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Great idea! Why don't people use Google Web Designer: https://www.google.com/webdesigner/? It's just like Macaw

Awesome! I have started working on a food subscription service as well! Curious Chocolate: http://curiouschocolate.com. I would suggest maybe building out your site to be more than just a small landing page. Good luck!

Twitter is an interesting contender but it doesn't have the stickiness that teens really want. Many teens tell me that they don't see a use for Twitter, so it should be interesting to see what happens.

Where are you located? If you live in the Silicon Valley or you wouldn't mind moving there, contact me (my email is in my profile). I would love to chat.

I would love to see some of the projects!

I enjoy martial arts and tennis. I guess I don't have many other hobbies...

First, let me just tell you, you are not the only one. When I had my first panic attack, I got very scared and everything just hit me like a train. Anxiety, worry, strange pains and the worse, sleepless nights. I panicked about not being able to sleep and therefore I wasn't able to sleep. I know exactly how you are feeling, after a few weeks of almost no sleep, I thought I had lost it and I was in too deep and that it would never end. Let me just assure you that this isn't permanent and that you can change a lot but you have to put your mind to it.

Let me tell you what helped me: Questioning and Thinking, I will explain. Because of the panic/anxiety I had especially when I was laying in bed, trying to fall asleep, I also had a phobia of my bedroom and sleeping (this of course made it worse). I would lay in bed feeling miserable and not understand why my body wasn't letting me rest and why this was happening to me. I would lay there scared and all I thought about was that it would never end and this was permanent. But with the help of counseling and just experiencing the symptoms enough, something in my thoughts changed and I started questioning: "what's the worst that can happen? This can't kill me. If I don't fall asleep, I may not feel great but nothing bad can really happen." And with that, I slowly started to get more and more comfortable and having better sleep. Some nights are better than others and when they aren't great, it's not permanent. Get your head out of thinking in patterns, if you can't fall asleep, get up and read a book, get away from your bed, do something and tell yourself that you will fall asleep but if you don't, it's not a big deal.

Although I did use medication, try to go the natural route first. And try distraction as well, as others have mentioned, there is some great meditation and other kinds of music you can listen to to help you sleep. Just Tell yourself that it doesn't matter if you fall asleep or not. Understand that your body and mind know what to do and that they will do what is right. When you get the pains, once again, tell yourself that it may be uncomfortable but it is not permanent, it can't kill you and it doesn't have to keep you from sleeping.

Stay positive and remember that everything will be great. My email is in my profile and I would love to answer any more questions you have.

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Interesting, thanks for the insight. Zapier is still limited and therefore shouldn't be seen as a replacement for Rails and the like.

I imagine it would be hard to have an agent that can keep a steady flow of work coming in since 1) the agent would most likely want to have multiple developers (that just turns into a Matchist type service) and 2) constant communication would be needed. I have a thought of running a service that finds projects and deals with the actual clients but never really got much interest from others.

Try http://Matchist.com. Also, is there no service that allows you to hire a project recruiter type person?

Would love to hear more about your startup. Could you provide a link as well? Thanks.

I think, then, that may be your best route.

Others may disagree with this but have you considered getting a cofounder?

Yes, I would be happy to help.

This should help: https://twitter.com/Scobleizer/most-influential-in-tech

I would love to help you with PR. Can you give me an email address so I can contact you directly?

Clickable: http://commoso.com

My recommendation is Chezz JJ: http://chezjj.com

If you are looking for really cheap, you can check here: https://www.airbnb.com/s/San-Francisco--CA?price_max=30

Great! What's the best way to get in contact with you?

Would love to talk more, what's your email?

Yes. I got my first one in March of this year, I felt like I was going to die. Thankfully my girlfriend was there to help me through it. After that, they continued happening and felt like they were random but they really aren't. You need to learn what exactly is causing them and learn how to keep stress out of your life. I completely eliminated caffeine and changed my diet (working on getting refined sugar out). You have to find what works for you and I definitely recommend seeing a psychiatrist/psychologist. You have done a good job by reaching out to this community, that's a huge step that many won't take.

Also, look into meditation and Ayurvedic medicine. Since it feels like dying and it is scary, read some buddhist writings on death and afterlife, it might change your perspective. Also, I tried an ayurvedic diet and could say it did somewhat help me but I do know people who had panic attacks, restlessness, anxiety, etc and they started following it and slowly, the attacks went away. Get more info here: http://www.chopra.com/community/online-library/tips/vata-dos...

Personally, I have just been very patient with it (you need to be patient with your body) and have tried to make it a learning experience. It's very hard to do but you just need to keep trying and once you have them, you learn that "oh yeah! This is a panic attack" and so you already know what's coming and how to stay calm. Our brain is very plastic and can be molded, it just needs time to learn. If you work at it, try to make it an eye opening experience and tell yourself that it is just temporary, because it is, then your panic attacks will go away.

One more piece of advice: Don't live with the fear of having another panic attack. I did and that's what caused me to have even more. I know it's hard to do but in actuality, it's a downward spiral. You fear having a panic attack and then you have another one and then once it goes away, you continue to fear having another one and then you have another one (you get what I mean). You know the saying by FDR: "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

Stay positive. Stay clear-minded. Get enough sleep. Make it a learning experience.

My email is in my profile, please reach out if you want someone to talk to.

There was a point where I was so miserable that I was considering transferring schools because I didn't like any of the people I went to school with. The great teachers and my girlfriend were what helped me stay sane. To be honest, look elsewhere. Find friends who are programmers and into startups, you will find that they are much more interesting and mature.

My experience with friends who moved away really resulted in us attempting to communicate a lot online. For friends that I had very strong bonds with, we would try to stay in touch any way we could and attempt to visit each other. Friends who were just ok, eventually, we just slowly stopped talking as often. You just have to accept it and move on.

Yes, most of my friends are in my area. I communicate with them online/text and we try to set up things to do (even if it's just grabbing some lunch).

I struggled with this early on. When I was in high school, I went to a college program and realized all my friends sucked, I wanted to have friends who would actually talk about important things not alcohol or parties, so I left them and started looking for better friends.

As I got older, I looked for and found great friends outside of school, friends I made through tech meetups and my job (friends of friends as well). I now have about 10 close friends who I try to talk to at least once a week and schedule some sort of way to get together. I have a few friends with whom I go out to eat with at least once a month and others who I try to go to meet ups/events with.

If you are looking for friends in your area, I would suggest using http://atthepool.com and http://highlig.ht. You can meet some cool people that way.

Once you find a couple awesome friends, schedule dinner or lunch with them on the first/last day of every month, that way you have something to look forward to and you know for sure that you will see your friends at least once a month.

Hope this helps!

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Email is in my profile.

The best way: 1)Control click 2)Inspect Element

Also, http://cs75.tv/

Congratulations! A way to get rid of anxiety is to meet people your age and have activities outside of work. Shoot me an email(in my profile) when you are in the Bay Area and we can meet up.

You are right, it is called being normal. If you look at the Ayurvedic lifestyle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda), then you will understand that our body is always looking for equilibrium. So when something is out of balance (hanging out too long, drinking, partying), you need to bring it back in to balance (going home, resting, having personal time). It's quite a fascinating ideology.

I really want to keep this event small and personal, this isn't a generic hiring event. Nevertheless, you are in LA, so that's completely understandable.

I am running an iOS hiring event on Thursday, would love it if you joined: http://iosdcsf.eventbrite.com

If you can't make this one, no problem, there will be more. Good luck!