MPiccinato

I have had one of mine up for a little while now.

Faveone - http://faveone.com - A this or that site which is fun to waste some time on :)

My other side project I have been hacking at for a while now is Had That Beer, http://www.hadthatbeer.com It is a beer check list app

Not up yet, but it is getting there :)

Today I was deciding how I would store/access user settings for an app that I am working on. I need a way to write pseudo code in the shower.

Code Complete is a great read. It will help you out a great deal no matter which language you choose.

Rick, awesome job on the site! I am not a homebrewer but I know plenty that would love this. The design is great for a first release and as you get feedback it will definitely improve.

Out of curiosity what kind of turn around time would you expect for someone to build your app?

Awesome to hear this. I am on Forrst daily and find it to be a great community.

Great write up and nice execution on the idea. I was addicted for a little bit. Also it is cool to see how your app is setup and deployed.

These are great to go through as a first time Objective-C/iOS developer and help tremendously. They can also leave you scratching your head a bit as they encourage you to explore and find out a lot on your own. If you watch these, make sure to do the assignments.

Had That Beer http://www.hadthatbeer.com

Plan on launching it into a private beta this month.

That was an interesting article. I was completely unaware how many major brands use a similar color.

I used JanRain for about 9 months, first using their basic and then upgraded to their paid $10 account. The service was great, and I didn't experience any issues with them. I would recommend them if you want to get something up fast.

I moved away from them because I wanted to use it in a Facebook application to generate user accounts on the site but this wasn't possible without upgrading further. Also, 99% of my users came from Facebook or Twitter and I just didn't need the other options.

A month is quite the honeymoon :)

Cinque Terre in Italy isn't crazy but would be relaxing and offers some awesome hiking, but it can be pretty much done in a day.

One of the trails between the towns has the lovers lock, http://www.travelsignposts.com/Italy/wp-content/uploads/2010... which could be a special place to go.

I have been using RPX on my site to allow users to login through Facebook and Twitter. This is where a majority of my sign ups come from. It really depends on what type of site you have.

I don't get many return users from it but I do get some extra information which is useful in my case for statistics.

I am currently moving away from RPX in favor of using the services for Facebook and Twitter directly so I can do more with the user and with the data.

Definitely stop by and see Steve if you can, great guy to talk to.

flickr, freshbooks and github

I am MPiccinato on there.

Check out NUnit. Rhino Mocks is also good for mocking.

Are you using Webforms or MVC? Just out of curiosity.

This is a cool idea. Would be awesome if combined with something like Olark.com and those feedback tabs from other sites. Might be a bit much in one bubble but it could be done well I think.

This helped me get an idea for what I should charge, http://freelanceswitch.com/rates/

Of course a lot of different factors go into what you feel you are worth. I found it best to be flexible with my hourly rate based on the type of work that is to be expected.

An example is if another developer comes to me looking for an extra hand on a project to knock out some code and I don't have to manage the project in anyway, I charge a lower hourly rate than if a business owner said they have an idea and wanted to start from scratch.

Nice and useful, thanks

On a page where you see a "this or that" or on the create page?

And I will second that, Startup Weekend Detroit 2009 turned me off from the event quite a bit, but I still met some good people.

Developers, designers and marketers made up the majority. There were even some lawyers and non-techies.

I am not sure how they are out in your area but I have attended two here in Michigan; one in Ann Arbor and one in Detroit. The event can be hit or miss in terms of actually starting a start up but it is a great networking event for finding like minded individuals. Both times I have come away happy with how my time was spent.

From what I can find it looks like it was launched back in 2006. Found this from the wikipedia entry for Y Combinator, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Combinator. See reference 9 at the bottom.

I noticed this on a friends iPad also, it seems that the first touch is the Hover event and the next touch is the actual Click event.

edit: I am working on a mobile version of the site.

I will second this one. It has some good articles.

Thanks for looking at it. I have had that suggestion a few times. The reason I haven't change it to that is because I want the user to see the results on the page. I have played around a bit with a way to display previous vote results but haven't been happy with any of them yet.

I will get random companies or strange sites following me if I have tweeted a keyword that they monitor.

Cool concept. My wife and I are wanting to start planting our own vegetables.