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Re:Ask HN: How best to vest/distribute equity? on Friday September 25, 2009 @11:14PM (#844927)
So your recommendation would be to assess an individuals contribution as a part of the whole, assign a percentage value, and vest that over 4 years with a 1 year cliff?

Ask HN: How best to vest/distribute equity?

Posted by adnymarc on Friday September 25, 2009 @03:02PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I am at the beginning of a new startup (my first) with several other people. I recognize the need to make ownership decisions up front and would like advice as to how best to approach vesting and equity distribution. There are currently 4 people involved in the project (3 who have been working on it for a short time and 1 who is just joining). One founder is from a business/financial background...

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Re:Google Chrome 3.0 on Wednesday September 16, 2009 @08:46AM (#825670)
Hopefully browser companies will be more rigorous about migrating their users to newer versions so that we avoid the issues IE6 has presented by still having a large install base even after two subsequent versions have been released.
Re:Google Chrome 3.0 on Wednesday September 16, 2009 @08:43AM (#825663)
And still no full release version for Mac / Linux. I find this particularly interesting considering the Google "Operating System" is going to be a custom interface on top of a Linux kernel.

Ask HN: Do you aggregate your social networks/what do you use?

Posted by adnymarc on Saturday July 25, 2009 @05:13PM
from the ask-hn dept.

With new social sites cropping up and more information to manage in more places, how do you deal with the social sites you are a member of? Do you visit individually? Or do you manage them using a third party app (web or desktop) to aggregate and connect with your friends/followers? If you could design a service to bring your profiles together what would it do?

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Re:What caused that outage on Wednesday March 11, 2009 @11:25PM (#512951)
Judging by the number of Erlang stories on the front page (19 out of 25 currently) I would say that's your problem right there...(wholly in jest, half in earnest)
Re:Dropped IE support for Instapaper on Monday March 02, 2009 @08:30PM (#500912)
I agree and think this is especially relevant for sites and apps that target tech-savvy users - as a group they will most likely already be using a browser other than IE and even if they do will be more likely to understand the reason for lack of total cross browser compatibility. If this became a trend it would begin to do one of two things - either cause Microsoft to consider adopting web standards compliance or cause users to adopt alternate browsers. Both options should be equally as welcome in the web development field and help to reduce the time wasted on needless hacks and workarounds to accommodate one product.
Re:Day 4 - Pirate Bay Defense Calls Foul Over Evidence on Thursday February 19, 2009 @11:30AM (#487442)
I especially appreciated the part about the lawyer not understanding what an email reply was.
Re:Second 'Google phone' is unveiled on Tuesday February 17, 2009 @12:08PM (#484689)
I am really interested to see where Andriod devices go in the marketplace. I really like my iPhone but would happily consider an Android phone if it offered the same level of hardware/software integration and polish of operating system I enjoy with the iPhone. I think the biggest struggle for Google may be providing that experience since they do not manufacture the hardware.
Re:Ask HN: Would you pay $5/yr for HN? on Thursday February 05, 2009 @10:02AM (#467902)
I would definitely pay (whether $5 or $50 doesnt matter) a year but feel that paying just to post/comment would merely serve to limit the number of people committed to quality contribution without offering added value to the core community. Essentially you would have to pay to help other HN users. What if the stories remained public but viewing/participating in the discussion required membership (at a cost)?

Ask HN: Is outsourcing though Elance/Guru a reasonable way to get started

Posted by adnymarc on Wednesday February 04, 2009 @12:58PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I have several ideas for web apps that I would like to pursue. I would love to begin working on one of them, but do not have a great programming background (my current capability is in front end design/UX). I am planning on spending as much time as possible over the last year of my degree teaching myself a major web-focused programming language (such as Python, Ruby, or PHP). However my current...

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Re:Ask HN: Any DIY/installable alternatives to Dropbox? on Sunday January 11, 2009 @06:12PM (#429795)
One of the really great aspects of Dropbox is that it versions all content and just transmits/saved the delta's after the original file is saved. It there an easy way of achieving that around a webdav share?

Ask HN: Any DIY/installable alternatives to Dropbox?

Posted by adnymarc on Sunday January 11, 2009 @04:16PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I really like Dropbox (http://www.getdropbox.com) and use it on a daily basis. However, I already have readily accessible capacity on my web server and would rather have the option to run the system on my own. In addition I have occasional clients who require verified encryption of their data. Are there any projects out there that create a similar solution or is this uncharted territory?

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Re:The Django book, Second Edition. on Friday January 09, 2009 @10:55PM (#427579)
I am really glad to see that they are updating it for Django 1.x. I have not programming background but have been trying to decide on a web-focused language/framework to learn, and Django was highest on my list. Up until now, however, there weren't any online resources (that I had found) that detailed getting started with Django 1.x. I've started looking at Ruby/Rails, but may have to reconsider my decision now that there is a good resource available.

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