Kyle Cordes

A few days ago, we announced our StartupToDo.com scholarships. So far, 6 companies have qualified (and are being “awarded” their 6 months free (paid for by Oasis Digital) accounts. That leaves 4 slots… so if you’re interested, here is the information on how to apply.

I suppose there have been hiring companies with wildly unrealistic cost expectations forever; the internet just makes it more visible. Take, for example, this job post for PostgreSQL expert, which I republish here for criticism and comment, anonymized:
We are looking for a postgre expert with indepth Oracle skill to help with the following project:
1) migrate [...]

Tags: books, commentary, database, postgresql

There are many pages out there about how to use a tethered BlackBerry internet connection with Ubuntu 9.10. Here is one that actually works. It uses Barry, BlackBerry support software generously provided by Net Direct Inc.
I’ve found this quite useful with an Ubuntu based netbook. There is Wifi a lot of places, but not even close [...]

Tags: linux, ubuntu

A few weeks ago I met Bob Walsh, well known MicroISV guru (he wrote the book on it). He has a startup-acceleration company called StartupToDo.com; which he persuaded me to take a look at. The site offers a pile of information, for a fee, to help startups “cut to the chase” as they get moving. [...]

This Thursday is the next meeting of the Lambda Lounge, I’m giving away another stack of books:

I love books. I love them so much that my house became crowded with them. Then I realized that The World is My Warehouse.
Please take a book, free. There are some excellent books in this pile, most notably the [...]

Tags: books