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What kind of pricing are you thinking of, for say, 20 hours / week remote help in maintaining an existing system for a small shop? (LAMP / AWS stack)

I run a small, "boutique" web consultancy under my own name. Thus far I've done my own sales and project management. I'm a back-end developer and sub out my design and front-end. I…

I kept expecting it to turn into some kind of message-retention quiz. The kind that would prove we only absorb 10% of what we're shown, or some other counterintuitainment. Nice typ…

I love this also. Any way to prevent TAB from unfocusing the textarea? Perhaps a javascript in the URL?

I run a small, "boutique" web consultancy under my own name. Thus far I've done my own sales and project management. I'm a back-end developer and sub out my design and front-end. I…

http://www.soundassociation.com/work showcases some audio scores we created.

My team and I run a boutique production studio in NYC and we love composing music to visuals. Shoot me an email at "josh at soundassociation dot com" and let's discuss your project…

SEEKING FREELANCER - Remote (NYC a plus) I'm looking for a talented, self-managing back-end PHP developer who has experience with the Lithium PHP framework. Communication skills an…

"What do you love?" Seems to work in all kinds of situations. Occam's Razor, anyone?

In New York State, try the Freelancers Union. http://www.freelancersunion.org/insurance/index.html I used this a few years ago while working for a startup and I got a full plan (co…

I'd want to hear about the intricacies of their new audio advertising program. What have they learned about listener preferences through tweaking the length, frequency, and targeti…

I was introduced to Catan during college and we quickly had a weekly game going. The interplay of luck and skill is intrinsically woven into the gameplay, which kept things very dy…

Well, all I know is I enjoyed the article and that I believe I can find value and knowledge from disparate sources regardless of their topical relevance. I also realize that HN is …

Shot in the dark: Maybe there's a connection between the narrator's struggle and an entrepreneur's struggle. Both seem to enjoy the fight to overcome mediocrity and strive for thei…

Wow.... for what it's worth, I was laughing out loud. He'd get better traction over at reddit, though.

Exactly... and therein lies the difficulty: "standing apart from yourself." I guess that's why vocalizing your thoughts aloud to a confidant can help you "see" your thoughts outsid…

All I can offer here is a personal observation: Many times in my life when I've asked people for advice in choosing between several options, I've found myself secretly hoping they'…

I think they are referring to the fact that students new to programming learn to "always" rely on stringing together pre-existing libraries (namely in Java) rather than gaining exp…

Exactly... I have been mining the ""mundane"" areas for ideas, since I know everyone else is riding the two point oh thing. It's hard to force out-the-boxedness, though.

I am in a heavy brainstorming phase as of late, thinking and mulling over various "idea areas" that pertain to my domain, software I would use, etc. Not really a set process though…

Manhattan here. I love the energy. It's great for inspiration!

Wow... really cuts to the heart. I am guilty of some of these "productive procrastinations" as well (including the beloved HN) and find that when I close all not-super-necessary ta…

Thanks for that. I am so prone to the endless tweaking of design minutiae rather than the much more effective sculpting of functionality and usability. I will try to follow your ad…

Wow... I saw this movie a few weeks ago when a friend interviewed Nina Paley and she gave him a copy of the DVD. She was lamenting the fact that she couldn't get funding to buy rig…

So, Ms. Foo can blog her heart out about her favorite hobby without telling a soul or attaining any links, yet she will still be found (to some degree) via search engines due to th…