Yep. Mainly because I wanted to know if I was going to have to concentrate on reading the article to disect the 6 points. Found that they were actually listed, read them, and left.
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Something to think about: Diversify your holdings. A good 80% of what you have can milk a high rate from a savings account (domestic or foreign). 10% could be put in a couple of low-moderate risk ETFs/Mutual Funds (formed by companies that really arn't going anywhere, like healthcare), 5% into CDs or Bonds, and the remaining % in minerals (gold, silver).
When you start hearing good news (job market improving, ipos, companies returning healthy profits), you can start re-aligning your portfolio.
Best bet is to get in touch with a financial adviser.
If this side job is really teaching piano, you have the added bonus that music is really enlightening. You'll have time while you're teaching when you can just have some peaceful inspiration.
I moved out to the bay with $1k just a 1.5yr ago to find a job after college. I thought it was going to be awesome. Found a job at a great company, got to meet some really great people, learned a lot, but come to find out my wife is not coping well with the new location which is really consuming time and energy. I spent the early part of this year trying to figure this puzzle out, but ultimately it is what it is.
So at this moment, I need to break away from the destractions. Moving back home in late December to the midwest where I can live on a fraction of what it costs out here. I'll have a happy wife that will have the ability to buy a house for 80k and will be with her family/friends. I plan to do consulting (which I'm already starting to build relationships for) to earn money to live / bootstrap with, and I'll start working on a business away from the gamedev train.
If building something in the midwest that ultimately brings me back to silicon valley, oo-rah. But, in the end, a location isn't going to define me.
Very clean interface. Kudos to that. So far navigation feels great and is intuitive.
I like where you're going witht the medal system, though I would prefer if I could get a glimpse into what is required to earn medals. Some people, like me, will spend extra time with your site if we can see the goal we're trying to achieve.
Browse is pretty overwhelming with the amount of shows on one page. Maybe poll the user to figure out what they like and condense the list down. You may want to divide it into pages as well. Of course you can keep a 'show me everything' button, but I just wouldn't make that the first thing I see.
Briefly describe yourself is 100 characters. I'd like a counter or a visual cue for when I go over. (otherwise it just chops off my text).
It looks like when you 'heart' something, you can't take the heart back. For misclicks sake, I'd allow unhearting.
Like sajithw said, I'd like more information about the show. People in it, pictures, etc. Could scrub wikipedia or imdb for most of this info.
Good job! Keep it up!
It's a completely different way of thinking, no doubt about that. I love the university atmosphere.
One step at a time and the elite education will be everywhere, though it'll still cost an arm-and-a-leg.
I am huge on web-based education. I can't imagine what my skill-set would look like if I had access to today's web when I was growing up. I would love to build a website that brings educators together, from anywhere, to instruct groups of 10-15 people on specific topics-of-choice -- for free.
Edit: Looked it up, apparently it was UC in general -- http://bit.ly/aCmsNF
"The idea is that UC could become the first top-tier American university to offer a bachelor's degree over the Internet."
What they probably want is a really awesome modding community surrounding their games that they control and are able to reward for efforts produced. Which is awesome in my mind.
Marketing tells you that you need to be the first at something for brand recognition. Once a term has been ingrained into society how do you compete with that? You could ask my mom, who never uses computer, if she knows anywhere to auction off an item 'on the computer' and she'd likely say eBay. You can't simply go head-to-head. You can't simply add more features. You have to accept being #2. Most people probably can't think of a way to spin another auction site, well enough, so they don't bother.
Another point is that the game is still new. That 25 MB limit is probably not a hard limit. It 'could' go up if they start seeing a show of hands with people needing more space.
This leak is over a year old. They're not going to get much in the way of here-and-now. But now we have a leak that goes into detail about how we operate. It's already a pain in the ass fighting people that look the same. We don't need to shed any light onto how we do what we do.
You are free to express your view, but unless you have a star worth it's value on your collar, I don't think you should be making such bold claims. Leaks like this are a destraction that commanders, and the troops, don't need -- it only takes 'one' leak to turn this coin inside-out.
Ok, Look at it from the U.S./Ally angle. Do you think we just randomly come across top-ranking officials within the insurgency ranks? No. Information is leaked via the populus that gives us leads to where they are/where they're going to be.
We don't even need 1 person to die from stupid non-sense like this. I understand that we need transparency, but you are not playing a game right now. The probability of a death related to 'leaks' just magnified. There is no denying that. Considering I served in this war, what doesn't absolutely need to be said shouldn't be said at this time. It's like we're playing russian roulette here.
Write something you feel pationate about. Spread the word and you're bound to get 1 person to read it. With Twitter, Facebook, and other social media sites spreading the word is easier than ever. If you have core knowledge of something people will want to read it.
People follow people to see what they've had for dinner these days.
Even if you accept a path for a short duration, you learned something. As long as you're learning, good and bad, I can only imagine it is a positive outcome.
I haven't pushed myself past my comfort zone for a good while. That might change soon. The studio I'm working for is closing it's doors and my wife really wants to move back to KS from the Bay Area. There isn't a lot of technology there so I'm going to have to figure out a way to shake up the world in a place that dedicates life to aircraft manufacturing.
The time before that was when I took myself and joined the Marines which led to being part of the initial strike of OIF. Nothing quite tests your comfort zone like a combat zone. There are a ton of positives gained from pushing past that comfort zone (Marines, in general). Culture, leadership, work ethic, overcoming & adapting, diversity, and more.
I just came out of college at the end of 2008. The place I work for seemed like it was going to absolutely rock but I was dead wrong. It's not a small company which I've found that I really should have started with.
I'll spare the details, but the point is that I've generated a lot of ideas while I've been working and I've moved forward and completed some of those ideas. I've seen how an industry works, good and bad. I've met some really crazy smart people and now have some good recs behind me. I've messed with several technologies that I otherwise probably wouldn't have.
If you don't have a solid idea, plan or financial path just snag a job first and work a couple of years while feeding your inner entrepreneur. You can do both for a bit.
Set your mind and go. The odds are not against you.
As for things to do. Fix up the LinkedIN profile and fire up a digital portfolio real quick (nothing crazy fancy). Hit up craigslist, monster, and startuply and let the games begin.
Good luck