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I've been digital-nomading from a sailboat for the past 3 years... Works great as I get to have my office and take it wherever I want in the world (on the coast). See my previous comments for more info.

Since I sorta have a base for work I'd call myself a remote worker. I rarely work outside the boat, nothing ridiculous like working at a beach... So at the end of the day it's just a home office, so it's not too hard to get back into the work mindset after changing location as everything is static inside. Except my backyard changes all the time. I'm currently in downtown Barcelona after taking some time off the cross the Atlantic.

The lifestyle is not for everyone, sometimes it's quite hard, and I wouldn't say it helps my work that much... It's just something I enjoy doing (sailing and changing location), but have to compromise and do some work from time to time.

price varies a lot, depends on where you're going and how you like to live... I opted for something that was working, ready to go, could take me across oceans safely and comfortably, and act as my home when I needed to stay put for a bit.

my search criteria was 35-42 feet, blue water capable, strong, proven old boat, $30k - $80k. It took me a few months of looking at boats online to get an idea of what I wanted. So many variables and unknowns and I hadn't even sailed seriously.

my training was a weekend sailing course in the NY harbour. After that, much reading... internet, books. There's a ton of info out there and you realize it's pretty doable.

after I finished working and could finally go and buy a boat, I knew exactly what I wanted. Bought the first boat I saw in person, after drooling for it for months and hoping nobody snatched it. She is a beauty and has treated me well these past few months jumping around the caribbean.

all in all it's a pretty good deal. For the price of a boat I get a home with the world as my backyard. I can't imagine living any other way at this point.

I'm starting to work remotely from my sailboat in the Caribbean. It's perfect, I can just pack up from one paradise to the next, taking my office/working area with me. This is after working in NY for a few years and needing a breath of fresh air.

Currently at a marina in Bonaire, close to Venezuela, connected to power/internet to do a remote contract. It's pretty sweet to go freediving or scuba diving a few feet away, then go to the "office" and work my ass off. Afterwards I'll be free again, sailing around for another bunch of months.

Challenges, well the obvious... getting distracted with the outdoors, oh man there is so much to do out there. But the pros are totally worth it and you strive to work hard to keep the lifestyle. If you really want it, everything will work out.

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Here's his blog page for this:

http://seb.ly/2012/04/node-js-experiment-mmo-asteroids/

Looks like his next iteration will be real multiplayer. That will be awesome

I'm probably being short-sighted, but I fail to see what else could you add to a TV that you couldn't already by attaching some device to it.. it's like saying Jobs will revolutionize the computer monitor. It's just a display.

depending on the size of the app, anywhere from $10 to $50 for a complete regression test and useful feedback on the app. I've never paid anyone though as it's easy to get friends to beta test

scripting xcode UI to build a project? ouch, you're doing it wrong. Check out xcodebuild.

http://blog.jayway.com/2010/01/31/continuos-integration-for-...

How hard would it be to add gesture support? double tap here, swipe left there, etc.

Are accessibility labels the only way to reference views?

woah this looks really useful. Is there a gem for ruby that does this? I've just been doing the first 'String Similarity' step using levenshtein distance

SEEKING WORK, New York iPhone/iPad/rails developer looking for work. Contact info in my profile.

damn, got rate limited just as I was picking up steam in chopping off heads

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I think it's becoming the norm for these comparison sites to use the 1 and 2 keys to select between the two choices. You don't have it, I was disappoint.