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Tauranga (NZ) Startup Weekend & Drinkup

Posted by 6twenty on Sunday July 28, 2013 @09:38PM
from the self-post dept.

September 6th is Tauranga's Startup Weekend challenge, with a pre-event drinkup on August 6th. Tauranga developers - come along to the drinkup at Brooklyn Bar (The Strand) between 5.30-7pm. RSVP at http://taurangastartupweekendlaunchparty.eventbrite.co.nz/Startup Weekend: http://tauranga.startupweekend.org/ Drinkup: http://www.meetup.com/TaurangaWeb/events/131422302/If you're thinking about...

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Re:How to host your Jekyll blog on AWS EC2 [Part 1] on Thursday June 06, 2013 @07:46PM (#5836088)
I actually found that GitHub Pages didn't scale well at all -- during peak traffic, response times slowed to over 10 seconds. This was my main motivation for the switch. Nginx (even on a micro EC2) should be able to handle very high load without the need to scale. S3 is definitely a viable option as well (and I'm not suggesting you shouldn't use it) but I find that an EC2 was a better fit for my needs.
Re:How to host your Jekyll blog on AWS EC2 [Part 1] on Thursday June 06, 2013 @07:24PM (#5835939)
It's not free, that's true. But it's very cheap, especially when paired with Amazon's 1-year free usage tier. But the main benefit is the added control over the web server.
Re:Use Google Analytics on your blog? Check your bounce rate on Saturday May 25, 2013 @03:16PM (#5768446)
Posted an update with the new bounce rate (~10%) thanks to a flood of hits from HN: http://drawingablank.me/blog/fix-your-bounce-rate.html
Re:Ask HN: Who's in Tauranga, New Zealand? on Thursday May 23, 2013 @05:39PM (#5759697)
Feel free
Re:Ask HN: Who's in Tauranga, New Zealand? on Thursday May 23, 2013 @12:34AM (#5755369)
Ha, so far I like it here! Nicer weather than my hometown (Dunedin) :)
Re:My first year freelancing on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @10:12PM (#5716496)
No I haven't, but that brings me back to the first question - how do you research which companies to contact?
Re:My first year freelancing on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @07:15PM (#5715763)
Great article. One thing I'm struggling with as a freelancer is finding clients - I'm based in a small town in New Zealand, so I'm a long way from the opportunities in the UK and USA. How do you track down and approach new clients (who are likely to be happy with your rate)?

I also feel like being in New Zealand hampers my ability to charge a higher rate. I don't know for sure, but I suspect that companies here are used to paying lower rates simply because there's less talent here than overseas.