subelsky

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by subelsky 12y ago
yes! that's who I'm thinking of! A great inspiration.
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by subelsky 12y ago
I know an awesome Node developer here in Baltimore with no prior experience, who had gone to a bootcamp for six months, and who was offered an intermediate-level position. Talking with her I felt like she was more of a colleague than a bran
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Engineers irrationally hate advertising tech(cogmap.com)
8 points by subelsky 14y ago|12 comments
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by subelsky 15y ago
I had the same thought about somehow using AI to make this completely automatic and increase the quality of the story. Turk does have the ability to allow workers to upload files so producing binary data like images or videos is definitely
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Using Mechanical Turk to write a short story(subelsky.com)
11 points by subelsky 15y ago|2 comments
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by subelsky 16y ago
We haven't locked down the space yet but are hoping for a spot in Fells Point. I actually also live in Charles Village, let's meet up for coffee sometime! (mike@subelsky.com)
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by subelsky 16y ago
The ETC is great but does not provide funding, and you have to pay rent for the office space (though the leases are on startup-friendly terms, graduated rates, etc). The ETC will actually be providing their services (consulting, introducti
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by subelsky 16y ago
who's trying to rationalize it? There's not much I can do about it; it's still an awesome place to live. Good luck buying a house in a nice part of Boston or NYC as a working-class or middle-class person. Meanwhile I'm hacking code, running
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by subelsky 16y ago
So, that's one of the main reasons for doing this, to create that virtuous cycle, but at this stage I don't think we can require it.
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by subelsky 16y ago
you should definitely apply as a team. We would love to back a company targeting Russia! It's a global economy, right? Also there's a large Russian population in Baltimore FWIW
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by subelsky 16y ago
just a splash page for now, designed by Mark Armbruster. The site is http://thestartupcity.com (the guy who owns startupcity.com wants a lot of $$$ for it)
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by subelsky 16y ago
glad to hear it! But this is just one small facet of the tech scene in Baltimore...Please check out my response to kovar for a list of other resources you should check out.
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by subelsky 16y ago
I actually don't mind The Wire reputation, because I loved that show so much. Lest anyone think I don't have a sense of humor about it, here's a tour I wrote up for seeing all the sites from the show, for people coming to RailsConf: http:/
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by subelsky 16y ago
it was. We're probably going to do something like Capital Factory. The video part is just to help get an initial screening done of the applicants.
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by subelsky 16y ago
I don't want us to be a city that tries to be something it's not. We shouldn't even try to replicate what you have out there, but, I think it's a very creative place where it is possible to do great things with technology, especially if you
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by subelsky 16y ago
yes but how many other cities have had their homicides so dramatically portrayed to the world cognoscenti?
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by subelsky 16y ago
it's a fair critique and you aren't the first to mention it. But I will say it's vastly accelerated the exchange of ideas and feeling of community in Baltimore so overall it's a net win. There's also a network of twitter accounts to follow
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by subelsky 16y ago
you guys don't even know how motivating it is to read stuff like this. I am forwarding these comments to folks I know in the economic development community. Perhaps we can get a bit more institutional backing for things like this so we can
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by subelsky 16y ago
oh awesome! I'm really glad to hear it. See my comment to Kovar about all the other things you should check out if you like this :-)
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by subelsky 16y ago
this is music to my ears! We actually have a very vibrant innovation/startup community in Baltimore. Check out our Facebook Group to get a quick firehose: https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_160612380624897&#... Also check out h
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by subelsky 16y ago
I know, I thought about that too. We're constrained by the availability of the space and the time needed to arrange all the financing. We're going to be doing this at least once a year though and next year I definitely want to do it that w
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by subelsky 16y ago
I don't see contact info in your profile, but email me and we'll talk!
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by subelsky 16y ago
will do! I'm mike@subelsky.com in case something gets lost in translation
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by subelsky 16y ago
thank you, I definitely will reach out. The main thing we're gonna need is people to help advise these companies (not too time-consuming, just answer some questions here and there). I agree with your assessment. There are a lot of under-the
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by subelsky 16y ago
I know there are a lot of incubators starting up now, but there aren't so many on the east coast. I wrote in more detail about the vision of this project and why we're doing it in this Google Doc, if anyone is interested in starting somethi
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by subelsky 16y ago
A buddy of mine is hiring PHP/Drupal folks in Maryland: el http://www.unleashed-technologies.com/about-us/resumes/mid-l... http://www.unleashed-technologies.com/about-us/resumes/devel...
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by subelsky 16y ago
That is precisely what I was trying to say. Over time I found myself wanting and liking these replacements, but out of the box these machines work very well. CrashPlan is better because it integrates off-site and local backup and lets y
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by subelsky 16y ago
this is an awesome list, thanks for sharing it! I'm poring through it now.
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by subelsky 16y ago
Just lazy thinking when I drafted the post.
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by subelsky 16y ago
That looks like a great utility. I'm already planning a follow-up post based on what I've learned here!

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