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I like the fact that you can download for free...or you can choose your price to download. It really helps us support you without you guys being too intrusive on donations.

I am a bit confused. A lot of it looks like Ubuntu, but with slightly different GUI. At first I thought it was just a variant of Ubuntu(like Kubuntu, Xubuntu, etc)...is it? How does it differ from it? Sorry if this seems like a naive question. I am really interested in trying it out...will do so shortly after I am done my exams :P

Hm, nothing as life changing as most of the commenters below, however I volunteered with my local dragon boat team. Helped them with coaching, their site development and marketing.

It helped me exercise what I learn and at the same time learn to become a better leader. It also helped me get out of my shell as I am a bit of an introvert :P

Web Application Development: Mac OSX -> Terminal, Sublime Text 2, Codekit and sometimes LightTable for pure frontent work.

The hard part about freelancing is that more often than not, paying clients want to see your portfolio. Now when you are starting off, most of the time you will have little to nothing to show(or atleast I did :P).

I started off by helping out student organizations in my university and building websites for them. I then used those websites in my portfolio. Within the universities, some organizations caught wind of my work and asked me to build their sites for them. Soon, I had people tell me that their family/friend wants a website and I found myself building those sites. Then I started branching off into the community. I posted on local boards and got a couple more clients there. After this point, I started getting word of mouth referrals.

In a gist, you start with customers who will pay you little to nothing. Do a good job and advertise that work, you will attract higher paying customers. Having a few personal projects will also help, just make sure that they look good (remember "To the user, the interface is the product".

Good luck!

I would recommend javascript. Coffeescript is just a "prettier" syntax for javascript but in the end it just compiles down to js.

Learn JS and learn to write good JS! I personally hate CS because I some people take that route to avoid writing clean JS, just because CS looks nicer. Once you truly learn how js works, migrating to CS will be very simple.

I am working on a SCRUM project management solution: http://scrumptious.io/

Why? Well, in my current company where I am doing my internship, we wanted to use SCRUM, but couldnt find a resource that was light weight, integrated with 3rd party tools like google cal, github, etc, and was cheap at the same time. As a coder, I decided to work on my own solution for this problem. I know that it may not be very monetizable, but in the long run, I can be proud of it as something I built.

Thank you, I will check this out.

Aha, I have actually read parts 1-4 of this book. I will give part 5 a look. Thanks!

Whoops I meant too low for too much work. hahaha, my bad!

To be honest, I am on the other end of that spectrum where I am looking to build my portfolio and I am finding it extremely hard getting clients.

In terms of your question, it could be a couple of reasons: 1) Either the price you are quoting is too high 2) You are asking for a long term commitment with little financial returns 3) You are asking for development, using technologies that are either a) outdated, b) The developer is unfamiliar with.

Any ways, if you are still looking for some one, you can find my email and github account in my profile. Shoot me a message if you are interested.

StackOverflow, /r/developers, LifeHacker, TechCrunch

The $100 startup.

I'll take a stab at it after I am done my current project(which should be by the end of the month). I'll post the link back here when I am done.

Honestly, this was the first place I went when I started out (about 4 years ago). There werent many good sites out for learning to code back then. It was w3schools and lynda.com that really helped me get started.

I am all for job security, but I am also for good code and programming fundamentals. I absolutely hate it when I have to edit someone else's code that is filled with bugs and improper use of basic functions just because said person cut and pasted bad code from the internet.

Also, a key aspect of a good programmer is experience. If kids start early say for example at age 12, by the time they are 18, they have 6 years experience already. Think about the things you can do with that much experience? It could lead to innovations in software far beyond what we see right now.

I am in full support of this movement. Its benefit in my opinion are twofold: 1) Younger kids learn to code and which will result in them becoming more skillful programmers when they are older. 2) People who can currently program and write shitty code get challenged and can actually seek to improve their own skills and learn about more advanced concepts in programming.

Oh another one that I forgot that I recently heard of: Firebase. Apparently it provides you with an entire backend stack for your website. Makes it almost magical, I personally like more control over my data, but if this is your thing, be sure to try it out. They have a 5 minute tutorial to help you get a better understanding of them as well!

Yes please! :)

Learn HTML 4. Build some applications with it and then learn HTML5. It isnt a big learning curve but the most important part is to actually play around and TRULY understand how HTML4 works. Then when you get to HTML5 you will learn what changed and you will understand why. HTML 5 is still unofficial. If I recall correctly, it is officially out in 2014. But you can still use the HTML5 doctype and other features in your projects, they just wont be compatible across different browsers.

I help organize one of Canada's largest student run technology conference. http://infect.cutc.ca/

Oh this is pretty nice of you. Unfortunately I have that timeframe booked for me, but I do wish you best of luck. Any chance you can make a recording and put it up and share the link with us when you are done?

It would depend on your needs. For eg: do you need a L/W/M-AMP server or something that can run Rails, or node.js. If all you are doing is wordpress themes and templates, I assume you want a L/W/M-AMP server stack. AWS free tier is awesome and more suited to your needs. Once you start gaining momentum you will get charged, but hopefully you will be making positive revenue as well. Windows azure, they have a free 3 month trial, but it gets expensive there after. I personally use hostmonster, mainly because all the general server admin stuff that I do not want to worry about is taken care of for me. Their customer service is excellent as well. Other notable ones are Heroku, MediaTemple and Hostgator.

I want to create an arsenal of cool html5 games and hardware hacks. By the end of the year, I expect myself to become close to an expert in both those fields :P

I would highly recommend the following books: 1) Gettings things done (It is kinda plain, but if you stick through it, you will get some great advice on time management techniques) 2) How to win friends and Influence People (Probable the best book on communication and interacting with people that I have read.) 3) Good to great (Great advice on building a company) 4) The 80/20 Principle (Great advice on time management and doing more with less) 5) The millionaire teacher (Great advice into playing the investment market game for people who have never invested before.)

Here is the source for it: https://github.com/clockwork189/SpaceArmageddon

Always looking to hear feedback!

This looks amazing! Good job! If I may ask(yes I have taken a look at your code but unfortunately my python is not too good), whats the "secret" to grabbing HN's historic data? Also, would it be possible to go back beyond one month towards maybe a year or even few years back (idk if it is just me but I can go up until October 9th, 2012)?

Thanks!

This looks amazing! This has inspired me to learn more about 3d interfaces in javascript! Thank you!

Source Code: https://github.com/clockwork189/NewsReader

Any feedback is appreciated. I know the scrollbars ruin the beauty on Windows so I am still looking into that.

I also want to make it more UI beauty. Gonna throw in a preview feature in the near future.

Seems pretty cool, but how does it compare to DART or does it even compare?