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Comment · 11 years ago
I've used a simple wordpress wiki theme called "KnowHow" for a lot of clients, if you're looking for an easy-on-the-eyes setup that's easy to maintain. I've used it for small business's sites and I've also used it to set up an internal KB for a nation-wide shoe retailer while working in their IT dept... with a couple tweaks and plugins you can setup some pretty decent workflows and approval steps for authoring.
Comment · 11 years ago
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Comment · 11 years ago
Do you have any other work in your portfolio -- perhaps showing some frontend work? Github is a little bare. We're an early-stage startup looking for a frontend dev to built out our prototype.
Comment · 11 years ago
It won't play at all. I'm using click to flash safari extension, and generally when there is any issue with the HTML5 player I'll right click and enable flash, but right click is disabled.

While the UI is fine for mobile/touch, it's not really optimized for desktop use.

It's an interesting idea though, do you have any plans for expansion on this?

Comment · 11 years ago
Video won't play at all on Safari 8.0.4, it gets caught up loading HTML5 player. Works fine on Chrome though.

Are all the video files hosted through YouTube? How would you handle pulling videos from two sources (YouTube + 2nd source)?

Comment · 11 years ago
It's under the individual founder's profiles.
Comment · 11 years ago
Taken from my recent YC app:

When I was a freshman in high school, I spent a lot of time building custom PCs for friend's parents to make some extra cash on the side. An issue I ran into early was I never budgeted for the cost of Windows XP Pro so I was left either telling them their order would cost an additional $200+ or use a hacked/stolen/whatever key. I decided that neither was the most opportune option. "The Art of Deception" by Kevin Mitnick was one of my favorite books at the time, and using some of the knowledge gained from that, I found a loophole in Microsofts phone-tree that allowed me access to a high-tier representative. I then came up with a few clever and elaborate scenarios and ended up receiving over $5000 worth of Windows XP Pro keys without ever paying a cent...or buying an initial copy for that matter.

Comment · 11 years ago
I've been having nightmares using oDesk as of late. Almost every job I post is 95% bots and when I try to bid on jobs it's difficult to cut through the noise when developers are working for $5-10/hr.

My biggest issue with oDesk though is the language barriers (on both client/freelancer sides). I really wish there would be more accountability for this...

Comment · 11 years ago
My thoughts exactly. That does seem crazy, especially if that $75k is in AUD, which is roughly $57,800 USD...
Comment · 11 years ago
What skills do you have? Possibly looking for an engineer/cofounder for a media/streaming startup out of the Chicago area.
Comment · 11 years ago
I'd stick with Wordpress. Find a template you like, it'll be worth the $40-60 to not have to constantly support a custom app for something like blogging.
Comment · 11 years ago
Could you describe a little more about what exactly you're looking for in a "community person"?

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