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This sounds like a gag gift version of Clockwise which is awesome and maximizes the blocks of time you have to focus. I get the gimmick but meh

Hi Shawn, check out Rose Digital or shoot me an email at evan@rosedigital.co Have done work for Zoetis but usually focused on building revenue generating web and mobile products for F500 cos.

so...imgur?

I would love to build/use an app that generates RE investment market suggestions based on some of the datapoints you're mentioning. Maybe see if there's some way to automate the analysis of socioeconomic status of the neighborhood with the distribution of various types of businesses and then map price/price delta over time. Might be some cool data in there. Re racism comments...kinda.

I like the concept of card based design but this implementation reminds me of Ext.JS almost.

I agree with the general sentiment of this post but I don't think a polymath is necessarily one who is an 'expert' in multiple fields. It isn't as much about the learning and mastery as it is about the interconnections between disciplines.

I think of a polymath as one who is able to gain a level of expertise and understanding across several disciplines. The polymath then uses that knowledge to generate new insights and interesting innovations or even new fields of study between and across disciplines.

Check out the book 'Mastery' which is -- as you might guess -- about the process to attaining mastery in any subject. It delves into the history of the 'great masters' including Michaelangelo etc and discusses how they utilized cross-discipline thinking to take each of their crafts to new levels. Very cool stuff.

I taught myself. I spent a ton of time building software/apps for myself to show my skills before I could bring that portfolio to anyone and have them be willing to pay me. I took my first project at way under market rate. It took me 2 years from no coding knowledge at all to getting paid. I had other jobs in between so that will not be accurate for others. I was able to generate revenue pretty shortly after I put my mind to it. My first gig was building an HTML5 iPad interactive for a museum.

I wanted to take a minute to just say that this thread has moved me to tears.

Firstly, people sharing their story. This is exactly what Steve wanted, to share his story, his ideas. Sharing the story is so important to removing the stigma around mental health. It warms my heart to see people with the courage to tell others about their struggles (and then it double-warms my heart to see other people supporting them!!)

Secondly, the sheer support for him. He was a quiet person but a mental giant. Just to have so many people acknowledge him is truly beautiful for me and my family.

"Many people fail to recognize the severity of psychological problems because they're too busy looking at superficial measures of well being: a person's career, his or her physical appearance, etc. But depression has made some of us feel as if we're in a deep fog or a war zone, even if, on the surface, we live in nice neighborhoods and succeed in the workplace."

THIS.

Being vocal about the struggle is so crucial. My family had no clue what to even look for when these issues started cropping up much less how to get him help. By the time we got him the level of help he needed he had already been in the throes of deep depression and anxiety. Thanks for your kind words.

Hey thanks for sharing your story. My brother was just starting a blog and hoping to share his ideas with others. He was an avid problem solver and I wish he had found ways to reel himself back in like you did. Will check out your site!

This is amazing. Would love to see something like this for wider communities as well. I have a spot picked out on my laptop already.

Agreed. I chose to soften the language for my mother's sake.

Thanks for that. I really appreciate it.

Thanks for sending that along. Trying to keep my head up and surrounding myself with family and friends.

This is true. I was an advocate of complete openness. My mother is understandably very sensitive about the wording used so I wanted to respect her wishes.

This was a response to another post which appears to be deleted.

I'm doing the same thing. Going to be writing a social SOS app for iphone/android using Ionic Framework. Coding helps ease the pain. Shoot me an email. evanmrose at gmail dot com

That's my hope too. Make going to therapy no more of a big deal than having a cast after a broken bone.

He was what doctors call 'high functioning.' He was able to operate in society and shroud his pain though it was incredibly painful to do so for him. He wasn't 'completely normal'. He was in a very well respected program in Boston and working through his issues to have the life he wanted.

He did. Thank you for sharing your story. I wish I had been there for him when he needed me like your sons can be there for you.

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He had 'symptoms of depression, anxiety and schizophrenia'. The psychiatrists etc always danced around saying 'symptoms of' but he was seeking help.

Agreed completely. The stigma attached just makes things harder.

Agreed, I've never had a design come out nicely from offshore. Maybe I worked with the wrong folks but it has been consistently poor every one of the times I tried it.

Still not at big co RFP level, a good deal of it is subcontracting.

Ariba didn't work out so well, the projects are usually pretty old and you find much bigger companies tossing their hat in the ring. I wound up breaking into big company stuff by working with an agency to start, doing a good job and then the Tech Director started hooking me up with other Tech directors/projects to take me to the next level.

Similar to above, the projects were big and public but the key for me was word of mouth. Every piece of work I did yielded me multiple new clients and repeat work.

Yep, usually need 500k-1m of general liability insurance. Some require even more which I don't yet have. I don't have a DUNS number but that hasn't hurt me yet. You do need to be an LLC or Corp and have your books in order/no skeletons. One problem is I don't have a long history to point to. Some RFP's require you to show longevity which I don't have yet.

Thanks for adding this link!

Awesome, thanks!

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Dept of Labor & Georgetown Center for Education and the Workforce