stevenbrianhall

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by stevenbrianhall 2y ago
Seems like this should be obvious, but it's not about the grass. It's about the loss of agency.
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by stevenbrianhall 2y ago
> I guess he is out of salt :'( Ouch, this one hurts. I lost my Dad to pancreatic cancer last year and had a very similar experience - he loved jumping on the tractor and cutting the grass on his little farm, but we went so quickly
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by stevenbrianhall 13y ago
When I moved to my current job a year ago, I shut down my business and closed a checking, savings, business checking, and credit card account with Bank of America. I had a Simple invite sitting around, and thought it made sense to consolida
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by stevenbrianhall 13y ago
I can't recommend Codewars highly enough as a way to sharpen your skills. It's like a slightly more verbose, prettier Project Euler. They currently support CoffeeScript, Javascript, and Ruby, but are working on supporting a ton mo
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AngularDart – Superheroic MVW Framework for Dart(angulardart.org)
3 points by stevenbrianhall 13y ago|0 comments
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by stevenbrianhall 13y ago
I've downloaded the client, added an app (Django, Rails, and Node). When I tried to view the page, it 404'd and then promptly walked me through SSHing in and starting the server process. I'm impressed. Later in the day I&#x27
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by stevenbrianhall 13y ago
I'm a huge fan of http://www.freeagent.com/
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by stevenbrianhall 13y ago
I actually just committed my first Open Source contribution patch to the next Wordpress release yesterday afternoon - http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/25086 After asking lots of questions, I was pointed to http:&
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Ask HN: Open Source Project looking for Designer?
1 points by stevenbrianhall 13y ago|1 comments
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by stevenbrianhall 13y ago
I'm a Googler and would be glad to show you around one afternoon. Shoot me an e-mail (address is in my profile) and tell me a little more about yourself and we can work out the details. (Edit: También hablo Español si te hace sentir má
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by stevenbrianhall 13y ago
I had an Uber driver in SF last night tell me that he pulls $3,000 a week (before payment to Uber, etc). Pretty impressive.
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by stevenbrianhall 14y ago
Kirby came to my attention about 6 months ago, and I'm just getting around to playing with it. I'm highly impressed with how easily it can be extended and customized. By the time I'm done, I will have an extremely lightweight static-file ba
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by stevenbrianhall 14y ago
I have said this before, but I don't understand why any developer would move a site to a live and public server without having received full payment. Yes, take a deposit. Then develop the site and leave it to the client to pay you before la
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by stevenbrianhall 14y ago
Re: interest, this isn't technically correct, though the rate is 0.01%. See: https://simple.com/faq/#interest and https://simple.com/policies/rates/
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by stevenbrianhall 14y ago
Yep, same here. I'm currently sitting in a University library in Germany, working on some projects for my clients. I have an apartment in Texas, but haven't hardly seen it in three months. I'm so, so thankful for the experiences in travel t
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by stevenbrianhall 14y ago
It's also worth mentioning that the customer service really is phenomenal, and I'm hoping that they scale this up at the same rate as the rest of the business. Part of the magic in the support is having a button on the side of the site wher
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by stevenbrianhall 14y ago
FreeAgent is fantastic. I have been using it as my sole accounting software for 3 years. If you need to track time and send out invoices (for a multitude of clients), and do general accounting work (tracking income vs. expenses), it's hard
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by stevenbrianhall 14y ago
I've been freelancing full-time with Wildfire since they were around 40 people and had just closed their Series A. They've got a fantastic product (I still like it after working with it day in and day out), and a seriously rocking team. The
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by stevenbrianhall 14y ago
Just saw this come across Twitter: "What @samsoffes has built with @cheddar is amazing for a solo gig: website, iOS app, API, open source, blog, store. Many startups do less." - @bb After checking everything out and struggling with finishin
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by stevenbrianhall 14y ago
I have definitely had my share of clients that have been slow to pay, and am very thankful for having had the majority of my clients pay well and on time. However, I have had the occasional client that just doesn't want to pay, and I defini
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by stevenbrianhall 14y ago
I'm trying to find a better source, but this Boston Herald article claims they've put in a little over $1 billion. http://bostonherald.com/news/national/general/view/20120522p...
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by stevenbrianhall 14y ago
As far as resources for learning languages, I have been using Duolingo ( http://www.duolingo.com/ ) to learn German over the past few months, and can't praise it highly enough. They currently offer German, Spanish, and French (which is in b
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by stevenbrianhall 14y ago
Wow, I am 100% in agreement. I'm an American living in Mexico and find it much harder to be in confrontational situations in Spanish. My Spanish is good, but I've had almost the exact same "workman" situation happen to me. I'm positive that
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Tim Ferris on A Day in The Life (Hulu Series)(hulu.com)
3 points by stevenbrianhall 14y ago|1 comments
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by stevenbrianhall 14y ago
I can testify to this, actually. I had gotten burned out after years of hard grind, and left to go work on a ranch in central California. It only took a few months being away before I couldn't contain it anymore, and would catch myself buil
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by stevenbrianhall 15y ago
Clickable: http://recikeep.com
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by stevenbrianhall 15y ago
Regarding #1, an update from Linode was just posted: "Our investigation has revealed a customer support interface was used to access your account. The compromised credentials have been restricted and we are discussing policy changes to prev
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by stevenbrianhall 15y ago
This is incredible PR, in my opinion. Prior to this interview, all I had known of Kim Dotcom were from photos and videos of him in private jets, on the beach, in expensive cars, etc. He seemed like a playboy who was above the law. In this i
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by stevenbrianhall 15y ago
I try to watch this video about once a month. It never ceases to relevant to my life and work, I just wish I had seen it ten years ago when I was first starting. Thanks for the reminder this month!
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by stevenbrianhall 15y ago
I have some positive and negative feedback: "Yes, it's true, most other blogging platforms are free. We charge money for ours because we want writers, not advertisers, to be our customers." First off, I think this is great. If I were a more

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