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It looks like everyone is assuming you are looking for an idea for a startup. You might want to be clear about that?

You can find problems to solve, or find things you or someone else are interested in. On some occasions, there is nothing wrong with looking at other people's ideas for inspiration. Even better if you can iterate their idea and make it better or find a different permutation of that idea.

Get feedback from friends, family, or intended audience.

I usually have hundreds of ideas at a time. If you ever have those moments just pick 10 to prototype out of 100 ideas and 1 to actually build.

PS. always write your ideas down somewhere

Thats a very very good pitch. Thanks for sharing I actually watched the whole thing and learned something

I usually follow people's top list. I like this one:

http://i.imgur.com/E3r6vSE.jpg

and this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/books/wiki/suggested

Most of these haven't become second nature yet, but I'm getting there. The hard part is having momentum and flow. But, generally, my day works out great if I can do all of this in a day.

1) Meditation

2) IFTTT that syncs trello and google calendar

3) Eating Healthier

4) Running

5) ABC: Always be coding

6) Talking to people who are really good at their domain

7) Sleeping: Flux helps

8) App that tracks how much time I spend on websites and apps

9) Pomodoro

10) Reading fiction from a good writer

11) Reading good blog posts

12) Having a lunch with different people

13) Finding people who just started programming who I can help out

14) Not having decision fatigue

I have more, but these are the main one

I have two questions for you.

How would you approach that for teens? Do you have any specific advice? I'm having trouble helping them find things to continuously motivate them to keep learning.

Wow, that is really wonderful. Really makes the city look more lively.

I really like the Trompe-L'oeil in Brussels, when I visited their once. They had famous characters like Tin-tin. It made the city express that it had culture, just even during the first glance.

Culture played a big role in Pokemon Go's success. This culture is shared with adults and children across multiple countries. It also has a touch of nostalgia, which is pretty potent.

That would be stellar. I've met some developers in my community who would be very interested in that

Yes the same company who made Ingress.

How about something more interesting like the Pokemon Go developer program or API ? Now that sounds more of a win-win.

Developers are interested, and gamers are interested in more features for Pokemon Go. Does anyone have the contemporary sales records for 3DS and Wii U?

I've seen people moving to different platforms. There seems to be always a platform replacing another platform. I have yet to see this with Facebook. It seems like the new Google Hangouts and their new messaging app (allo?) might be in the radar. But, at this point is it even possible to have a facebook replacement withing the next 3 years?

I hear ya! I'm ultimately going to go with the strategy that you've mentioned. NoSql+Sql with Google and just write my ORMs and wrappers. Thanks for the advice!

Anyone have a resource for mysql 5.6/5.7 about geoqueries and storing json? Also, resources about how people should build their table schema? It seems like what I've learn from school might be very different on how you should do it industry.

Yeah, I was thinking of using mysql+nosql. RethinkDb was my main choice, but I'd rather have someone take care of the backend for me like a DAAS, mostly to alleviate the pain of doing a project solo, but compose seems too expensive to use to prototype some ideas.

Unfortunately, I realized I shouldn't use ORMs.

Using a load balancer will be a complementary with #2

I went to Italy once and it opened my eyes on how I should have higher standards on what I eat, when I come back home

Edit: english

Looks great I'll check it out!

I've never done any project in Unity, AR, or VR. I was thinking I should try it out. I've never thought of thinking about it the way you suggested, which is using the gyroscope.

Do you often read blog posts? I think the only way I would manage to read 42 books in 6 months is if I stopped reading blog posts and programming resources. I'd like to know how you've manage to read 42 books

+1

I want to know the answer to this one as well.

I like this, it's really really cool.

I have some questions. Who puts content in your site? Who placed content in the site at the beginning, just yourself?

How did you learn how to host your own ads?

Btw, which office design do you like the most?

Really? Dropbox is the only company that I know of and when Dropbox started in Ycombinator they were already a two-man team? I'm really interested in knowing the other companies that were only funded as a single founder company

Hey, I'm glad you're business is doing great! Can you give me some tips about marketing when just starting out? From the first customer to the first thousand?

Great job man!

You've mentioned something about automating. Can you tell me more about it and which you've decided to not use?

As for competition, how do you specifically handle this?

Anyone notice that the sound and atmosphere contributes to their well-being?

One pain point I have with Chrome is that it eats all of my memory. I often get warnings about low memory. I don't use safari often, but I don't have this problem with Safari.

About your last point what is a reasonable timeline to get more offers and compare? I'm asking as I have some companies wanting to hire me, but I've been recently given a shot to interview with great companies.

>Large number of new hires

If they are hiring lots of people, count how many empty cubicles they have; sometimes it's a sign they've laid off lots of people recently

Yea I've done lots of interviews and some companies offered me a job on the start. I passed their interview because they've asked me generic questions that I've been asked numerous times.

Your point about getting interview experience from doing interviews is great advice!

I've noticed most companies posting jobs on StackOverflow have information which checkboxes they've checked in Joel's list.

I think it would be even better if there was another complementary list about culture and the company's motivation.

What you've mentioned crossed my mind during the trip. I agree that I should've done those beforehand