chadkruse
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Comment · 9 years ago
Who is going to be the first to submit the Pull Request? :)
Comment · 9 years ago
Took a deep dive yesterday comparing a few tagging/classification algorithms to the Google Cloud Natural Language and AWS Comprehend APIs, and I have to say I'm impressed.
I've been searching for the right tool to try to add tagging to a large dataset of charitable data, and while I couldn't find anything off the shelf at Algorithmia, the GUI allows for easy forking and adjustment of existing algorithms. As a primarily front-end developer, never thought machine learning would be this accessible. Great work!
Comment · 10 years ago
You might be able to pull off the payments side using cryptocurrencies. Check out the CharityCoin directory for Bitcoin addresses: https://github.com/charitycoin/directory. You also might want to check in with the Stellar folks (http://slack.stellar.org/). They're working on some cool international projects dealing with financial inclusion, though there's a good chance you'll have to build the necessary connections to the Stellar network yourself.
Comment · 10 years ago
@pc - curious if you have plans to integrate ACH into your Checkout product. Seems like an incredibly difficult UX problem, but I'm sure your folks are up to the challenge :)
Comment · 11 years ago
+1 for Github Pages and Mailchimp (or even TinyLetter). If you're looking for pre-built themes, my go-to source is http://html5up.net/.
Good luck!
Comment · 11 years ago
If Chrome, you may be thinking about HackerNew: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlnd...
Comment · 11 years ago
Good start. Couple of quick thoughts:
I agree with others the look and feel can be improved. A great solution to that problem is the open source project JSONResume [0] and its brother-from-another-mother HackMyResume [1].
The exercise of entering your information as structured data may be beneficial in itself (both projects run off a JSON file), as the schema forces you to adopt generally accepted best practices (e.g. each job should contain a short intro summary with a few bullet points to showcase accomplishments/highlights). The primary benefit is it gives you access to dozens of well designed templates, many geared towards recent CS grads.
Good luck!
Comment · 11 years ago
This is a fantastic idea @trevyn, love it! Reminds me a bit of the Awesome Foundation [0], a community of independent chapters around the world that give $1k to interesting people and projects with absolutely no strings attached. No tax breaks, no catches, some people just want to sponsor cool stuff. Good on you!
Comment · 11 years ago
HashtagCharity is a good source of dev-centric volunteer opportunities (https://hashtagcharity.org/).
If you don't mind wading through non-tech opportunities, you might get lucky at Reddit /r/nonprofitprojects (https://www.reddit.com/r/nonprofitprojects), Idealist (http://www.idealist.org), or VolunteerMatch (http://www.volunteermatch.org/).
If you want to focus on helping early stage, tech-driven nonprofits, I'd recommend searching through the portfolios of Fast Forward (a nonprofit accelerator) and the YC nonprofit program and reach out directly to any nonprofits you find interesting. Fast Forward: http://www.ffwd.org/tech-nonprofits/. YC Nonprofits: https://github.com/smartergiving/open-data/blob/master/v0/fu...
Personally though, I've found getting to know a local nonprofit can be most rewarding. In my experience, almost all nonprofits can use a soundboard for general web development...feedback on an agency's statement of work, integrating 3rd party donate buttons, assessing new CMS's, etc. If you have the time to do the work yourself, all the better.
Good luck!
Comment · 11 years ago
YC-funded Kimono Labs might have the SEC API covered:
http://blog.kimonolabs.com/2015/04/27/unlock-sec-data-sec-ap...
Comment · 11 years ago
In case anyone happens upon this in the future, I was missing one:
W15 SIRUM
Comment · 11 years ago
The short story is you're likely looking for a payroll provider that offers an "internationally-based employee" feature, but (correct if I'm wrong payroll SaaS service providers!) I can't think of one that does. A few offer a US-based employer / different state employee offering, but with a foreign employee you need a highly specialized offering. Insurance is a whole other story, but easier...just give them a stipend for their local insurance rates (if any).
This may sound ridiculous, but Basecamp (formerly 37Signals) has likely had this problem in the past/present, so consider just reaching out and asking them. In the past I've contacted [insert name you know here] with a very specific, quick-answer type question a few times and they've been super responsive and awesome.
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