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39, Software Engineer and still actively programming. Having 2 children makes it hard to do any other contributions apart from being a Dad.

wow, did you read the privacy statement.... For content that is covered by intellectual property rights, like videos (“IP Content”), you specifically give us the following permissi…

Its not SciFi, but Magician by Raymond E Feist (the Riftwar saga) would make a great tv series, there are lots and lots of books.

I would suggest he looks for a Life Coach. They will help him find the source of his feeling "Stuck" and help him find some objectives that will help him find meaning and purpose!

Yes, I guess removing Facebook account and completely stop using the service would definitely be an option.

We all now know the news about PRISM, so I was wondering on your thoughts on how we can stop the majority of our data going into PRISM. So I thought this would be a good Forum to d…

Thanks for blogging this. Today I had my Account manager and another support person from Heroku pushing me to add that experimental feature, so I could see the memory usage of our …

Its like you were reading my mind. I definitely agree that getting discouraged by the lack of progress on my Forever Project is misspent energy.

hmexx I think this is a pretty good opportunity. However as others have commented its not so easy to just drop all client work for 2 months, especially when you have responsibiliti…

I am a father of 2 kids, any side project will mean time away from them, and I don't care what anyone says, I prefer to have a balanced life any day. I also find my ability to work…

Sorry my last post had a funky char after the URL

Hi, Last year I bought a 27" iMac with 8 Gig of memory with Lion. The machine is fantastic but Lions memory management has alot to be desired, it would totally stall when the inact…

I interpretted the recognition to be of the actual wireframes itself, which allows for the user experience at the wireframe stage. Is that correct?

Just this week we had an issue with a web application I am working on, where we had 3 forms to get started using our application, which we thought was ok. Then our commercial team …

check out www.odesk.com lots of work there if you want some cash...

Thanks Travis, some great advice there

Hi, I was wondering what the Escrow services you have used and would recommend for software development or graphic design projects. Regards Mark

+10 .. Do you really want to be hired by someone who couldn't see the technical aspects of what you've done? or would only see the content? Be proud of who you are!

I have earned a decent income for my company using odesk.com Basically, you just need to make sure your profile is up to date, and prove that even though are more expensive, than $…

I would work on my dream/future project of creating software that functions like the human brain!

Great Suggestion about the "Don't worry about competition"... The other day I saw something similar to the service I want to do, and at first disheartened me... but if I don't try …

Thanks for your comment, I agree the Just do it mentality is going to be my driver... not to mention energy drinks and high focus by Kelly Howell - great brain sync I use to wake m…