robwgibbons

This isn't a net neutrality issue. But it certainly is a "cheap shot" by Apple, just like forcing app store developers to use a Mac to develop for the iPhone. Using their position to further their position.

It's just an image of a car for me.

I love Reddit, but I've never thought it was a good design.

You'll be waiting a pretty long time.

This is what we did for our startup. Started with 2 people, added a third later. 1/3 profit sharing, but only the original 2 founders have voting rights.

This article lost me when it called JavaScript awkward and obtuse. Sounds to me like they have little experience with JavaScript.

More like "random enough." Quantum fluctuations are not necessarily random. We just don't have the technology to understand the forces and processes which influence their fluctuations. Randomness is a human concept I don't believe truly exists in nature.

Django is the Rails of Python.

I don't mean to be a downer, but I think most people prefer to phyically test mattresses before making a purchase.

I use http://ajaxWhois.com for my domain name searches.

$1.99 seems to only cover .INFO domains, $8.99 for .COM domains.

Bootstrapping has some inherent disadvantages: you're working to pay the rent at the same time you're trying to build a successful product, so you have less time to accomplish what you really want to do, and less financial resources overall.

But if you can overcome these obstacles using proper time management, project scheduling and keeping fixed costs to a minimum, you'll end up with significantly greater equity and fewer fingers in your proverbial pie, in contrast to giving up equity and answering to your investors, however useful their input may be.

Bootstrapping a startup requires you have a real-world business model which actually generates revenue, which is more than many investor-backed companies can say. However, a profitable model is not necessarily a sustainable one. You could fill your schedule with client-contracted work and pay the monthly overhead and maybe yourselves too, but it's not the most sustainable long-term business strategy (unless you really want to be doing this forever.)

So you contract/consult to pay the bills, at the same time devoting a reasonable portion of your time to building your own products and looking for your "homerun."

Sovereign Bank has no minimum balance or monthly fees on basic business checking accounts.

The first thought that comes to mind is, if you're re-creating something your company uses in-house, you need to watch out for IP infringement.

I won't lie to you, I built a business with no higher education, and have never regretted my choice. If you're a talented hacker, you love what you do, and you think you have what it takes, I recommend you go for it.

The fact is, you can always go back to college if you fail, and you can always do a startup later in life, but you'll never get your youth back. So you need to choose the path into which you'll be pouring those precious years.

Starting a company is a great alternative to college, but don't expect it to be an "easier" path. You're going to have to learn just as much, and on your own to boot.

The rewards are there, if you work hard. But the final decision is yours, and is largely dependent on what you want to do.

I understand your motivation for requiring a Facebook login, but I want you to know that it immediately turned me away from your service, which sounds like it could be really cool.

You might be interested in the FON open wifi community.

Our team can attest to these estimates. Visual layout and design is by and large the most time consuming part of building a website. Code is easy once you know what you're doing.

I disagree that Django is lacking in quality, and I maintain that Python itself is one of the best things about Django.

I have experience with both Rails and Django. After careful deliberation, we chose to use Django over Rails in part because of Python and its extremely diverse community. Ruby on Rails is a cutting-edge framework, but the Python community was what really convinced us to use Django.

If you are a company that makes apps, you should trademark those apps under your company's name. That's the most obvious and elegant way to do things.

If you're looking to separate a specific app from your company, whether to branch it out as a second company, to separate assets or to sell it off entirely, I would incorporate the app and trademark under that entity.

The advantage of the first is its simplicity. A disadvantage would be, like chc said, if you're sued, all of your eggs are in one basket of liability.

The advantage of the second would be legally separated liability. The disadvantage is paperwork and fees.

We use a simple Scrum model at our web development startup. I say "simple" because we don't stick to every little detail you've read about Scrum, we just use the major concepts, which are largely based on common sense in the first place. It's worked out well for us and our clients.

Most importantly, congratulations on getting your product up and running, it takes dedication and work. But I also agree with some of the other comments, in that I am not personally inclined to spend time rating things.

Awesome idea, I wonder why it hasn't been thought of before. One obstacle, however, would be the users whose browsers don't support the video.

Crap. How can I host my own?

I use and recommend Webfaction.

A possible route would be hosting your own dedicated server.

This reads like an Onion article.