I wouldn't say there's anything resembling a "war" out here (I'm in Denver). But I will say that my employer hasn't been able to find ANY quality devs locally.
While the job scene here is tiny, there's still a lot of demand. Our last 2 hires have been from out of state.
Thanks for the ideas! There are so many forums/discussion boards out there, I thought a forum or a review area would be a bit redundant but it is certainly worth another look.
I definitely plan to get all the calculators out there so that people can do one-off calculations or maybe even include them as widgets/etc on other sites.
The current next step is to create an html5 friendly version of the site (probably in jquery mobile) so that it's more easily accessible via phone, this was the major spark that got me working on the site in the first place, so it's definitely my next move. Perhaps native apps after that, or not if the mobile version feels native enough.
Thanks pbj! I highly recommend it as a hobby for anyone that appreciates a decent beer ;) Papazian's book "The Joy of Home Brewing" can usually be found for under 15 bucks and it really has everything you need to know to brew in a quick and easy read.
I actually have the BJCP style info for meads and ciders loaded, but I've never done either so I still need to do some research to make sure the site calculates everything correctly. But it's definitely on the list of things to do... which reminds me, I need to post that list up on the blog.
I also plan to enable entering custom info for all of the ingredient types, I just wanted to start as simple as possible- but it will be something that gets added eventually!
I use emacs in a terminal window for probably 75% of my editing, and textmate for the other 25- I have Aquamacs but couldn't get into the flow with it for some reason. I keep all the default keys for ctrl/etc, and it does help a bit that they newest macs have changed the enter key that used to be to the right of spacebar to alt.
While it's not really emacs, I generally do most of my development in Eclipse- but I change the keybindings to Emacs mode (window\preferences\general\keys). Makes eclipse almost nice to use.
I'm generally opposed to the bailout in its current (and previous) form- but if you look at the facts, this MIGHT actually end up saving the company some money...
Sure, they get a new jet out of it and that leaves a bitter taste in everyone's mouth- and sure, it might not be "right" or "fair" in everyone's minds - but it's simple math.
Buy one jet for 50mil, sell 2 older jets for 27mil - make a small profit of 4 million and only carry the maintenance/fuel/crew costs of one jet instead of two.
Personally, I think they could probably do without ANY corporate jets, or probably COULD just sell one old jet and keep the other...
I want to echo this as well, because I feel exactly the same - and because I left a comment on Matt's site saying i thought planbook could be MUCH more profitable, but I didn't go into elaborating on HOW it could be. gcheong nailed it.
"I am not we" was just my playful way of saying: overgeneralizing gets this article nowhere.
The idea that 57% of us should (or even CAN) bail out the rest of "us" is distasteful, not to mention unfair. Those of you that buy things you can't afford should lose the things. You aren't entitled to a house, you BUY it. You aren't entitled to a wage, you EARN it.
However, I completely agree with you about the deficit, "we" can't keep it up. I am personally exercising my abilities through votes/calls/etc.
And just who exactly is he calling WE? I've worked like crazy to pay off my credit cards/loans and keep them paid off. I bought a house I could afford (<1/3 of income) with a large down payment (> 20%). I've saved on my own as well as in my partially matched 401k. I have a 6 month emergency fund. Sure, this all means that I don't have a car and take public transportation- and my computer/stereo/tv/etc aren't brand new. But have those TINY sacrifices been worth it? Absolutely!
I am not we.
So explain to me why I should bail them out? Whey you've got things you can't afford, or you're a bank leveraged at 30 or 50 to 1, you are risking it all! When you lose it all, it's not exactly a shock to those of us that have been extra conservative with our money.
This is "neat" - and squarespace actually looks like a great service, especially for someone who needs more than a simple blogger site, but less than custom hosting/etc.
BUT! what I'd love to see is what a "regular" user could do in 20 minutes. Learning the context of the app, where things are, what menu items do exactly which function you need- that's the learning curve people need to know about.
I mean, I could probably re-implement SvN in 20 minutes by skinning Wordpress- but that's because i use Wordpress all the time, and have done more skins for the thing than I care to recall.
I use Connect360 (http://www.nullriver.com/products/connect360) for OSX->360 and I couldn't be happier. The only annoyance is that it won't stream drm'd content from the itunes store. I think that SUCKS. Otherwise, it couldn't be easier to use and it's quick and clean.
No connection to them other than I'm a happy customer ;)
It seems that the more exercise you get, the more oxygenated your gums are, and (gum disease) germs survive better the less oxygen there is- so marathon runners have an extremely low incidence rate of gum disease! wow.
This is a very good point. It reminds me of a study I saw years ago that said runners generally also had better dental health. The point illustrated is that runners were more likely to floss! So it wasn't running that directly caused their better dental health, but you could say that it running and flossing have some correlation.
The apple store HAS a confirmation. If you had read the "review" in the attached image, you'd see that the purchaser "forgot" that he disabled the option to prompt before buying.
Why is no one paying attention to this?
I, too, think this app sucks... but "caveat emptor" doesn't still apply?
Check out Kottke (who I also am not especially fond of) for a reality check on why it's not apple's place to remove the app...
Please, read the article, examine the photo, do something before you comment. It clearly says in the review referenced that the guy in this case forgot that the buy confirmation was disabled (this is a preference).
The app store has one more level of confirmation- this guy just "forgot" that he had it turned off.
This is exactly what I planned when I left school. Cool! My plan was to work for 5 years at a job I at least LIKED- put away enough to live for 1-2 years without doing anything at all- and then work on whatever startup idea I figured would be best at the time. Why did I choose 5 years? Honestly, it was because most companies vest employees in their retirement plan of choice after 5 years.
Fast forward to 5 years later (last June 15th) and I'm ready! Money saved, credit card balances at 0, no debt, no obligations! I've even started to work on some of the code for my idea. The only thing I didn't count on was the housing market... so now I just have to hang around my current job until my place sells. anybody want to buy a condo in Chicago?
Seriously though- from where I'm sitting, it's a great plan. Give yourself the opportunity and ability to do something amazing, and chances are you will! Not to mention, if you are at least managing your money successfully, and not going in to debt- you're doing vastly better than many Americans already.
While the job scene here is tiny, there's still a lot of demand. Our last 2 hires have been from out of state.
Also, you get to live in the mountains...