davidcann

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2010/09/gov20-kundra-cho...

The concept of interactive audio programming is interesting, but it doesn't seem likely to become commonplace.

The CEO transition has been planned for months. It may be poorly timed, but the title of this link makes it sound like he's resigning due to the v4 launch issues.

I'm not willing to trust them with hosting the player and/or videos. This also seems to severely limit customization.

I like the idea, but for $490, I'd like some assurance that the eye tracking technology actually works and that it's not just tracking the mouse or something else.

That's a good solution and it sounds like your system was about as secure as one could expect when needing to store sensitive data in a reversible format.

Regarding the Super User post, he's correct that storing passwords as reversible rather than plain text is a LITTLE different, but if their servers are compromised, the hacker could simply run the reverse function on your password to retrieve it. The one situation where it's safer is if the database tables are hacked, but the server's code is still secure.

I'd argue that storing reversible passwords is almost the same as plain text, but I'm interested to hear if people think reversible is significantly better than plain text.

Being a good developer is not about typing code, it's about creating a great application. That means using all of the tools at your disposal... code, visual design, workflow structure, analytics, etc.

In my experience, traditional designers often do very poor work when it comes to interactive applications. As a developer, it's my responsibility to tell them it's crap, why, and present a better solution.

I do iPhone development and haven't met anyone getting even close to $150/hr individually. If someone made that, they'd be be making $6,000/week and $300,000/year.

yish, can you confirm that this is an agency rate, not an individual developer/designer rate? or is this the rate you're making personally?

* The keywords I enter on my profile keep getting re-ordered automatically by your software. It wants to put javascript first, but that's not my primary language, so I don't want it appearing first below my name. I've opted to delete it from the list instead.

* I'd suggest that the "time to complete" and "cost for similar" fields in the Add Project form to be optional. I prefer to not have this kind of information posted publicly, so I had to enter dummy values.

We'd really like some advice from YC and HN people with experience pitching hardware startups to investors.

I think it's important that we make this clear to new developers, so thanks for clearing it up.

Edit: I just saw you posted below about $40/hour. That's fine to overestimate when you're charging $40/hour. My comment is directed at Rothmic and malbiniak above. Apologies for the mistake, drewcrawford.

I'm currently making apps for Disney and I price total projects based on a detailed spec (not hourly), but when you figure actual hours worked, I don't charge anywhere close to this rate.

Do you really not stay up until 4 am polishing the app even when you're over budget?