Re: Freelance cooperatives (was: Recruitment Consultant Database)
> > seek out like-minded company, for inspiration and moral support if nothing > > else. I'm looking for successful examples to follow, and potential allies. > > Well I have been thinking about making the jump for a long time, > but I am finding it very hard todo so. But eventually I want to > start my own company. So if you want someone who can help, albeit > on a limited basis, and at the same time you may be helping them. > Then keep me in mind. Well, I've made most of the jump myself - I'm going part-time at work, I'm looking into starting a limited company, and have a few clients lined up for various web/perl things. One of the things I'm doing is bringing Schwern to England for a week to do a series of one-day courses at companies about testing with Perl. I'll be posting details to the list about this sometime early next week - if anyone would be interested, and would like to be kept up-to-date, let me know... +Pete -- Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess. -- Samuel Johnson
Re: Freelance cooperatives (was: Recruitment Consultant Database)
On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 02:50:21PM +, Nick Woolley wrote: > I also have other friends who have companies and do work for them > occasionally. The main reason I'm asking this question about cooperatives is > because working on one's own can be damn hard, and the lesson seems to be to I know how it feels. I dont work for myself (yet) but I do work from home for an American company. > seek out like-minded company, for inspiration and moral support if nothing > else. I'm looking for successful examples to follow, and potential allies. Well I have been thinking about making the jump for a long time, but I am finding it very hard todo so. But eventually I want to start my own company. So if you want someone who can help, albeit on a limited basis, and at the same time you may be helping them. Then keep me in mind. Graham.
Re: Bank Of America (was: Re: Natwest module)
On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 05:10:53PM +, Russell Matbouli wrote: > On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 12:05:36PM -0500, Mike Jarvis wrote: > > Related by banking, but in no other way, I need to write the code to > > process CC payments with BoFA. The interface looks pretty > > straightforward, but if anybody else has already written it, I'd love > > to steal from you. > > Putting "bofa" in search.cpan.org returns > Business::OnlinePayment::BankOfAmerica as the first result... D'oh! I swear I checked. Thanks for correcting my brain damage for today. -- mike
Bank Of America (was: Re: Natwest module)
On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 12:05:36PM -0500, Mike Jarvis wrote: > Related by banking, but in no other way, I need to write the code to > process CC payments with BoFA. The interface looks pretty > straightforward, but if anybody else has already written it, I'd love > to steal from you. Putting "bofa" in search.cpan.org returns Business::OnlinePayment::BankOfAmerica as the first result... -- Russell Matbouli | The only difference between good and evil [EMAIL PROTECTED] | is the seating arrangements PGP KeyID: 0x3CA84CF4 |
Re: Natwest module
On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 04:07:48PM +, Peter Sergeant wrote: > I've today written the first half of a perl script to screen-scrape > Natwest's Online Banking. All the authentication parts are implemented, > but now I've lost interest (no pun intended). This should probably exist > as: > > Finance::Bank::Natwest Related by banking, but in no other way, I need to write the code to process CC payments with BoFA. The interface looks pretty straightforward, but if anybody else has already written it, I'd love to steal from you. http://www.bankofamerica.com/merchantservices/index.cfm?template=merch_ic_estores_developer.cfm -- mike
Natwest module
I've today written the first half of a perl script to screen-scrape Natwest's Online Banking. All the authentication parts are implemented, but now I've lost interest (no pun intended). This should probably exist as: Finance::Bank::Natwest If anyone would like to take up the torch, take my existing code, and finish it, I'm more than happy to send it to them. Chances are, if no-one does, I'll release in a few months. +Pete -- Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young. -- Samuel Johnson
Re: Freelance cooperatives (was: Recruitment Consultant Database)
On Saturday 01 Mar 2003 8:25 pm, Paul Makepeace wrote: > > [herding cats] > > (I'd like to see a moritorium on using this phrase. It was kind of funny > the first hundred or so times, now it just seems to be rather > unimaginative and cliche'd - not a trait I usually associate with > programmers. TIMTOWTexpressI surely!) Oops. Sorry. But TIMTOWDI is such a phrase too, surely? > Inexperience in: organising teams, management of projects, motivation, > etc. Now those are typical programmer traits :) yep. > When > work comes up the particular required skill is being able to form > appropriate teams in a short space of time, manage clients and back-end > work, and of course actually deliver. How have you been finding this? > I get the impression more and more coders are seeing the need for > developing their soft skills. Absolutely. Which is why I'm looking for examples (and counter examples) of prior art which I can try and learn from or emulate. > In other news, a tentative project is underway to rent out space in > central london for a digital community of some sort - shared resources, > paid admin, PAs, etc. More news on that as it breaks but anyone > interested who feel they can contribute (not code/tech skills; got > those) by all means contact me offline. Potentially I'm interested, if only as another contact/collaborator. On Sunday 02 Mar 2003 2:01 pm, Marty Pauley wrote: > Why not set up a company to do it? Some agents insist on working with > a limted company. If you want your own agent, he could be an employee. > The legal status of a limited company is clear. I have one. I share directorship with a friend, and we're sort of scraping by. But it's a small company - just a vehicle for contracting/payment, really - there are only two of us, and we're relatively new at the game. There are lots of lessons to be learnt. The problem is our small scale, lack of business experience, and sometimes, motivating ourselves in the face of all the shit that comes along. I also have other friends who have companies and do work for them occasionally. The main reason I'm asking this question about cooperatives is because working on one's own can be damn hard, and the lesson seems to be to seek out like-minded company, for inspiration and moral support if nothing else. I'm looking for successful examples to follow, and potential allies. Taking on employees though - especially agents - is probably not the route I'd take since we have no reliable income. I was thinking more of a shared agent with whom one has some kind of a relationship and who has a motivation to help me, rather than seeing me as just another CV to edit. Probably I should be schmoozing with them more than I do. On Saturday 01 Mar 2003 9:15 pm, Patrick Carmichael wrote: > It is worth having a look at the goings-on at Free Developers > (http://freedevelopers.net/). Thanks, I've added it to my 'to read' bookmarks and I'll need a bit longer to digest that. Nick __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/
Re: Microptomisation games
On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, darren chamberlain wrote: > > my $left = shift; # this/self > > my $right = shift; # the other obeject > > my $rev = shift; # have the args been reversed by perl? > > But you can do that anyway: > > my ($left # this/self > $right # the other obeject > $rev) = @_; # have the args been reversed by perl? But the latter method is more susceptible to maintainance errors in my view. Jason Clifford -- UKFSN.ORG Finance Free Software while you surf the 'net http://www.ukfsn.org/ Get the T-Shirt Now
