders and there is a conflict then I'd suggest the founders get in the same room and talk about the problem first. Make sure everyone agrees on what the exact problem is. Assuming there is still a conflict then brainstorm on possible solutions. At this point if there is still a conflict and the vote is 2-2 then I'd suggest flipping a coin. Trying one of the solutions is more valuable than both ideas combined. The insights the founders will receive from attempting the solution should make it obvious which solution is best.

Lastly if conflicts are cropping up on a consistent basis, if the general mood of the group is negative, if people are going off on their own and/or if there is a strong belief in the group that not everyone has the customer needs as the primary focus, then quit. Use a shot-gun[1] clause to resolve the issue of how to buy out a partner and move on. It is easier said than done.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun_clause

steve___

il y a 17 ansdiscuss

At least the comment was original.

steve___

il y a 17 ansdiscuss

what!?! this! ;)

steve___

il y a 17 ansdiscuss

it was 8 away

steve___

il y a 17 ansdiscuss

29 away ;)

steve___

il y a 17 ansdiscuss

Although not totally related to the article, I wonder if the writer sees a direct benefit of biking on his business. I started a fitness program a few years back and I've noticed several benefits: increased energy, clear thinking and team building.

While developing my first company physical fitness was a low priority. I told myself there wasn't time, I had to devote every minute to the startup. Worse I ate convenient foods (pizza, subs, fast food) to help save time. I put on body fat so fast that I got stretch marks on the side of my stomach. I'm not sure what my body fat percentage was back then but my body weight was 215lbs and I'm 6'0"/180cm tall.

To loose some weight, I started to get active, and I noticed benefits in my work. My mood was better, I could think clearer, and I had more energy. I began a weight program and started playing Ultimate Frisbee regularly.

My friend and I are in the midst of starting another company (http://igeejo.com) and I hope to build the cardio and weights right into our schedules. Getting the group out for a game of Ultimate, assuming there are no pressing needs for the startup of course, has a lot of upsides. It's great for team building, a great cardio workout, and a chance to socialize a bit with other friends and significant others.

Like anything in life, I think it has to be sustainable. I think setting aside 3 hours per week will pay huge dividends in the future.

steve___

il y a 17 ansdiscuss

We had a six month earn out. It ended on July 15, 2009. We took slightly less money to get out sooner.

steve___

il y a 17 ansdiscuss

re: adding the above info to the about page - I agree. I will do this.

steve___

il y a 17 ansdiscuss

Yeah, it is difficult to know exactly how to go about it. As Jim said above we ran into the problem of too much noise when we presented the idea locally.

No one wants to be excluded. On the same breath, when I started out I had many preconceived notions about the best way to run a company based on what I thought was common sense. Only by trying things and tracking the results was I able to see that the right approach wasn't always intuitive. I understand things now that I couldn't have known without the actual experience of starting the company and taking it through to the exit. I'd prefer to start the next venture with people already at that stage, if possible.

All that said, we're really most interested in people who are good friends; who have worked closely together and understand each other very well.

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