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dawilster

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Aussie Developer. My latest project http://poly.chat

Twitter: https://twitter.com/willports Github: https://github.com/dawilster

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dawilster··on Ask HN: I'm a solopreneur and I feel demoralised
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg gives incredible insight into how to build habits. I highly recommend it.
dawilster··on Software development and screen readers at 450 words per minute
Totally should have The Matrix screensaver playing at all times.
dawilster··on Show HN: Poly – Universal chat app. Speak in 60+ languages. Translated instantly
I'm aiming to get the backend open sourced in a week or two so keep posted! I just wanted to get something out there in the mean time.
dawilster··on 3.5% of Android phone clocks are wrong by more than an hour
It's Candy Crush's fault.
dawilster··on Ask HN: Any Aussie Startups looking for an intern?
Alright thanks, I'll look into them.
dawilster··on Ask HN: Any Aussie Startups looking for an intern?
That's true, but I've coded away in my bedroom before and it can get quite lonely. If I can't find anything I'll definitely be doing that though.

I'll also be graduating next year and would really appreciate the experience of working with a team.

dawilster··on Google Search Terms Can Predict the Stock Market
I was thinking of something very similar the other day but in regards to bitcoins. They are very volatile at this stage and whenever they're in the public eye they either seem to increase or decrease in value. Perhaps somebody could perform a study as to a relation between the volume of bitcoin related search terms and it's market value.
dawilster··on 2nd year Comp Sci student that just now figured out I have ADD
Thank you so much for the overwelming response from the HN community. I will now spend the night going over all your responses. I'm going to book a counselling session through my university and hopefully they can give me some advice as to where to go from here.

Thanks so much

dawilster··on Show HN: Hammer is a web development tool for designers and developers
I haven't used Hammer yet but I just have to commend you on the design of your website. Looks great and is really easy to use.

Best of luck!

dawilster··on I predict Spotify will release a mp3 player within 2 years
Hmm, you may be right but how long is it until an offline spotify optimised device is released. I could easily see on of these things popping up on kickstarter.
dawilster··on Wireless Arduino Powered Chess
Imagine the potiental, using an iphone or android to connect users from around the world to a seemingly physical chess match. As a chess lover I think this is amazing
dawilster··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2013)
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SEEKING WORK - Based in Melbourne, Australia

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William Porter

Email: william[at]psdtobootstrap[dot]com

Website: psdtobootstrap.com

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Front End Developer

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Specializing in the conversion of PSD's into HTML that utilizes the Twitter bootstrap framework.

dawilster··on Ask HN: How do I convert a PSD design to Android xml?
Thanks! I will.
dawilster··on Ask HN: How do I convert a PSD design to Android xml?
Hey,

Thanks for the reply, I gave the wrong idea with the word convert I mean't manually code but I can't seem to find many online resources that go into detail about going from a photoshop design to a coded user interface.

dawilster··on Samsung Pays Apple $1 Billion Sending 30 Trucks Full of 5 Cents Coins
Haha I know right.
dawilster··on Samsung Pays Apple $1 Billion Sending 30 Trucks Full of 5 Cents Coins
I think this is going to turn out to be a hoax
dawilster··on Show HN: Blogging for hackers using gist
Thanks for the heads up.

I noticed your trying to read ruby files, goroya reads files using the markdown syntax so if you want code to be displayed properly the first line needs to start with '>'

dawilster··on Just launched hotstagram.com, getting over 500 ratings a second
Should integrate with the face.com API and you might find some funny corolations between ratings and certain characteristics detected by the API.
dawilster··on Is there a server admin guide for noobs?
Thanks for this!

Running from a local machine is going to be really helpful.

dawilster··on Is there a server admin guide for noobs?
Hi,

Essentially getting apache up and running and actually understanding the commands I'm using, other things are ssh, setting up FTP and another thing that daunts me incredibly is setting up the virtual host, I find it so easy to break things when I don't know what I'm doing.

There are probably a couple things I missed out on but a noob to ninja type ebook would be great.

Thanks a lot

dawilster··on Ask HN: In terms of employability python or ruby?
Sweet as, thanks for the advice.
dawilster··on Need meaningful gift ideas?
Its great to see aussie startups on hn, i wish you guys the best of luck and ill give you guys a shoutout on twitter @ozstartups when i get up.
dawilster··on 15-Year-Old's App Turns iPad Into A Windows-like OS
Theres a great app just like this on android already called Overskreen should check it out.
dawilster··on Buy Stocks on Facebook With Your Credit Card
Is this only for us residents?
dawilster··on Thinking Machine 4 (visualized chess computer move analysis)
how many moves is it trying to think ahead?
dawilster··on Why is YouTube's top videos list so broken?
This is so right, I've seen YouTube top videos deteriorate a little bit more every update.
dawilster··on [dead]
Looks like a bad yahoo answers clone
dawilster··on Pen.io is Hiring Remote PHP Devs
I would love to apply but sadly uni has eaten all my time up but good luck in your search.
dawilster··on [dead]
thanks for that, I was thinking that originally I guess I should of Googled it first.
dawilster··on [dead]
Thanks so much for the kind words I really appreciate it.
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