TimLangley

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by TimLangley 6y ago
Slightly nitpicky but the 72 hour piece is wrong here A data controller has 72 hours to notify the ICO (or other supervisory authority). A data processor has no such obligation [unless specified as part of the data processing agreement DPA]
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by TimLangley 13y ago
lol - just saw this I think you're mis-reading the intent of my comment Of course skills matter (I'm unlikely to hire a hair-dresser who has never done anything other than cut hair for a development role - but I have hired "c
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by TimLangley 13y ago
YES ABSOLUTELY TBH Attitude is far more important than age (and skills)
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by TimLangley 15y ago
yes yes yes and yes again we're not obsessed about code coverage - but get disappointed when it falls below about 75% We've a code based which is a mixture of javascript MVC (Backbone) and PHP (Zend) A healthy attitude to unit testing and
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by TimLangley 15y ago
Google Apps for internal mail SendGrid for "bulk" mail and PostmarkApp for transactional "need to get through" I've had no problems with any of above
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by TimLangley 15y ago
Manchester (UK) [and global - happy to consider remote working] Looking for javascript (in particular backbone.js developers) We're an early stage VC backed company in the web-analytics / big data space. tim@canddi.com http://canddi.com
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by TimLangley 15y ago
Hey ;-) How can we contact you - can you put an email address or equiv in your contact I work for a start-up based in the center of Manchester and always looking for interesting people to hang out with (or to employ ;-) Alternatively there
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by TimLangley 15y ago
Good post Ash (good to see the discussion being consolidated) IMHO - it's usually due to the lack of "up front planning" by Managers / Analysts. If you compare building software to more general "building endeavors" (for example building the
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by TimLangley 16y ago
Income: Run start-up and consulting income Investments: Purchasing rental property in the UK
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Book of Red-gate - I want to create a company like... (red-gate)(red-gate.com)
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by TimLangley 16y ago
Slightly confused Jessica's article is excellent but I don't see the relevance of her article to women The comments that she makes Save money, Learn about start-ups, etc... are just as valid for women as for men Is this (dearth of women) re
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by TimLangley 16y ago
Hiring PHP/Zend for contract / freelance work
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by TimLangley 16y ago
wow - #1 is a whole topic in itself Simple answers * I only invest in things I understand * I only invest in things which produce positive cashflow * I only take additional debt when someone else ;-) is paying it off For me personally th
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by TimLangley 16y ago
Ummm - I'm not so sure about this ;-) Nights and Weekends will only get you so far (eventually you have to dive in at the deepend) (and whilst Nights and Weekends will help to develop the business model / product - it certainly won't comple
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by TimLangley 16y ago
Good post Joel ;-) I'm generally in agreement with working in "waves" (it's an approach I've used for past 10 years) A couple of other thoughts that might be worth considering: 1. Once you decide that the "start-up career" is your full-time
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by TimLangley 16y ago
Provides perspective Disclaimer: I have a 3 yr old and a 2 week old Running a start-up is tough (mentally, physically and emotionally). In my experience the emotional one is the toughest. Having a baby (and hence children) helps to put al
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by TimLangley 16y ago
Possibly ;-) Clearly condoning Racism/Sexism etc... in hiring can't ever be acceptable but there is a different perspective that could be applied here You could argue that the poster is mitigating risk - because he perceives that there are
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by TimLangley 16y ago
I didn't know that Michael had failed start-ups before TC. What were they?
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by TimLangley 16y ago
You can always "unpack" the packer code http://yaisb.blogspot.com/2006/10/defeating-dean-edwards-jav...