[SiliconBeach] Manly Beach to Silicon Beach - I'm new here

2012-10-31 Thread Dane Murray
Hey guys, I'm new to Silicon Beach so wanted to drop a line to introduce myself. I've got a bunch of new social enterprises coming out this summer including an environmentally friendly Toothbrush subscription service called GreenTeeth http://www.green-teeth.org and an awesome new Aussie brand

[SiliconBeach] Re: Hacker News for Australia launches

2012-10-31 Thread speldie23
Out of interest, did you build it from scratch or did you use an opensource option? Do you have any interest in re-establishing it? On Tuesday, October 30, 2012 10:58:14 PM UTC+11, William wrote: Hi Steve, It didn't get much traction so I closed it a few months ago. Cheers William On

[SiliconBeach] Re: Waterside co-working awesomeness in Manly

2012-10-31 Thread Vince Law
This looks like a great idea to me. I like Manly and Shelly beach and it would be nice to be able to work there. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is

Re: [SiliconBeach] Help moving to the USA

2012-10-31 Thread Mark
I actually got a lot of useful advice from the Austrade office in San Francisco, including referrals to excellent immigration lawyers and corporate attorneys. I'll update the wiki with any relevant information that is missing from my point of view. On Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:07:13 AM

Re: [SiliconBeach] Help moving to the USA

2012-10-31 Thread Aron Steg
Thanks Mark! There is a lot of room for more information still. It's only a few days old but its great to see people participating and sharing their experiences. A. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist

[SiliconBeach] Re: Hacker News for Australia launches

2012-10-31 Thread William
Hey, I coded everything myself and maybe I'd think about giving it another shot but perhaps taking a different approach, changing a few things and would definitely help if I had somebody partner with me on the project. With a mixture of school and basketball it was hard to balance this

[SiliconBeach] How To Participate in IETF 85 Remotely

2012-10-31 Thread Dean Collins
Next week is the 85th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) http://www.ietf.org/meeting/85/index.html and, as we mentioned last week, there will be some IPv6 sessions at IETF85 http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/blog/2012/10/ipv6-sessions-com ing-up-at-ietf-85-in-atlanta/

Re: [SiliconBeach] seeking co-founder

2012-10-31 Thread Nikhil Singh
Congratulations on getting this far and best of luck for the future, I had some questions which I thought I might ask 1. How do you compare this with tools and resources like PageSpeed, YSlow and other best practices. https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/

Re: [SiliconBeach] Help moving to the USA

2012-10-31 Thread Robert Shea
That guide was clearly written by an outsider. The information/advice is pretty questionable and things described as a mess are simply a lack of understanding by the author. On 31/10/12 12:57, Ryan Cross wrote: Further - this looks like a lot of the information you're after -

Re: [SiliconBeach] seeking co-founder

2012-10-31 Thread Steven Noble
Hi Nikhil, Thanks. Good to hear from you. Those Yahoo tools benchmark site speed. I benchmark site features. For example, a report could say: # Criteria: Order Cancellation function -- Your site: There is no order cancellation function -- A competitor's site: Instructs you to phone the

Re: [SiliconBeach] Help moving to the USA

2012-10-31 Thread Aron Steg
It's also quite unfinished. Ours is more complete already :) On Thursday, November 1, 2012, Robert Shea wrote: That guide was clearly written by an outsider. The information/advice is pretty questionable and things described as a mess are simply a lack of understanding by the author. --

Re: [SiliconBeach] seeking co-founder

2012-10-31 Thread Nikhil Singh
I think the words Online Benchmarks carried me away, given my background my brain forced me to think in that direction. Reread the site and you are correct its completely different from the tools I was referring to. Cheers On 01/11/2012, at 11:12 AM, Steven Noble ste...@snoble.net wrote: Hi

[SiliconBeach] How many people on this list are working for equity?

2012-10-31 Thread Dean Collins
Mick Liubinskas posted a comment on Facebook recently but I questioned how many Sydney based developers are prepared to work for equity (or are already working in an equity only based startup situation). - http://www.facebook.com/mickl/posts/544766738871219 If you are reply to this post with the

Re: [SiliconBeach] How many people on this list are working for equity?

2012-10-31 Thread Ned Dwyer
I think it depends on what equity is on offer and what the pay reduction is. Plenty of gutsy developers out there looking for an opportunity with the right startup and aware of the risks and benefits. Obviously Mick is able to attract that kind of talent. I know plenty of people who work at

Re: [SiliconBeach] How many people on this list are working for equity?

2012-10-31 Thread Nikhil Singh
Hey Dean, I am happy to work for equity but only part time as I have a family to feed. At my present startup ( Paloma Mobile) we are working for salary + equity. Also have been meeting various like minded people with whom I could do something of my own. Here is my LinkedIn profile,