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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 [un…

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…

YES ABSOLUTELY TBH Attitude is far more important than age (and skills)

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 (Backb…

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

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-anal…

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 pe…

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…

Income: Run start-up and consulting income Investments: Purchasing rental property in the UK

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 jus…

Hiring PHP/Zend for contract / freelance work

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 wh…

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 deve…

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. …

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 to…

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 post…

I didn't know that Michael had failed start-ups before TC. What were they?

You can always "unpack" the packer code http://yaisb.blogspot.com/2006/10/defeating-dean-edwards-jav...