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I was pleasantly surprised to wake up to a HN post on Miami!

I find the tech scene pretty miserable here but then again I've worked from home for almost 10 years and I'm terrible at networking events. So it could just be my self-imposed social prison! I live further south (Pinecrest), a little further away from our "tech hubs" in downtown and midtown.

If you're in Miami and are looking for any events, Startup Digest does a good job of showing you what's happening each week: https://www.startupdigest.com/digests/miami

I'd love to meet some HN minded brethren though.. Maybe we should try and do an HN Meetup, anyone else interested?

Shoot me an email.

Good point. I've been dying to have a reason to use http://www.powtoon.com for videos, maybe it's a good time to try it.

I received a request for a multi-user license, so this is definitely tripping up others. I'll create some volume discounts and make that clearer before the checkout process.

If anyone would like to give it a try use the coupon code HACKERNEWS at checkout for a free download.

Thanks. I was putting the editor front and center, but you are right, perhaps the templates themselves can provide more value. I think I'm going to go further than bigger screenshots and let them download sample reports in .pdf generated straight from SSRS using my templates.

Had a pair of extranet firewalls once... Romulus and Remus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus_and_Remus

I've been out of the security space for a while but what I would love to see (and perhaps it already exists) is a threat "counter" for every authenticated user on my network. Data could be fed from various sources IDS and audit logs and actions like simultaneous logins, port scans or attempts to access files and apps that the user doesn't have access to would increase their threat counter. You could add weight to events e.g someone from marketing tryign to access a SQL server, router, or RDP to an accounting server, etc. Unauthenticated hits could be associated with an anonymous user. Once the entity has reached a certain threshold an analyst is alerted to investigate. You could even tie this to the support center - "Hello Mr. Rogers, I see you're having trouble logging on to the reporting site, would you like us to reset your password?"

I've been a long time eBay user and have also had issues over the past year with a couple of unpaid items and having to relist. The annoying part was not being able to give the buyer negative feedback, allowing him/her to waste someone else's time.

What about them linking your ID to Facebook for new users without let's say 10 feedback?

You're both right. I will make it clear I want to retain the IP while offering them a permanent license with a maintenance contract. That, and have a lawyer write it up.

The thing is I always want to retain IP when contracting out work, but that's because I'm always thinking about re-using or re-selling the work. I've been working on my own projects so long that I wasn't thinking about this from the customer's POV. They are not in the software business and just need their problem solved.

The requested solution is to manage the warranty repair order process and related parts inventories at multiple 3rd party authorized service centers for a manufacturer.

My (possibly naive) idea is to build a re-usable solution that is something like a desk.com CRM app with an inventory module and the ability manage pre-defined services.

Target market? Could be another manufacturer like my client, or service/repair centers by themselves.

There are lots of GREAT CRM/support services: desk.com and zendesk.com just to name a couple. It doesn't seem like I can tie parts to their support cases for the inventory management aspect of the solution.

The closest I can find is this force.com app: http://www.servicemax.com/products/inventory-and-parts-logis...

If I can make the workflow flexible enough to cover different cases this could be even be extended to work as a field service tool by later adding a scheduling module and a maps/routing module for field technicians.

Letting them pay for development and keeping the IP would be the best of both worlds and I should try for that. If it's not an option my thinking was I get free domain knowledge via access to their employees and business processes and a baked in customer for the saas. I have plenty of Saas ideas with neither of the two where I could possibly be completely wasting my time.

I love the Stripe service and use it anytime I have the need for accepting CC payments. However, as a consumer, I see myself choosing the Paypal option for the sole reason that I only have to type in a password vs. taking out my credit card. Its the same reason I love buying items from Amazon. Any alternative to Paypal has to make the buying process just as easy.

Thanks for making me realize I've been using life expectancy tables incorrectly for most of my life.

One comment regarding the yearly progress of the cohort rate. I would think this would fluctuate with significant medical advances (e.g. the first few years that bypass surgery/artificial hearts started to be used). I can't see how medical progression is perfectly linear at 1.0%/year.

dave has probably used GTD far longer than I, but I have to say I think having 50-100 projects going is pretty insane. I don't know any system that would help you there (other than maybe hiring a project manager and 5 assistants..). The author even admits that his "new" system consists of focusing on only 5 "projects" at once. I don't see this as a failure of GTD at all.

> Or you could just install wordpress? Unless your aim is to jump through the hoops, or satisfy the nerdy carving of coding we all have.

I would have to agree with you. Now, as far as satisfying the craving... lately I've wanted to try Jekyll and serve the site from Amazon S3 + Cloudfront. Seems to me it would handle a tremendous amount of traffic and be very fast.

Now, if only I had content that a few million people wanted to read...

If I hadn't found http://join.me a few months ago I'd be jumping up and down right now. This is just as effortless, great job there. I'd suggest making the two options: share a screen, and join a session stand out even more from the rest of the homepage.

I hope you're right and they find better revenue models. I would hate for all these "showrooms" we have to go extinct. Could the day come where you pay an entrance fee to browse the latest gadgets at your nearest BestBuy "showroom"?

I think they need to work on their data collection. The unknown "Other" is almost as large as the other OS categories combined. This makes it hard to draw any conclusions.

I have my own Apps account and was peeved at having to create another Google account for Google+, but now I'll continue to use a "personal" Google account for Plus. This way my Google+ will never be tied down to one organization (even if it happens to be my own at the moment).

They really need to decouple a Google account from a person's email address(s).

How about living in a chrome house? The Developer would just sneak in while I sleep and update everything without asking. The downside is it would consist of just one living area. If I were need any specialized rooms like a bathroom or kitchen they just attach one temporarily and charge me by the hour!

It's a nice story. I agree with his point about testing. But it seems to me he's just apologizing for his intelligence and education. I'd bet Dr. Asimov would make one hell of a auto repair mechanic if he dedicated his life to it. I'd let him work on my cars!

Since moving everything to google this has always concerned me. You can run your own mail server or use their outlook sync tool to keep your own copy locally, but both of those solutions have their drawbacks. Definitely something I would pay $20 - $50/yr for. How about a service that would store it on dropbox or another provider?

I'd be very grateful for an invite. Javier (at) javierbarreto.com

Forget learning to code, it's probably a waste of time and you'll miss the boat. Your medical background is by far your strongest asset.

I suggest you find yourself a technical co-founder or someone that would be willing to work on a prototype with you. Even if you have the means and are willing to pony up some capital having someone technical that cares about the idea and end-product is pivotal to your success. Additional capital can speed up the process of course.

Why you shouldn't learn to code? The medical field is one that a hacker alone can't crack. Sure we can figure out what a user is looking for when we're designing a flight search interface - but if the end customer is a physician, being an actual physician is a huge advantage, both in designing the product and in speaking the same language as the customers (assuming they are also physicians).