My goal at the moment is to put a product out on the market. I've made a lot of free/open source/one-off projects that had potential to go further with a little investment. I'm currently taking one design, and getting it on shelves, being sold in stores.
Ask HN: What's your most interesting life goal currently?
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#402I'm moving to Thailand or possibly the Philippines from Sweden at the end of August, to attempt to build apps aiming to be ramen profitable in a developing country and then work my way up from there. Problem: Worst case, my savings only last until December. Solution: Splatter "hire me" over apps, portfolio site and keep an eye out for freelance work to retain a reasonable life-support margin. Problem: May not find fr…
You may have already thought about this, but have you considered getting a "teach English" job? In many cases, your housing (and possibly food/etc.) will be paid for, and you can focus your free time on building apps. Best of luck!
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#404Trying to figure out the best way to pitch an idea to Google Australia to create a new job role for me in Melbourne (the only Australian Google office is in Sydney) in an area they don't currently cover ... oh and I'm not currently a Google employee.
Lars Bak managed to do it :-)
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#405Stop consultancy work and focus on product building, move to Berlin (happening in a few weeks) and learn German upto A2 level.
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#406My most recent life goal is to learn how to shave with a straight razor... Don't ask me why, just seems like a cool skill to learn and someday pass down to my sons.
I expressed interest in same. My wife bought me a nice introductory model (german-made) but the pressure required (and angle of attack at my throat!!!) to get any hairs cut scares the dickens out of me. Now it is slowly rusting in my bathroom...
Exactly why I've been putting it off. I thought about paying an old school barber for an hour of his time to show me the ropes and the "gotchas"
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#407Quit smoking cold turkey (was a 1 pack smoker for over 7 years). I am 3 days nicotine free and that sounds very interesting to me. Roadblocks: they keep selling them... If someone else is planning the same, the tips at whyquit.com helped me.
Read the book, Easy Way to Quite Smoking by Allan Carr. http://www.amazon.ca/Easy-Way-Stop-Smoking-Kit/dp/1905555008 It worked for me, my partner, and several of our friends.
It worked for me too. It's like reverse-brainwashing.
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I can tell you this - I have no memories from the first four months after the birth of my first child. It's just one big blur. Good thing we made lots of photos. The need to feed baby every 3 hours is going to have the profoundest effect on your lifestyle. A bit of the downtime is in fact going to be a bit , and not when you want it, but whenever you can. The regular exercise - I wouldn't be counting on it, not in fi…
I hear ya... I have no idea what happened in the last 4 months of 2006 and the first 6 months of 2007. My second son was born in August 2006 and he cried if he was awake until he was 8 months old.
My first daughter did that. Only for 3 months, but for that entire 3 months she was either eating, sleeping, or wailing. (shudder)
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I'm writing this from my tiny apartment in Saitama. :)
Speaking of which, I'm hoping to visit my friend in Singapore in Sept or October, mind if I swing by and crash in your hallway or something? (or meet in Tokyo and show me around? :)
My apartment does have a hallway, in addition to a bedroom and a kitchen. Unfortunately, they're all the same room.
I'd have more space if this place said 'Adidas' on the side.
That said, of course I'll meet you up in Tokyo and show you the city! As long as I'm in-country, of course; I'll be back in the US for August, and I'm not sure where I'll be for October and December.
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Solo II autocross is a really good (and super cheap) way to improve your driving skills.
I'll second this; it's a fantastic rush, and a good place to get started. However, you'll want to quickly graduate to HPDE's and other "big boy" forms of racing, once you've gotten your first fix. (Dare I suggest Rally? :) Look to SCCA ( http://www.scca.org/ ) and NASA ( http://www.nasaproracing.com/ ) for events in your area (both autox and road racing). Also, be sure to look into local model-specific clubs (like BM…
I figure I'll eventually get into some of that more expensive stuff, but at this point I can't really afford more than autocross preparation.