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Re:Sending text messages from the web on Thursday September 16, 2010 @09:31AM (#1697746)
Awesome Twillio is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

Sending text messages from the web

I have a client that wants to send text messages about products from the back-end of their website. Does anyone recommend a good company that offers good rates on sending mass texts, and has an api that can be integrated into the site?

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Ask HN: Contract for freelance work

When you guys do freelance programming do you have a contract that you send to your client? Should I consult a lawyer or is there a more canned contract I can use? I just want to be protected on things like delivery date, price, etc. Any thoughts.

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Re:Review My App: Whatsyourbeat.com on Saturday July 18, 2009 @02:19PM (#711995)
HAHA I'm from Connecticut.

Well this is aimed at small pr agencies or freelancers who can not afford the alternative. Which is very expensive.

Review My App: Whatsyourbeat.com

Whats Your Beat is a media contact database specifically for public relations. Public relation professionals constanly need to create media lists to contact journalists. Whats Your Beat is an alternative to the big companies that do this that charge thousands of dollars in license fees. Allows you to add media contacts and search for contacts.www.whatsyourbeat.com

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Re:Keep losing freelance work on Monday July 13, 2009 @11:35AM (#701893)
Mostly PHP using CakePHP and some Python.
Re:Keep losing freelance work on Monday July 13, 2009 @11:23AM (#701865)
I'm in New York, everything is expensive so I thought it was pretty reasonable. For example, one job I gave an estimate on, would easily be a 100 hour job. So I gave an estimate of $5000. They wrote back to me and said they got another offer for $1500.

I'll defintely try raising my price.

Any thoughts on good places to look for work. I have been primarily using Craigslist. I've been getting a good amount of replies. I do not like the sites that make you bid for the work. Seems like that requires a lot of effort, for low prices.

Re:Keep losing freelance work on Monday July 13, 2009 @11:19AM (#701856)
Wow, harsh.

Keep losing freelance work

I have a day job, but I'm looking to break into doing some freelance programming. However, I keep losing potential jobs because my price is too high. I have been saying my price is $50 an hour, which I don't think is unreasonable considering my experience. Should I lower my rate, is there somewhere I should be looking for work?

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Obama, computerize health care records

I have heard Obama mention computerizing health care records multiple times. This seems like a potential gold mine! Has anyone looked into this or is involved in this in any way?http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/12/technology/stimulus_health_care/

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