HN Contractors: Add Yourself

#1

Post by scottru » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 4:22 PM UTC

Over the last few months, I've seen a lot of HN members talk about being contractors, and why - designing to bootstrap their business, building an iPhone practice, moving to China to work and live, etc.

I'm often on the other side of that transaction, where I need to hire contractors for one or more projects, and I'd like nothing more than to hire from this group of experts, but I don't remember to bookmark every talented and possibly hungry person. I'm sure there are many other people on both sides.

So here's a Google Spreadsheet for adding yourself and your expertise so that folks who need to hire have a quick way to find HN folks: include your contact info [if you want], etc.

Spreadsheet is at https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AlD_6iEb8Ed9dGs3clVJYi0yYVBka181Z0ZKRW9kQ0E&hl=en, I promise to leave it there and hope that nobody's a jerk about it.

(If someone has already done this, by all means let me know or add to this thread - I just want the list, not the credit.)

Re: HN Contractors: Add Yourself

#2

Post by Rust » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 4:32 PM UTC

Clickable: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AlD_6iEb8Ed9dGs3clV...

Re: HN Contractors: Add Yourself

#3

Post by vgurgov » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 5:35 PM UTC

its funny to see how amazingly cool google docs shows how some 30 ppl contribute to this spreadsheet at this moment ))

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#4

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 5:36 PM UTC

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#5

Post by ableal » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 5:44 PM UTC

vgurgov wrote: post #3

its funny to see how amazingly cool google docs shows how some 30 ppl contribute to this spreadsheet at this moment ))

Now 37. A bit twitchy ... filled some info, but will check back tomorrow when it's calmer.

Re: HN Contractors: Add Yourself

#6

Post by pmjordan » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 5:45 PM UTC

Someone just blanked the whole table, is there a way to make this add-only? I vaguely recall being able to set up a form with Google docs. Even better: some way of undoing the vandalism?

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#7

Post by ableal » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 5:50 PM UTC

pmjordan wrote: post #6

Someone just blanked the whole table, is there a way to make this add-only? I vaguely recall being able to set up a form with Google docs. Even better: some way of undoing the vandalism?

Try reloading. I also thought that (Firefox 3.5).

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#8

Post by jasongullickson » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 5:51 PM UTC

pmjordan wrote: post #6

Someone just blanked the whole table, is there a way to make this add-only? I vaguely recall being able to set up a form with Google docs. Even better: some way of undoing the vandalism?

Yes you can easily share the sheet as a write-only form and for this purpose it seems like a perfect solution.

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#9

Post by pmjordan » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 6:03 PM UTC

ableal wrote: post #7

pmjordan wrote: post #6

Someone just blanked the whole table, is there a way to make this add-only? I vaguely recall being able to set up a form with Google docs. Even better: some way of undoing the vandalism?

Try reloading. I also thought that (Firefox 3.5).

Looks like someone restored it.

Re: HN Contractors: Add Yourself

#10

Post by illumin8 » Tue, Apr 13, 2010, 6:08 PM UTC

You're better off doing this with a Google form that feeds to a Google spreadsheet automatically. Then, you can publish the spreadsheet read only and not worry about anyone blanking it or corrupting the data.