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andrewkkirk

22 karma · joined April 11, 2011

Entrepreneurial-Minded Marketer.

Spending fulltime learning to program > http://andrewkkirk.com

Previously founded content marketing agency, Face The Buzz > http://facethebuzz.

http://twitter.com/andrewkkirk

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andrewkkirk··on US employee 'outsourced job to China'
It was wrong to subvert security protocols, but this employee was genius if he could spend 1/5 of salary to outsource his job with no one noticing any change in the level of the code being delivered.

There are literally hundreds of companies that should hire this individual to manage an entire team of outsourced developers.

andrewkkirk··on Impress.js presentation tool
Cool technology, but not what I really want to see as an audience member.

The 3D, transitions, and movement make me too cognizant of technology involved in the presentation, which serves to detract from the presentation content.

andrewkkirk··on Lorem Pixel
Twitter Bootstrap recently Replaced Placehold.it with Holder.js, a client-side and retina-ready placeholder image tool.
andrewkkirk··on Show HN: Glance - Dashboard for Monitoring Personalized Data
Reminds of Leftronic (https://www.leftronic.com/)
andrewkkirk··on How I Got Unbanned from Hacker News
@MrDrone - I hear you. And it took me a while to frame the discussion (@PG's email was sent to me on Oct. 16 & post was created Dec. 5).

I wanted to share the experience, because it would be helpful to others and also uplifting that we can make personal connections on the web. However, I was not proud that I was once banned and I didn't want this post to generate backlash from the community at large.

Ultimately, I decided it was a story worth sharing.

andrewkkirk··on The Gmail app for iPhone and iPad: version 2.0
Is the Google+ integration as evident as the web client?

I really don't want the distraction of G+ inside my mobile clients.

andrewkkirk··on Ask HN: Do coding coaches exist?
@JackMorgan - what's the best way to contact you?
andrewkkirk··on Inside the Secret World of the Data Crunchers Who Helped Obama Win
Want a future in campaign management?

Cut your chops with an e-commerce company. While there learn big data, how to test, and read into behavioral economics, and you're set.

andrewkkirk··on 3 Dudes from Missouri Built a Product, Found Paying Customers, and Got Into YC
I'm sure you're glad you over-prepared for the interview process instead of the other way around.

BTW, this is most promising company I've heard of originating from Startup Weekend event, including Zaarly ($1.3M raised), specifically because they have great technology and business model.

andrewkkirk··on TED Talk: Ryan Merkley demos Popcorn
Perhaps my reaction was too broad and quick. The technology is amazingly and perhaps there could be interesting applications of it that I failed to consider.
andrewkkirk··on Show HN: My Responsive Design Development Setup
Thanks! I'm really enjoying the process of learning to program (Ruby) and documenting it.

I'd like to share my articles with the HN crowd, but not sure how they'd respond to noob developer concepts.

andrewkkirk··on The 5$ SaaS
Most of my paid SaaS plans are closer to the $9-$19 dollar per month range.

Examples: Freshbooks, HootSuite, MailChimp, KISSmetrics, Dropbox

andrewkkirk··on Developers: Earn Equity for Your Code at SF-Based Late Labs
Why do you Late Labs to facilitate developers working on "ideas"?

Developers have too much opportunity to work on the "next great thing" in exchange for equity.

andrewkkirk··on Show HN: My Responsive Design Development Setup
Looks like a smart, efficient way to monitor responsive design.
andrewkkirk··on TED Talk: Ryan Merkley demos Popcorn
Agreed. This technology looks amazing and sweeps you away.

But, when I think about the implementation, I cringe. I don't want video with more info popping-up.

TV is not better because there is a running feed of "breaking news" or a running stock ticker. In the same regard, I don't more info popping up during video.

andrewkkirk··on Show HN: A simple lightweight CSS grid, not a bloated framework
What's the advantage of using this grid system, instead of a framework that contains this functionality and more (such as Twitter Bootstrap or Skeleton)?
andrewkkirk··on Hacker News Data Analysis
Thanks to these metrics, I've cracked the HN code:

We should always publish our content on paulgraham.com

That's the takeaway of these metrics, right?

andrewkkirk··on [dead]
"Correlation does not imply causation"

Yes, need problems in order to have innovative problems. With this theory, third world nations with the worst infrastructure would be booming with innovation.

There is so much more required than problems. America drives innovation because of many factors, including standard of living, capitalistic markets, freedom of choice, and access to educational opportunities.