joe-mccann

dillinger.io

Dillinger is also 100% open source:

github.com/joemccann/dillinger

A 6 hour project I put together including porting bootstrap to Stylus.

It's a web based markdown editor for proper WebKits at the moment.

TL;DR - Do it for the love not the money.

Or you make $120k, but take home $95k. Then it's about the same.

Now factor in cost of living. The $$ in your pocket is higher. If you more concerned with the nominal/gross dollar amount as opposed to net income, I feel you are looking at the wrong metric.

$140k in NYC (this is a common salary/comp) $120k in Austin (this is a common salary/comp)

Nominal dollar amounts, yes, $20k is dollar for dollar, less. But now, factor in your taxes (NY State tax, Kings County, etc.) That $140k is now significantly less. Factor in cost of living being TWICE as much (literally, my rent per sq ft was more than twice what it was in Austin). You now are TAKING HOME less money.

So when I said net income, that's what I meant. If you're more concerned with a higher salary and less net income, then, well good luck to ya. I prefer to have more $$ in my pocket after it's all said and done.

Also, other reasons Austin may be attractive to potential candidates:

1.) No state income tax. This is huge. If you make $140k a year in SF, you take home significantly less than you do in Texas. Also, there is no "city tax" like SF has.

2.) Cost of living is HALF, that's right, HALF of SF. Beautiful homes or urban condos are available and priced well below what you would spend buying OR renting in SF.

1 + 2 = lots of $$ in your pocket.

Not to mention the fact that Austin is arguably the hippest city in the country from a growth perspective. With events like ACL and SXSW (plus the thousands of live music shows throughout the rest of the year), the creative arts scene is flourishing.

Finally, the weather. It was 86 degrees, no humidity on December 19th last year. And yes, it is HOT in the summer, but with all that extra cash, you can go live in Europe for a few months to beat the heat.

"Consulting is like selling crack, if you want to be a founder of a startup - so go work for a startup."

should be the title. As an independent consultant I can only laugh at fallacies ridden in this article as if it applies to consulting in general.

"You get used to spending whatever you want on hardware, furniture, tools, and being fairly loose with your money...You get used to making that much money personally...bad habits, blah blah"

Give me a break. Proper personal finance is almost always relative to your income. If you make $250k/year or $50k/year it is still your responsibility to be responsible with your money. If you buy a $1M condo on a $250k/year salary and drive a Maserati, yes, you may have issues as a FOUNDER of a startup with no $$, but maybe you should have thought about investing or even saving (gasp) your money for padding when you started your startup. Common sense.

1) No state income tax. Read that again. 2) Cost of living is at least HALF of SF/SV/NYC 3) Real estate is actually affordable, even close in.

Now, I know there is the argument for needing to be in SF/SV for startups and tech, but Austin is a hotbed of tech activity and with more and more companies allowing remote work, it's worth a shot.

Growth is not tied simply to the US market either. Android usage is exploding worldwide specifically with cheap handsets in huge countries such as those in SE Asia.

So Gruber, blinded by his own fanaticism, actually thinks Verizon's iPhone offering is going to compete with 50+ OEMs' adoption and usage of Android? I think not.

Current valuation on SecondMarket = $50 billion

$50 billion/$1.6 Billion = a 31.25 multiple.

5 to 10 times revenues seems to be a reasonable way to value startups/private companies nowadays (for the most part). But a multiple of 31.25? Wow.

http://poladroid.me (private beta)

Easter egg on the site.

The Apple fanboys are clinging to desperate tactics when they x-promote garbage like this.

Of course, take statements out of context from Google I/O and match them up with something to the narrative you are trying to portray: Google as a liar and a cheat.

How about Google having some authority on a marketplace THEY host or services THEY offer? Yeah that is totally unreasonable, right?

And yes, you CAN choose to download and install apps from anywhere and you can build your own services and dump them on your devices. So that is a closed system?

Shameful and pathetic...the desperation is deafening...

git push master heroku

is reason enough to give it a shot.

Joyent may be another option...

Was actually incredibly easy to do. I'm sure there are loads more out there.

Phonegap, FTW.

So all theories and ideas of why the run up and why the subsequent sell off are essentially wrong. When a stock can only go in one direction, then it can only go in that direction.