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SEEKING WORK - Windsor, ON / Detroit, MI (Remote)

I'm a full stack developer web developer, working with Ruby on Rails and CoffeeScript/JavaScript. I typically use JS frameworks such as Backbone.js and Batman.js. I also have a lot of experience working with C++ and C.

I excel in taking a project from specification to full implementation, but I'm also very good at jumping in on a project that is also in motion.

My availability is pretty open over the next month, so I am able to help with your project on pretty short notice.

You can contact me via e-mail at: alan@laudicina.net.
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I'm not sure Microsoft is explicitly wanting this change. It's a reaction to the shifting computing environment; the iPad showed that the PC isn't the only platform that people want to use, and that some people only want to use tablet computers. I feel Microsoft would have been more than happy to keep developing Windows the way they always have, but they've seen the writing on the wall. Windows isn't what the users want.

Microsoft didn't start the locked down tablet market. They're just the newest player. If you want to assign blame, blame the users.
The detachable keyboard models are nice, but to me, the only thing that makes the Transformer a tablet rather than a laptop with a detachable screen is the OS used.

Assuming Windows 8 does ok, I think we'll see a lot more devices in this form factor.
One possibility "Russian pride". That might be wrong guess but there lot of things Russian simply to have something "Made in Russia" (e.g. yandex search itself).
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/3710218

http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/charity-auction/
Stockholm, Sweden. Full time. Looking for JS/Python developers.

We help people discover the web of others, by enjoying web browsing together.

We are looking for a sixth employee excited about by cross-browser Javascript, Django development, real time sharing of a web browsing experience.

We offer a great work environment (you don't have to speak swedish), a nice office (at Kungsgatan) and a pretty awesome team.

Email me at johanhil@surftrain.com to apply / to find out more about us.
So did I, but almost none of those programs would be acceptable to deliver today. When hardware is faster and (resource intensive) IDE's and frameworks do more for you, if you don't deliver more for less, you're competition will. How does the convenient form factor help you beat the competition? Working off hours? No thanks.
My 8yo son, 11yo daughter, 10yo niece, and 14yo nephew all recently got into it. I set up a server for them.

My nephew I think might become an architect, he loves making real-world looking buildings, complete with furniture, rooms, bathrooms.

The daughter and niece make houses where they live with each other. My daughter in particular takes her room, and adds a panic room (for when the mobs attack).

And my son has recently taken to building redstone gadgets. He took a room and put a switch on the wall, then ran redstone on the outside up to the attic to power glowstone blocks that he recessed into the ceiling. That way he can turn the lights on and off.

They mostly use the tekkit mod, and I've been trying to get them into programming by showing the how the computercraft turtles work ... it's a work in progress :P
This is not a problem and it does not need fixing. Lots of countries have second-level domain names.

What are the benefits of this?
impressive!!
I'd like to see if there is just as well on google maps :P
Mine is a NATPC M009S, though the exact same board is available under any number of names. But I believe most Allwinner A10 based tablets at least should work reasonably fine at least with Debian and/or Ubuntu, assuming they have unlocked bootloaders (which seems to usually be the case for Chinese tablets). Check out http://a10linux.org/a10_intro.html which includes some information on suitable hardware.
Brussels, Belgium (I know, chances are low ;)) - Woorank.com - Frontend dev/iOS dev

We are looking for people:
* loving to put 100's or 1000's of datapoints into nice and shiny dashboards

* have expertise with PHP/Node/MongoDB/Redis

* familiar with versioning svn/git/mercurial

* eager to question everyone and everything if he or she thinks something can be done better/different and enhance the experience

Feel free to contact me at nils@woorank.com with your github profile/portfolio/blog
Yeah, the reality is that most game vendors ruined open desktop platforms. There was a time when Windows and PCs were still big and mobile gadgets were only used by business people. During that time the biggest hurdle for many people that wanted to leave Windows was that the cool games just worked on Windows.

I think nobody will feel sorry for the game industry loosing their last desktop platform. After all you need a lot of cash to make games experience on the desktop comparable to game experience on a top-notch game console.
I really think you should read this: http://paulgraham.com/disagree.html
SEEKING WORK - Remote {USA}{American Citizen}

Last month I shipped out two MVPs. Now I want to ship out yours.

Full-stack software engineer is available for hire. Technologies include:

PHP
Python
Ruby
SQL
Codeigniter
Flask
some Rails
Bootstrap
Jquery
Javascript
Wordpress
Joomla
APIs
Apache
Linux
...among many more.

What sets me apart from others?

I've never missed a deadline.

Rates are very affordable at $400/day.

Schedule is very flexible.

I'm in the US, no Visa or language issues/barriers.

What have I built?

Last month I built two very different applications. One is an e-commerce platform aimed at the fashion industry, and the other is an online payment system I'm also building an API right now (in Python). I'm also building a search engine (my startup).

What can I do?

E-commerce

APIs

Custom or modified CMS

You can also hire me to write your technical documentation. I'm the only one actively offering this service right now. The rates for this are different at $40/hour of work. With a minum of 20 hours. I can write platform, API, and developer documentation.

Email: orangethirty@gmail.com

Get in touch and I will give you a free 30 minute consultation. No strings attached.
I think that's pretty bullish. I would agree it will become more important, but surpassing Java? That is a very long way off if in fact it would ever happen. A lot of the Java world is very skeptical of Scala.

I think Scala appeals more to people who have background with functional languages (or languages with functional features such as Ruby) who want the performance and capability of the JVM without Java.
Berlin (Germany), iOS Developer, Full Time. SoundCloud in Berlin are looking for experienced iOS developers to join our small team working on our huge mobile app. We're looking for people experienced with big applications, with an eye for UX and UI. Experience working with audio is a plus. We're scaling dramatically, so if you've seen that before we'd like to hear from you. http://soundcloud.com/jobs/2012-01-27-ios-developer-berlin-g...
For "Action Figures" read also "Miniatures And Board Game Pieces". 3D printing will be a boon for anyone developing their own board games, and a nightmare for wargaming companies like Games Workshop that survive by selling things that can now be 3D printed.
UI Developer

SeatGeek -- New York, NY

SeatGeek is the web's largest search engine for live event tickets. Think "Kayak for sports/music/theater tickets."

We're looking for someone to join our dev team who will focus on HTML/CSS/Javscript and interface construction. You don't need to be a web designer, but you need to be "interface conscious"--i.e. strong design instincts, strong opinions about what looks good/bad, etc.

More details here: http://seatgeek.com/jobs/ui_developer/
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I don't know specifically what he is referring to, but the HP Touchpad is/was like this. Came with WebOS, which can be unlocked using a key combo that Palm/HP gives you on their website, and you can install an Ubuntu or Debian desktop chroot. Android runs very well on it also.

I would guess that many Android tablets would have this capability.
AllTrails and AllSnow

http://alltrails.com http://allsnow.com

FULLTIME Rails / iOS / Android Engineers / Designers

San Francisco (preferred) / Los Angeles / NYC / Remote / H1B

AllTrails is hiring! We're building Yelp for the outdoors - the best way to discover and share hiking trails and outdoor activities around you. We're helping people rediscover the outdoors and having lots of fun in the process. Camping and snowboarding benefits, anyone?

We just launched our brand new site in partnership with National Geographic (http://alltrails.com/partners/national_geographic) and have the #1 outdoors app in the Apple and Android stores (try searching for 'Hiking'). We also have the #1 Snowsports app on iPhone.

Our company was AngelPad incubated, is funded by 500Startups and consists of a strong team from Google / Microsoft / Facebook with previous startup experience. We also have the author of an O'Reilly Android book, and a core committer to Homebrew on the team. We're looking for exceptional full stack Rails and mobile developers (Android and iOS) and designers.

If your idea of sunlight is more than just sitting in front of a really bright monitor all day, we'd love to hear from you! http://alltrails.com/jobs or jobs@alltrails.com
By default, Android devices are locked down in 2 ways - you've not got root, and you can't install unsigned non-market apps (though trust of market apps is somewhat of a joke).

You can obviously gain root, and you can easily tick the box to allow unknown sources, but it seems likely that 99% of Android consumers are not going to do this without a decent reason.
OpenSignal, London, UK

We're crowd-sourcing cellular and wireless data to provide accurate, independent and global maps of coverage.

We're looking for:
* Front end developer - to make our site and maps beautiful and design awesome visualizations
* IOS developer - to take the lead in building an iPhone app that will get millions of downloads
* Community manager - to write blog posts and reports on our fascinating dataset and help us publicise our project

We're backed by O'Reilly Alpha Tech Ventures, Passion Capital and Qualcomm Ventures.

As a team of only 3 at the moment, this is your chance to get in early: you'll have an opportunity to make an impact not only within the company, you will also be responsible for producing data-viz/apps/blogs seen/used by millions. On top of which you'll get a London salary and be working in offices shared with several other startup companies. You will not be working for The Man.

We'd love to hear from people interested in mobile gadgetry/crowd-sourcing/big-data

http://opensignal.com/jobs or email join@opensignal.com
Lots more developer jobs over here http://soundcloud.com/jobs and latest news on jobs @ http://twitter.com/soundcloudjobs
Thanks for information. I should have checked the APIs myself, but I couldn't dream the problem was that full keyboard state information didn't get through to apps.

I guess it serves me right for using/loving a closed platform... :-( :-)
My worry is that openness may die with this move, not to ARM per se, but to locked down ARM devices. Ubuntu and Android run just fine on the hardware Microsoft demands their OEMs to cripple (and yes, none of my Android devices is locked down). Microsoft is pushing towards a world they can enjoy without having to compete as much as they do now - they don't want to make software people love: they'd rather live with people having no option.
Wow, that's a great visualisation!

Total: 676,625 millions (hover on the top bar, I can tell what the 366 bln in the headline refers to?).

Schools: 62,330 mln = 9.21%

Higher ed+research: 25,439 mln = 3.76%

Transport: 4,307 mln = 0.64%

Health: 1,379 mln = 0.2%

For a grand total of 13.81%. I'm not sure how you get to 1/4 going to education?
DATA MONSTERS FOR HIRE (SEEKING WORK) - Remote or Philadelphia

http://datamonsters.co

We can gather, analyze, clean, de-dup any structured or unstructured data source. So if you rely on delivering the best, most accurate data to your customers/users to grow your business, we can help.

By chaining together APIs, customized web crawling, and/or our own human-based API, I can build a custom solution that integrates right into your business process or app.

Email is in profile or you can get in touch through the contact form on http://datamonsters.co.
Huh, cool. I've never heard of that particular job title before, but I like it. It seems like something that a lot of companies want to hire for but haven't figured out how to articulate.
And who says it's a problem? I only say it's, in my opinion, a subtle obstacle to developing a truely startup-friendly environment.

Is society better off that way? probably. I actually like it here. But it's also probably one of the reasons why HN spent all morning debating the state of startup-land in France.
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Mugs? Ooh, now, this is interesting.

2 questions:

1) Can an affordable 3D printer actually print a mug that's safe to drink out of? (Doesn't leech nasty chemicals into your coffee, doesn't melt and dump boiling tea on your genital area?)

2) Are there any 3D printers that can also paint the surface of what they print yet?
How is Opera mini a scam?
You realise, of course, that this is the ultimate in government conspiracies to keep us all from wearing tin foil hats?

Somehow they go MIT to do a study into the wearing of tin foil hats and manipulated the results to show that the wearing of tin foil hats is less effective than not wearing tinfoil hats. It's obvious they got to those carrying out the study because they were not wearing tinfoil hats.

Pretty obvious really.
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SEEKING WORK - Remote or occasional travel around Europe fine. Native British developer based in Warsaw, Poland.

Back-end jack-of-all-trades, concentrating on PHP/C#/MySQL, experienced with Apache/nginx/IIS, and general Linux admin.

A few sample projects I work on in my spare time, using PHP/Kohana/MySQL/jQuery:

http://tweetingmachine.com

http://campaignbar.com

http://interactwive.com

I'm very good at diving into unknown codebases, finding solutions to complex problems, enjoy rescuing projects in trouble, and like working with technology in general. I always chatting about requirements, feel free to drop me a line at tom@tbbpolska.com
London, UK - looking for full-time C#/ASP.NET developer with good Javascript skills, primarily to maintain and work on adding new features to our website. Graduates also welcome.

We are a profitable ~1 year old startup based in Twickenham, SW London. We make Construct 2, a HTML5 game editor which is becoming one of the top HTML5 game engines for the web, and has a great enthusiastic community behind it. You'll be helping our community make the most of their games! For more info see: http://www.scirra.com

Email me if interested: ashley@scirra.com
SEEKING WORK - The Netherlands (Remote)

I'm specialized in front-end development, did internships at some dutch startups, currently freelancing and helping out design companies with front-end and wordpress development.

Front end Development
- CSS/Sass
- HTML/HAML
- jQuery

Wordpress Development
- Theme development

Contact information at my website
http://bartligthart.nl
What local PC repair shops? Near me, most of the options are now large chain stores that don't even sell "old style" desktops, but mostly laptops, with a corner set aside for "all in one" desktops they most certainly don't have anyone who can repair on the precises. Another, already larger, section at my nearest chain store now sells tablets.

The local electronics store doesn't sell PC's at all, though it sells some components. And it does sell tablets.

But of course, these tablets are still "universal computing devices" too. Just in more convenient form factors.
Interesting despite the link-bait headline (an editors, not the OPs). Source can be found here:

http://www.journalism.org/analysis_report/future_mobile_news

There is a link above the table of contents that allows the entire paper to be downloaded as a pdf.
When sewing machines came out, you could have claimed that everyone would make their own clothes. But we don't. Why don't we?

Because making your own clothes still takes bloody ages and a lot of expertise. I've attempted to learn both 3D modeling and clothesmaking in the past, and IMO, 3D modeling was easier. And even a skilled amateur tailor takes a couple of days to make a dress or a suit-equivalent.

If 3D printing only makes Making as easy as tailoring, it's not going to get very far very fast. If it makes it as easy as assembling IKEA furniture, though, we're off to the races.
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Camptocamp SA - Lausanne (Switzerland) and Chambéry (France)

Looking for an open source JavaScript geospatial developers. Come work on maps!

http://www.camptocamp.com/en/careers/419-developpeur-javascr...
SEEKING WORK - remote (muellerwolfram@gmail.com)
Mobile App Development

We are a team of two developers, specialising on cross-platform mobile application development with phonegap and backbone.js. We tried different technologies, before settling for this approach. So we also have experience in sencha touch, as3/flex and titanium, if you need help with your existing project. Additionally to mobile app development, we can help you with your backend development as well. We are comfortable working with php webframeworks like symfony or zend, as well as ruby on rails and sinatra. Due to customer agreements we cannot publicly show all of our work, but we can show more work upon request. You can checkout some personal projects here:

http://itunes.apple.com/in/app/zeropilot/id546269977?mt=8

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jogoo-jump/id498777311?mt=8

https://apps.facebook.com/zeropilot/

http://www.themescroller.com

http://indiegamr.com/
Ok, now I want to learn more about Scala. Hats the best way f learning, and what's the be IDE?
SEEKING FREELANCER -- New York, remote

Happy Dogs NYC (happydogsnyc.com), a local dog daycare business, is looking for a programmer to maintain and enhance a Django/Javascript web app used for internal task workflow, scheduling, billing, and customer management.

Features to be added including exposing parts of the app to end-customers for self-service tasks, enhancing Facebook and other third-party login, adding automated credit card processing, optimizing mobile web access, supporting multiple store locations, and streamlining input forms.

This small, interesting project would be ideal for a capable freelancer or part-time intern looking to improve his or her Python, Django, and JavaScript skills in a real-world application -- and who wants exposure to agile and/or test-driven development methodologies -- with training provided as needed by a former Google product director (and co-owner of the business), who wrote the existing web app.

Contact me at ien@alum.mit.edu
Microsoft is the only company demanding the ARM devices other companies make to be locked down. What Apple does to its hardware is their problem, but it's not Microsoft's business to demand hardware manufacturers to deliberately kill competition on software (which would, ultimately, benefit both manufacturers and end-users).
FoundationDB - Vienna, VA (DC Suburb) - Evangelist remote, core engineer must be local but we would consider relocation expenses.

FoundationDB (http://foundationdb.com) is fundamentally new database technology, built completely from the OS up. It is a NoSQL database (distributed, ordered key-value design) with high levels of fault tolerance and performance, but with the most important missing feature given up by other NoSQL databases - true ACID transactions. Our primary value proposition is that we give you the best of both worlds - the distributed design / scalability, fault tolerance, and flexible data models of NoSQL, and the strong data consistency guarantees of single machine relational databases.

We are well funded, and are currently in the latter stages of our alpha program and have a very long and impressive list of alpha users that includes "household" tech names. Public beta is expected soon.

Who we're looking for:

A software engineer to add to our core development team. The most important traits this person should have are a strong background in computer science, experience working with distributed systems, and a desire to work on and solve difficult problems in an interactive team setting. Some pluses would include C++ and Java experience. Must be a friendly person who enjoys working with other people as we are a very team-centric environment.

A Developer Evanglist - this person should have experience building interesting applications using popular technologies such as Ruby on Rails, Django, etc. and be able to show us a few cool projects they've worked on. They should also be able to interact well with new people (they will be attending conferences on our behalf, visiting offices of other startups, etc.) and be well spoken, both in small groups and on stage giving presentations. Must also be willing and able to interact heavily with the developer community on popular social networking sites. The ability to write some thoughtful blog posts would be great as well. Ideally this person would be located in (or willing to move to) NYC or the Bay Area, so that we can have a more ongoing presence in those places.

Apply at info@foundationdb.com
Are you planning to do encryption ala BBM? Also not seeing anything here: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=flip+messenger so I don't think messenger that allows you to only communicate with people on a specific device is particularly useful.
And that's the difference. Glass is much, much more durable than both paper and aliminium.
if that's where we're going here, i might as well post this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDScp1JCFHM
> Once those levels were released, people would be able to share them freely among themselves

> In a no-copyright world, Valve's business model would certainly have to change

Yes it would have to change. Honestly I don't think you've thought this all the way through.

You need to show how companies like Apple, Microsoft, Valve and the thousands of smaller software makers (Adobe, Autodesk, Bethesda, Roxio, Zynga, IBM, Oracle, Blizzard, Symantec, Norton, SalesForce.com, Konami, Blackboard...) can still make as much money as they do today and have the same protections they have today.

If you can't well, then we may as well sit around discussing what the world would be like if there was no war, or what kind of tidal waves two moons would generate.
It took me about 5 seconds to find John Graham-Cumming's bio:

http://blog.jgc.org/2010/03/my-bio.html

"As a programmer he has worked in Silicon Valley and New York, the UK, Germany and France and currently works at CloudFlare."
No kidding, you aren't a lawyer and this is completely wrong. If you read the original piece, the case would have gone to Canadian courts. Courts use the law of the land they are in, they do not make "exceptions" for people who live in countries with different laws.
They do that now (to an extent).

If you get your drug approved by the FDA, you get 5 years of market exclusivity (12 years of it's a biologic). However, it has to be determined by the FDA to be a NCE (new chemical entity). Right now, a company called Amarin is trying to get a drug approved that has no patent and they are hope to get the FDA to recognize their drug as an NCE.

If it for a very rare disease (orphan drug), you get 7 years of exclusivity (still 12 if it's a biologic).

During that time, no other application for the same NCE and indication will be approved by the FDA, giving the first applicant de facto market exclusivity in lieu of a actual patent.
Japan introduces piracy penalties for illegal downloads