dirkdeman
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Comment · 14 years ago
Interesting concept. I'd opt for a slighty less colorful background, this one is a bit too trippy for my taste.
There is one thing that I would like to know before I'd sign up. Do you have any special access to A&R people? Can you guarantee that, if my music gets to the top of the list, it will be heard by record lable people?
Comment · 14 years ago
You learn by doing, reading tutorials on the internet, by asking questions on StackOverflow and by making mistakes. Start out small with some basic web hosting, or play around with a VPS. Get comfortable with using Linux. Or tinker around with Amazon Web Services (free for the first year!)But really, don't worry about scaling too much. You don't just start a big web app, even Facebook took a couple of years to get to a size where they had to worry about scaling.
Comment · 14 years ago
There was a show on the radio about BASIC programming, with programming samples. You'd have to record the show on a cassette tape, because the code was transmitted as audio output. You could do the excersise, and then check your code by playing the tape on your Commodore 64. I still think that was a pretty ingenious thing, sending code over the radio!
Ah, and the BBS'es of the early'90's... So much time wasted there!
Comment · 14 years ago
Why for heaven's sake is the new macbook pro €2279 when it's only $2199 in the US? It's a beautiful machine, and I'm used to some price differences between the US and Europe (USD = EUR, right, Apple?) but this is outrageous! That's almost 500 dolars more...
Comment · 14 years ago
As a PR and communications major I can help you with that. I can recommend these two books:
http://www.amazon.com/Influence-Psychology-Persuasion-Busine...
And
http://about.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=94...
Do keep in mind that PR is something different than marketing or advertisement. Those people running around, dropping names and 'generating spin'? That's just a very tiny part of PR. PR is about shaping the public opinion, not just one person's mind.
On a side note, I wrote my thesis on wartime propaganda. I found out that the strongest motivator for people to take action is fear. The fear of losing something, missing out, or a common enemy (think Apple-Android!) is very powerful.
On a second side note, I read another comment about lying. Lying isn't right of course, but there are several degrees of lying. And imagine if know how to sell a lie, how easy it would be to sell righteous truth...
Drop me a line if you need some help or advice. I'm by no means an expert on PR in Silicon Valley, but I know a thing or two about PR.
Comment · 14 years ago
Anything from Duke Ellington to CCR and from U2 to Top 40. When I'm "in the zone" progressive or trance work really well (Armin van Buuren, Deadmau5, or more dance oriented such as Mike Snow).
Comment · 14 years ago
I have one more itch to scratch: please let me pay with me debit/credit card! The other day a shipment from GLS arrived. This actually was the second shipment, because they claim I wasn't home when they tried the first time. Even thou i WAS home, sitting in the kitchen all afternoon to intercept the GLS guy so that he wouldn't wake up our little one...
When GlS came the second time I was at home. I just don't have a couple hundred bucks worth of cash in my pocket. I mean, come on! Cash only? Really GLS?
Comment · 14 years ago
I tried a couple of them and sticked with CodeIgniter. Sure it has some quirks, but it's powerful, easy to grasp, not bloated (hello, Zend!) and more than capable to satisfy your web dev needs. Plus it has a great community and lots of tutorials.
But really, my advice is to spend a day or two trying several of them out. Create a simple project with each of them (the ubiquitous blog for exampe) and see what works for you. Good luck!
Comment · 14 years ago
I know what you mean. A little while ago there was a thread about how many milions you'd had to have in order to be "rich". I tried to explain that richness does not equal money, but they didn't get me. It's the little things in life that make you happy, and I feel very fortunate for knowing this at my age (30's) instead of when I'm old.
Thank you for your post, because it's one of those little things that make my day!
Comment · 14 years ago
I've always used CI. I know a lot of people tend to look down on it, but it's easy to use and suited my needs. Can't you install both Yii and CI and decide which one you like best?
Comment · 14 years ago
I feel you man, I really do. I share your concerns over the major social networks, and I can see that you're really passionate about what you're doing and where you're going. I can see two major roadblocks, though: getting users to quit their Facebook, Twitter, Google+ or Path is HARD. You're running against some mighty big dogs, here. How are you going to convince users to switch?
The other roadblock is monetization. If you arent't going to sell your users data to advertisers, how are you going to make enough money to keep things going?
If you figure these things out, you're onto something. Let us know how things are working out, I know we all like to read about a coding guy with a crazy idea who lives in a beach cruiser!
Comment · 14 years ago
I used to, but shared hosting is less than 20 euros a year, a Decent VPS is use costs a little more: about 60 euros a year. For this kind of pocket change I can worry about other things than setting up and maintaining a web server. Doing it myself was a fun and good learning experience, though!
Comment · 14 years ago
Armin van Buren ft Adam Young - Youtopia
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