Viewing profile — heldtogether

You can query the HN corpus with Google's Bigquery: https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/public-data/hacker-news

Why use ed if you have cat?

It sounds very much like you're a whistleblower of some crime, which gives you protection against the sort of retaliation you're describing. See http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whis…

I still cite this article when discussing A/B testing with clients. They often want to bypass the testing process because "it's an obvious change". "There's no point in making triv…

I was once refused a consumer credit application for a kitchen appliance because I'd forgotten to sign the back of my credit card. I had a passport and a photo driving license on m…

This website is not affiliated with the real http://phonebloks.com/ project. The creator, Dave Hakkens, isn't asking for any money.

Having something rammed down your neck like you're a 10 year old never really helps. Being a victim helps people remember the basic things. Have a couple of people walking around p…

It's not a bad idea, but there are so many things that need considering. For example, you can't have more than 500 investors before you're required to declare your accounts. For a …

I'll consider it for when the time comes :)

As I said I was aiming for candid. But you're entitled to your opinion and I appreciate the feedback.

Could I ask in what made you think it was semi-unprofessional? I'll admit it was a very candid video, but I can't see how you'd get to unprofessional.

An iPhone companion is in the pipeline. Nice to hear your thoughts on how to make it more likely for people to actually use the app, which I think is probably one of the biggest ba…

Fair comment, but I've been programming for 10 years (although I know that's not what your point is getting at). Your fears are fairly moot though, the app isn't networked (yet) an…

I've thought about it. The question is, should it bulk import everything from your bank account every time you open the app, and you just add labels etc to it/match it up with exis…

thanks for the advice :)

Ah I see! Good idea, I'll make a quick change :)

I've been lurking on HN for quite a while, but first post. Can I add a URL and text?