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Hey all, Throwing up a landing page for something I've been working on. I'm wondering where all of you normally go for images & artwork to use on a landing page? Something like Shu…

No, I get the point. The services are not equal in terms of catalogue depth. They're also not equal in terms of viewing volume. If I used the DVD plan to fill those gaps, I would b…

Consider the price of The Office Season 1-6 DVD set, $169.99. Now consider the price of HD streaming The Office Season 1-6 on Netflix, $7.99/mo. Thank you, Netflix. http://www.nbcu…

I also tried both, I was recently promoted into a position where I'm surrounded by developers. They all say both work, but they also all say go Django. I like Django documentation,…

Learn ROR or Django and make some traction. If you ever want to manage start ups you should have an idea of what's under the hood.

I would personally use this over Groupon. Especially if it integrates well with all the current Google services I use. I'm sure Groupon is a bit uneasy about this one.

I'd say yes, but I'm sure the favorable degree to which a recruiter may look upon an employed candidate is less in the tech industry than that of more traditional corporate oriente…

Is it a web application or just an ecommerce website. If you don't know the difference head over to google. If it's a web app, find a technical co-founder.. if you can't find one a…

Team up with that new housemate of yours. Make him your CTO, get a prototype up and running. Pick up a book or do some online tutorials in whatever the prototype is built in... Lea…

Clickables: First sub: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2303991 Django 1.0 Web Dev on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Django-Website-Development-Ayman-Houri...

After my first submission a user suggested I try python/Django before I go any further with Ruby. Suffice it to say, I'm burning through learnpythonthehardway.org... I'm considerin…

The cash flow app's Balance chart doesn't scale well, the numbers on the axis get cut off when adjusting for money in your account. Same for income vs expense, using the demo on Fi…

I've fallen into this trap as of late... definitely need to shut up and tinker... There are so many wavering viewpoints and opinions on topics like Rails vs Django, what to use whe…

http://viniciusvacanti.com/ His blog has great advice for new entrepreneurs. Especially when you don't have a tech co-founder... He covers in depth how he went about learning to co…

How would you scale something like this? $5-$10 to write and send a letter is a bit steep considering a stamp costs $0.44. I understand the value of convenience, but that much mark…

But you're neither an MCS or MBA. Instead, I feel you should be looking at this from an ROI mindset. If you take the time to scrap together a crap prototype... just so the basic fe…

You were a former CS major that got lazy, changed majors, and partied... Why not prove your work ethic by teaching yourself how to code a basic prototype? It's a much better way to…

Believe it or not I've stumbled upon your blog before in searching for some answers to questions touched on in this post. I must say your blog was a big motivator based on the fact…

I also considered experimenting with this in college. I never ended up doing it, though.

Thank you very much. Really appreciated.

I've gone through a few potential co-founders. I'm currently working with one on an idea I had, it's going OK... but that's about it. It's really hard to attract quality Programmer…

Great rec, I actually came upon that a few weeks ago and it nearly made me decide to go with Python. ...Alright I'm convinced.

I'm from NY. I plan on networking as soon as I develop my understanding a bit further. I will look to take advantage of fundamentals courses. That's a good idea, thanks. I'm going …