Re: [The Java Posse] Silicon Valley

2011-08-23 Thread phil swenson
don't forget to factor in taxes for cost of living: http://www.tax-rates.org/California/income-tax you will probably be in the 10% bracket. On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Steve Lewis wrote: > On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Justin Ryan wrote: >> I'm contemplating a move to Silicon Valley w

Re: [The Java Posse] Silicon Valley

2011-08-23 Thread Steve Lewis
On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Justin Ryan wrote: > I'm contemplating a move to Silicon Valley would like to solicit some > advice from the group about what it’s like to live there. My questions > to get into? Is it possible to find an affordable house near where the > jobs are? If not and give

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Scala Lift or Play?

2011-08-23 Thread Reinier Zwitserloot
There's a sweet spot here. Build your usual page-oriented fill-the-template loads-of-forms model, which you should be using, but then augment that with javascript. Here and there you're doing some double work, but the key is to make the form submit stuff as simple as it could possibly be; it exi

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Silicon Valley

2011-08-23 Thread Wayne Fay
BART is great so long as where you live and where you're going is within some reasonable distance from a station. I lived in Russian Hill and worked in the city so I used BART very infrequently as a result. Instead we used MUNI constantly. My wife worked a couple dozen blocks away and actually walk

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Scala Lift or Play?

2011-08-23 Thread phil swenson
This approach breaks the web as we know it. Search and restful URLs are mostly out the window. Also, good look working with a web designer. It's a similar trade-off as building a flash app. On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 10:38 AM, clay wrote: > Lift is the old web model, like JSP/ASP/PHP/Struts/Rails

[The Java Posse] Re: Silicon Valley

2011-08-23 Thread Justin Ryan
Thanks for the feedback, renting does sound like the best way to learn the area. I was reminded that a few companies offer shuttles, which can be a great way to alleviate sitting in traffic if you have a long ways to travel. Likewise, I was also told about CalTrain and the BART as an option to, esp

[The Java Posse] Vs: Re: #360: Some comments

2011-08-23 Thread Roland Tepp
I would actually agree .. sort of - Apple did innovate but not by virtue of coming up with something new but by the virtue of making a better product out of earlier ideas. Patents are supposed to be granted for technical innovation, not for better marketing and product quality's sake. It is no