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wmboy··on Major changes to Mandrill, must be tied to a MailChimp account
Yeah absolutely if SendGrid builds this functionality and creates a 'Welcome Mandrill customers' page, then you guys will get a whole heap of new signups right away!
wmboy··on Major changes to Mandrill, must be tied to a MailChimp account
Do you prefer Mailgun over SendGrid for any particular reason (both offer free accounts)?
wmboy··on Major changes to Mandrill, must be tied to a MailChimp account
Sounds like you're in the same boat as me.

Just quickly tried out Mailgun and SendGrid today as alternatives. SendGrid looks more stable, but Mailgun has the advantage of at least being able to see subject lines in emails sent (which can be a great help when troubleshooting for clients).

wmboy··on Major changes to Mandrill, must be tied to a MailChimp account
I just tried SendGrid out now, unless I'm mistaken you can't even see subject line in the emails that are sent, is this correct?
wmboy··on Major changes to Mandrill, must be tied to a MailChimp account
One advantage that Mandrill has over SendGrid is the ability to see the content of emails (run a web agency so it helps a lot with troubleshooting for our clients).
wmboy··on Show HN: Slackbot for founders to track their startup's finances
Yep, could calculate things like invoices owing, draft invoices that haven't been sent yet, as well as calculating average monthly expenses so you know if everything's looking okay or not.

Also, hooking into Xero immediately makes it usable by companies in countries outside USA.

wmboy··on Which countries are mentioned the most on Hacker News?
No mentions of New Zealand? :(
wmboy··on Learn Enough Git to Be Dangerous
™ stands for Trademark Pending

® stands for Registered Trademark

Absolutely anyone can create a term and put ™ after it (even if they never actually go through with the actual registration process).

wmboy··on Flexbox in 5 minutes
I signed up to this when you posted it on Hacker News...never got an email from you though? (just searched my email for flexbox.io to check)
wmboy··on Ask HN: Is it a bad idea to learn PHP/Laravel instead of Ruby/RoR?
Yeah I guess Node.js could be another option for us, certainly all web developers already know JavaScript anyway.
wmboy··on Ask HN: Is it a bad idea to learn PHP/Laravel instead of Ruby/RoR?
Thanks Jay, just sent you an email. And yeah, I see your point, guess I'm just not ready to make a decision yet.

I was definitely planning on Ruby initially, but after my experience with the job market and available local resources I'm now leaning towards PHP.

wmboy··on Apprentice.at – Apprenticeships, not internships
I assume they were going for a domain hack... apprentice at such-and-such company.
wmboy··on A Company Copes With Backlash Against the Raise That Roared
Interesting and even nonsensical. He's an entrepreneur, owns a for-profit business and is choosing to compensate how he wants to. It's actually the definition of how capitalism can improve quality of life for everyone, is it not?
wmboy··on Stripe Planning to Launch in New Zealand, Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong This Year
Checked with Stripe on the validity of this, their response:

"While we may have plans to expand this year, there is unfortunately no ETA at the moment, nor can we guarantee that if we expand to New Zealand that it would happen before 2015 comes to a close. We are hopeful, but cannot provide a more accurate timeframe at this time."

wmboy··on YC Fellowship
Hi Matt, we run a web design & development business and have been trying to free up resource to work on a saas product which we already have potential customers lined up for...

We would put full-time focus on this, but we can't really close up shop completely, we could put projects on hold, but we'd need to at least lightly manage/delegate tasks when things come up occasionally. Is that going to work?

wmboy··on Stripe Connect v2
> ...our platform can support sellers anywhere Stripe operates (18 countries, more coming this year).

Asking from New Zealand, any hints on the "more coming this year" countries?

wmboy··on My year with a distraction-free iPhone
A tip I got from Perry Marshall was to put productive apps on your home screen, and throw apps like Facebook, Instagram etc at the back of your phone.

For example, by only leaving apps like Kindle, Audible, or Bible on my home screen, I'm much more likely to do something productive when I'm looking to fill in a few minutes waiting somewhere, rather than checking Facebook which will be a waste of time.

wmboy··on Ask HN: I can't do this anymore, I need help
Wow, maybe if you're in it for the short term, but if you want a long term relationship or marriage, that "make, sure I'm happy" mantra sure ain't going to work.

Imagine if we had that attitude with our children? Or mother?

wmboy··on Popcorn Time Is So Good at Movie Piracy, It’s Scary
Bandwidth caps? I pay $130/mo for unlimited data on a fibre connection through Orcon. Even if fibre isn't available yet in your area you can still get a standard broadband connection for $100/mo with unlimited data.
wmboy··on Animal protein-rich diets could be as harmful to health as smoking
I don't hunt, but the fishing's always good (plenty of options, both fresh water and ocean.

Though on the hunting angle, deer would probably be the largest animal you can hunt, then there'd be goats, wild pigs and of course rabbits and possums which you can eat (our possums are different from North American ones).

Edit: also just thought I'd throw in I've got nothing against Canada, you guys and the US, are to us, like we are to Australia (if that makes sense)

wmboy··on Animal protein-rich diets could be as harmful to health as smoking
Canada? Try New Zealand, we have the optimum climate for year-round grazing. No grain feeding necessary.
wmboy··on NBA Superstar Chris Bosh: Here’s Why You Should Learn to Code
Man, the first paragraph made me think I'm at www.reddit.com/r/nba/

Although I agree with your comments I still think it's an inefficient use of his talents (stepping further outside to make room for LBJ and Wade).

Either way, I'm expecting him to have his best statistical season this year, which may mean he'll become too expensive for the Heat.

wmboy··on Eloquent JavaScript, Second Edition
Another good resources for learning JS: http://javascriptissexy.com/how-to-learn-javascript-properly...
wmboy··on Free Software Foundation issues statement on new iPhone models from Apple
I may be wrong, but I believe Apple holds the patent for this technology...
wmboy··on How we got to $1,000 in recurring revenue
I reckon $1-2 per month is way too low if they already have paying users at the $5 per month rate. ...but perhaps they could offer discounted pricing of say $4 per user if it was paid annually ($48/user/year instead of $5/user/month).
wmboy··on Nokia acquired by Microsoft
> If Microsoft owned the patents they could enforce them against others.

Thanks for the clarification, that makes sense

wmboy··on Nokia acquired by Microsoft
> ...they are not buying any patents. They are buying a 10-year license to Nokia's patents.

That's basically the same isn't it? A patent can only remain active for 20 years, assuming most of the patents are several years old the majority of them will be pretty close to expiration in 10 years time.

Note: I'm basing this on NZ patent law, but I assuming it's the same for any 1st world country...

wmboy··on Kickstarter is coming to Australia and New Zealand
Great news for NZers. Hopefully the next US service to make it our way will be Stripe...
wmboy··on Kickstarter is coming to Australia and New Zealand
> I won't be happy if I'm charged upfront, and the project is only half funded.

...so just set it up the same way as Amazon payments. Do an Auth on the card to check it's valid and active, then bill the card when the project is successful.

I guess from their perspective they want to build upon Amazon's payment infrastructure so they don't have to worry about payments and can grow other parts of their business. Which makes sense.

wmboy··on Ask HN: What's your favorite simple, content-centric Wordpress theme?
This one comes to mind (it's free): http://onepagelove.com/themes/clutterless
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