Archive for December, 2009

Dec 16 2009

StartupToDo scholarships – 6 down, 4 to go

Published by Kyle Cordes under business

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.
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Dec 16 2009

Unrealistic Cost Expectations, and How to Fix Them

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 [...]

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Dec 15 2009

BlackBerry tether with Ubuntu 9.10

Published by Kyle Cordes under linux, ubuntu

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 [...]

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Dec 14 2009

StartupToDo.com Scholarships for St. Louis Startups

Published by Kyle Cordes under business

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. [...]

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Dec 01 2009

Book Giveaway at Lambda Lounge, Dec. 3

Published by Kyle Cordes under books

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 [...]

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