"Ramen rich"
"Startup or shutup"
"Powered by Caffeine"
"I API, therefore I am"
"Scale this"
"Lean, mean and coding"
"hack or be hacked"
"sql injection happens"
"fail fast"
The exhaustion of IPv4 addresses is not a problem for the general public to fix. This is a problem for ISP, datacenters and corporation that insist on using public IP addresses where a private IP address scheme would suffice. The consolidation and privatization of IP address blocks is the only way to extend the life of the IPv4’s limited resources. In my opinion those efforts are better spent migrating to IPv6.
So to answer your question doesn’t worry about it and ignore the hype ... unless you are a network admin or architect that has assigned IPv4 block/s.
As the article states yes, yes it will. It comes down to how many devices to you want to manage. Is the Air a replacement for a desktop..maybe. Some don't need much while others, like myself, want to carry a datacenter worth of VMs with them everywhere. My co-founder has an Air and when we travel I am admittedly jealous of its small size and zippy SSD. When the rubber hits the road I have far more tools and power with my laptop. More important I don't have to worry about syncing info with another laptop or desktop.
Focus on those that know at first. Roll through some clients and get really comfortable with support. Then after you have a solid support structure and a reputation you can start to go after the guys who don't know. You don't need to hold everybody's hand upfront, you won't have time.
As a fellow hacker in the trenches I like to see what others are doing. The rate my startup posts are a great way to see what is going on and some of the current trends. I have learned a lot from the posts, not only evaluating the site myself but the feedback that is received. Some of it has been spammy or half-baked. Maybe a karma threshold is in order. Better yet as a site of mentors maybe a RMS should be sponsored by a “senior” member. Karma of the sponsor would be on the line if it is spam as judged by his down voting peers but share the rewards of karma if it is a worthy site.
I like and use zendesk. It is worth checking out with the free trial. The only thing I don't like about it is the code used on the page cannot be optimized in the manner I would like. It really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things but just knowing that i can't tinker with it gets me.
That was my thought but a 500GB hard drive in a notebook fills up fast when you have 40g - 100g virtual machines. I was counting on technology to "fix" an organization issue. Now I just have a lot more of the same issue.
This is a great question and on that I asked myself last week. I am seeing a growing number of people register on my site and with that a larger number of rejected emails because they entered the email wrong. (Note: who ever owns gmial.com probably sees a ton of email sent their way). This made me rethink how people get registered. I think it is probably time to change gears and validate the email and not the password. Sure doing both would be better but I dislike having to double enter everything on a form.
Here is my rational for making the switch. I want users to become engaged. The fact that they are registering means I did something right that motivated them to act. I require, like many others, to validate their email and account by clicking on a link that gets emailed to them. If they never get the link they never get fully registered. I am sure a large number of users would not follow up on this. They were motivated at the time to register but that motivation might not be strong enough to persuade them to troubleshoot their registration. This results in turning a motivated user into a disgruntled surfer.
Plus if the password was wrong they can always reset it with their validated and confirmed email
As a yerba mate drinker for years I am excited to see some support for the farmers. I am afraid that companies like this bastardize the real thing and dilute it's significance in the minds of the (north)American mind.
I like/use Amazon Cloudfront. Do you know this size of the plugin and your estimated downloads? Both Rackspace and Amazon will get the job done. You just have to decide on price and which system you want to depend on.
I find my time highly fragmented across several projects. Some are highly viable business related projects while others are purely for my own enjoyment. I find myself pulled in many directions and have to combat the urge to start something new. At times I feel guilty working on a hobby project when I have unfinished work on a true project. I have to remind myself that it is OK to spend some time on hobby tasks as long as it doesn’t become all consuming. Keeping sanity is critical to productivity
Start small with two maybe three micro instances. Try to scale out rather than up. When the time comes you can step up to the larger instances. You might want to separate some of your services into clusters and run them from a couple sets of instances. A couple of micros for the front end and a couple for the back end. You will probably save a few $$$ and have more control of your growth.
I use it to track keywords and link building activities. It is a great way to get a daily overview of SEO work. The trick is getting your keywords or phrases refined down to eliminate noise. If you have a generic word like boat for sale or ebook it just won't work. There is always a little noise but for me it is still worth sifting through it.
It is also a great way to track your competitors and their link building or marketing efforts.
The name is only an ingredient of your success. If you are relying on the name to make your service successful you have a recipe for failure. If everything is perfect (interface, design, backup/recovery,scalability) and the name is the cherry on top go for it. If you have any doubts and will need those resources to fix issues or get you past "the hump" wait and launch with a different domain. As you said you can buy it later at a higher price but at least you will have cash flow.
If you don't have time to watch a video you may not have time to read. Maybe along the same lines but instead of text it could be an mp3 that one could listen to while walking in from the parking lot, driving or doing whatever. You could pack several hours of videos into a few minutes. I think the trick will be finding a low cost QUALITY summarization source.
The perfect domain name today might not be the best name tomorrow. Really think about what you want your domain to say..if anything. Don't corner yourself in by your domain name. I am sure a variation or a unique name is avaialbe. Take that perfect domain name and play with it and see what comes up. You might find an even better domain at the standard registration rate.
To really answer your question I would have to weigh the cost(are we talking hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands?) against the return. Is this the most common word or phrase for your service that a user would search for? Or is it too generic?
Why reinvent the wheel? If you can find a foundation from which to build a better service/app/mousetrap why not? Consider utilizing a clone a part of natural software evolution. Spend more of your time and effort on making it better than just making it.
All of the data centers I have worked in or have visited have had a KVM in each rack or cluster of racks. Many servers even come with a IP based KVM built into them ...HP does this for sure. It is a good idea but I think there are other products or methods that would reduce your target market.
First what are you trying to build? A storefront is vastly different from a general company page. A social site is different from a streaming video site. Identify what you want first then find out who the best of breed is.
Yes and yes. I think whiteboards are an extremely valuable (cheap too) resource for almost any organization. The ability to quickly brainstorm, diagram and model ideas is unmatched. In a few minutes you can convey from a tiny idea or concept an entire story or explain sophisticated concepts to an audience. If it can’t be whiteboarded then it is probably too complicated to execute.
If you want people to remember your domain name and type it into the browser than you really need the .com extension. You have to market the hell out of .net or any other type of domain for people to remember it. They might remember your domain name but forget the extension and will likely try .com. If you don't own it because somebody else does you are sending traffic you worked for to them. Most people will shrug it off and forget about your site or worse become engaged in their site leaving your long forgotten. Try to come up with a different name or a multi-word domain to get that .com. The domains are out there, you just have to be creative.
I think a critical question to ask yourself is 'why do I choose to go at it alone'? As you venture forward the skills necessary to succeed will increase both in depth and in scope. Being your own lawyer, accountant, marketer, engineer, designer, PR, advertising, support, HR ... will be very challenging. Having that trusted partner to balance the load and give a sanity check is important.