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doortyon Amazon’s Ring now reportedly partners with 2k US police and fire departments

Great. You can share your security footage with your neighbors on Ring, but when I see footage in my neighborhood I always hope local law enforcement is also informed.

doortyon Google Search Upgrades Make It Harder for Websites to Win Traffic

I've become more disillusioned with search results over the years. In the earlier days of the web, It used to be you'd fine useful answers from thoughtful people. Now you find long winded SEO articles filled with adverts. I mean 10 pages of content for a simple recipe.

doortyon iOS 14 will let you change your default email and web browser apps

And Maps? And Calendar?

doortyon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2020)

  Location: Los Angeles, CA
  Remote: Remote till Covid?
  Willing to relocate: No (unless Culver City, Santa Monica, West Hollywood, etc)
  Technologies: Front End Developer. So JavaScript, HTML5, Angular, React, etc. I can do full stack with NodeJS. I've also created several hybrid mobile apps. And I have a M.S. Computer Science and about 10 years of professional experience. 
  Résumé/CV:https://www.linkedin.com/in/doorty/
  Email: brent (is At) doorty dot com

doortyon The software industry's greatest sin: hiring

Yes, it's the reason I'm not currently employed in the software industry. After a decade of being a professional developer, I decided to start building physical things and learning other maker skill sets. Whenever I need some extra income I start looking at software jobs, but I'm not able to think clearly during these sort of test situations, and they don't usually go well. I've built so many things from software products and businesses from scratch and could do so again, but it just makes me bitter to even subject myself to this initiation. I would be much happier (and companies would have more diverse candidates) if a resume and past experience did the talking like other professions.

doortyon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2020)

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: JavaScript, UI, UX. Web. Mobile. Maker. 10+ years experience. MS Computer Science.

Résumé/CV: http://linkedin.com/in/doorty

Email: brent()doorty.com

doortyon How Carets Runs a Direct-to-Consumer Shoe Business

Me. It's hard to find attractive shoes, especially dress shoes with a barefoot feel.

doortyon The case for working with your hands (2009)

Any chance you all are hiring? I'd love to get paid to do this full time.

doortyon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2019)

Location: Los Angeles, Culver City, etc.

Resume/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doorty/

I'm your middle man between business and tech and product. I've been a professional developer for 10 years. I've been a manager and solutions architect for 6. I've been an entrepreneur for as long as I can remember. And I have an advanced degree in human-computer interaction.

Email: brent (at) doorty -dot- com

doortyon Map of Proposed US Time Zone Changes

Tldr; Allows California to set the standard time to year-round daylight saving time if federal law authorizes the state to do so. Move from current PT (pacific time zone) to MT (mountain time zone) year-round

doortyon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2019)

Location: Los Angeles (Culver City, Downtown, Venice, Santa Monica)

Title: Solutions Architect and Senior JavaScript Developer

Resume: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doorty/

10+ years experience building mobile and web products from scratch. I've founded tech startups and lead engineering efforts at large companies. I have a MS Computer Science and can do full stack. However, I'm more of a design thinker and often focus on the presentation layer.

Email: brent at doorty dot com

doortyon The myth of the 'agricultural revolution'

I'm not buying this guy's long-winded "debunk." I think the book Sapiens does a better job at discussing the potential theories and the evidence to back it up.

doortyon INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY AND ITS FUTURE

Yea, he lacks compassion for human life. He also has a crazy idea that we wipe out advanced technology and civilization to start over. But it's not all twaddle. He has a logical argument that large-scale organizational technological progress leads to an inevitable dystopian future, and I would actually like to hear more discussion on that topic.

doortyon Cities with Uber Have Lower Rates of Ambulance Usage

They (uber/lyft) work well for my dog emergencies too.

doortyon Ask HN: What are the best resources to learn Product Design?

Cool site, but why are they showing ideas with negative (ineffective) results?

doortyon Invisible unicorns: Big companies that started with little or no money

TOMS Shoes is another bootstrapped company, though the founder had another company at the time to help the initial funding.

Interesting Tim Ferris interview on the podcast: https://tim.blog/2017/06/28/blake-mycoskie/

doortyon Jeff Bezos’ Annual Letter

But you also want the lowest price?

Multiple sellers compete on a product page to sell you the product by being the seller in the "buy "box"--the seller with the lowest price.

The alternative solution would be to only allow the product owner or licensed seller to sell the product, but that would require a LOT of manual labor for verification. But they will do this for big, important brands.

doortyon Navdy’s Heads-Up Display for your car starts shipping for $799

I thought it would be much bigger and projected onto the glass. Maybe my physics is off, but this form factor doesn't look that impressive.

doortyon Living in China’s Expanding Deserts

Guess climate change isn't a Chinese conspiracy after all*

*https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/26589529219124838...

doortyon Bitcoin Sinks After Hackers Steal $65M from Exchange

What I learned from the video: Ninety percent of Bitcoin is traded in Chinese currency. Because most of the trading is in China, the impact of the hackers is minimized and the value is stabilizing after dropping twenty percent.

doortyon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2016)

SEEKING WORK: REMOTE, U.S. Citizen, UK-based

Mobile web and cordova app developer. 6 years creating cross-platform mobile apps for large and small companies. 3 years creating beautiful, interactive HTML5 iPad apps. Specializing in Angular and Ionic. Recently taught a video course on Angular 2 & Ionic 2. Available with very reasonable rates.

Contact: brent[at]doorty[dot]com

LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/doorty

Github: http://github.com/doorty

Portfolio: http://portfolio.doorty.com

Course: http://Ionic2Tutorial.com

doortyon What If There Just Aren’t Enough Jobs to Go Around?

Side note: If college education was "free," it might encourage faster re-skilling and more "profitable" to society.

doortyon Salary Negotiations Study: Data from Tech Employees

Nothing unexpected, but interesting to see the comparison to other jobs

doortyon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2016)

SEEKING WORK - REMOTE - JavaScript & Mobile Dev: Angular / Angular 2, Ionic / Ionic 2, Cordova, iOS, Android

I specialize in MVP's and prototypes for mobile, and assistance with Ionic projects. Next availability in July.

Base rate is $100/h, initial consultations are free!

Contact: brent/at/doorty dot com

doortyon Top developers can have a life outside coding

I used to code 24/7, and have "startup" side projects back in college, but 8 years later, and I like having a life outside of work. It also makes me fresher and more motivated when I come to work.

doortyon Show HN: We Work Contract – London Web contract jobs with day rates

Any remote roles available?

I'm an American, currently in the UK time-zone. These JavaScript roles would be ideal if I could work remotely.

doortyon How good is your French accent?

That's a good idea to use speech recognition software to give feedback for foreign language leaners.

doortyon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2015)

Part time | US Citizen | 100% remote | JavaScript / AngularJS / Ionic / HTML5 | 15 years experience developing for the web

https://www.linkedin.com/in/doorty

@brentd49

http://portfolio.doorty.com/#portfolio (a bit out dated)

I was creating mobile web apps in San Francisco for 3 years. Now, I'm currently in Western Europe doing freelance/consulting in JavaScript land. I can be flexible on hours depending as needed.

brent & doorty.com

doortyon Why Free Markets Make Fools of Us

This assumes you know that they are deceiving you. If the company is successfully deceiving you, then you will not know it.