proxwell

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by proxwell 13y ago
Essentially, you're shocking your client with price because you haven't adequately explored and quantified the value of the benefits you're providing to their business. Anytime you are building a web application, you are actually solving a
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by proxwell 15y ago
If you're trying to work on the elliptical machine, I think you're missing some of the benefits of working out. It's a chance to unplug and let your mind drift creatively. I find that a lot of problems solve themselves while I'm running o
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by proxwell 15y ago
By saying that you'll work for room and board, you're not establishing the best positioning. You're much better off separating your consulting practice from your living arrangements. Establish yourself as a credible and professional devel
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by proxwell 15y ago
I set my own schedule, so I don't really distinguish between week and weekend. I'm often working on the weekend and you can find doing weekend-like activities during the week: surfing, mountainbiking, snowboarding, etc. I especially like
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by proxwell 15y ago
Maxed out MacBook Air 11" (1.6Ghz, 4G RAM). It works great for my development workflow. I do mostly Python, Plone, and Django apps and a lot of sysadmin work. I use TextMate for my editor so I don't have the crazy RAM requirements of work
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by proxwell 15y ago
I had the opportunity about two years ago. I was on the Google campus for an event for the open source CMS that work on. The HR folks were very friendly and I enjoyed the time that I spent with them. At Google I'd have had some of the br
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by proxwell 15y ago
I'd recommend the Plone CMS as a starting point into learning Python. You get a full-featured CMS that you can use from day one for lots of common use cases. With Plone, you have an application that you can take apart to see examples of m
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by proxwell 15y ago
I just got back from spending 3 months in Argentina. I'd recommend the Urban Station coworking spaces as a place to meet hackers. I met some cool tech folks at their Palermo SoHo location, and I think they just opened another location cl