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geeko

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About geeko

Born in Vietnam, emigrated to Germany at the age of 7, working as camp counselor in Connecticut in 2002, start studying five days after returning to Germany, heading to Australia for a study abroad year in 2006, moved back and forth and currently in Singapore to finish up thesis in robotics. Do I have a home? Yes, it's here: http://twitter.com/vpdn

Update: Now settled back in Germany working at IBM R&D Germany.

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    SEEKING WORK, located in Stuttgart, Germany. I develop and design iOS apps. Email: dinh@mocava.de | twitter: @vpdn I'm currently working as a freelance iOS dev in a scrum team on m…

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    Comment #1160942

    I hope the iPad will also turn into a music instrument. Something in the direction of the reactable [1]. [1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgy1S8qymx0

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    It's easy to dismiss things. It's much harder to try to imagine the possibilities and build things. Reminds me of _why's quote: "when you don't create things, you become defined by…

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    Comment #1160907

    " Watch how they have memorized all the shortcuts and quirks of their custom line-of-business apps. You'll discover a class of users who want power and control, not simplicity and …

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    Comment #1109217

    Are you still making 1$ off your site today?

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    Comment #1060933

    Ok, seems like I'm the only one with googlelitis.

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    Comment #1060854

    Worse if down the road, you find yourself not being able to build the stuff you'd like to build. Finding a job is hard. Finding your passion is much harder.

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    What you're saying is similar to what I am trying to do: Take up projects which are 60% stuff you know how to do and 40% things you'd like to learn (the numbers are just made up, b…

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    Totally agree on this. I'm on it at this very moment :) And I'm telling you, even then, convincing managers is not easier than convincing any other investor.

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    In consulting, it's usually not your employer that pushes you. It's your clients. In a startup, it's either your investors or your customer (hopefully). Either way, there's always …

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    Are you doing anything to nurture these two extremes? Or do they just come naturally to you? Your comment reminds me of a discussion I had with my cofounder long time ago (yes I ha…

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    @Ixiaus, are you on twitter? Would love to continue reading how you're doing. Your homepage link works as well of course. Feel free to drop me an email (vp[at]dinhmail.de) when you…

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    Comment #1060209

    It sounds easy to do so. Too often however, I find myself reading how-tos and copy-pasting tutorials while building stuff...and forgetting everything after I finished. I have the f…

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    Ask HN: How do you juggle time spent on learning vs. time building things?

    Hi, I started work at a big coorporation with a three letter acronym about a year ago. The consulting job is quite challenging and fun. Most of all, I get to learn how to deal with…

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