Re: [SiliconBeach] "Internet of Things" in Australia - good examples?

2014-12-07 Thread Andrew Stone
Hey Matt, That article is a good start... OzBerry is the local 'Melting Pot' you should really make the time to come along: http://www.meetup.com/OzBerryPi/ Cheers, Andrew. On 8 December 2014 at 07:06, Matt Moore wrote: > Hi, > > I'm writing an article on Internet of Thing* for a non-technica

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: It's official: Software will be unpatentable in NZ

2014-11-14 Thread Andrew Stone
That is excellent news! well done New Zealand! On 12 November 2014 22:41, nzsoftwares.com wrote: > > It will help software companies like us who work mainly on open source > project in New Zealand. Actually by removing patents New Zealand > government has shown a good example to rest of the wor

Re: [SiliconBeach] .NET developer moving back to Australia

2014-10-19 Thread Andrew Stone
Hi Imad, Please send me your CV :) We have a Angular/ Mongo stack that we need some extra hands on. Cheers, Andrew. Andrew Stone - Founder +61 (0)412 488 251 | +61 (0)2 9043 3851 andrew.st...@drivenlogic.com.au Elegant Enterprise Solutions http://www.drivenlogic.com.au | Level 2, 66

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: 10 week - learn development - feedback requested

2014-09-17 Thread Andrew Stone
10 weeks? MVPs? Why not learn anglar.js and use a back end as a service like parse? https://www.parse.com/products/core#howitworks https://angularjs.org/ https://github.com/brandid/parse-angular-demo That will have people doing something useful quickly and leverage enough tech to prove business

Re: [SiliconBeach] *Privacy Act* compliant hosting providers in Australia

2014-08-04 Thread Andrew Stone
Legislation is one thing... perhaps you are just looking of someone to hold responsible for leaks? ... If you *really* don't want anyone peeping at your data *you* need to store it encrypted. end of story. On 4 August 2014 11:46, Richard Sazima wrote: > Hi all, > > > Our startup operates in the

Re: [SiliconBeach] Hardware Hackspace

2014-06-09 Thread Andrew Stone
elbourne? > > > On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Andrew Stone > wrote: > >> >> ​Hi Mike, >> >> http://www.solidifier.com.au/ is exactly what you describe. >> >> Grand opening in a couple of weeks... the fit-out is underway right now. >>

Re: [SiliconBeach] Hardware Hackspace

2014-06-05 Thread Andrew Stone
://www.meetup.com/OzBerryPi/ Which will now meet at the new solidifier space on a monthly basis. Kind regards, Andrew Stone. *Andrew Stone* - Founder +61 (0)412 488 251 | +61 (0)2 9043 3851 andrew.st...@drivenlogic.com.au | Twitter: @DrivenLogic <https://twitter.com/drivenlogic> *D

Re: [SiliconBeach] storing credit card details and triggering payments platforms

2014-05-14 Thread Andrew Stone
y doing so also deals with the PCI compliance/security headaches. Regards, Andrew. *Andrew Stone* - Founder +61 (0)412 488 251 | +61 (0)2 9043 3851 andrew.st...@drivenlogic.com.au | Twitter: @DrivenLogic<https://twitter.com/drivenlogic> *Digital Enterprise Automation * http://w

Re: [SiliconBeach] Malcolm is here to help

2014-03-25 Thread Andrew Stone
You would think that Malcolm would *need* faster internet to download all his hate mail. ;) On 21 March 2014 10:51, Michael Still wrote: > I've been encouraging friends to let Malcolm know every time they have > a DSL problem for a while. How can he fix things if he's only got the > totally wro

Re: [SiliconBeach] Sydney $310k

2014-01-07 Thread Andrew Stone
I think Sydney will continue to underperform until something is done about the cost of housing. It would appear that the flow through cost of housing deadens appetite for risk and increases brain drain... as talent can find a better overall deal elsewhere (@Alex, your calculations above point in t

Re: [SiliconBeach] Best Australian Bank for Startups

2013-12-10 Thread Andrew Stone
Try the smaller banks, BankWest was reasonable before CBA bought them. On 11 December 2013 11:55, Alon Tamir wrote: > To approach the answer by process of elimination - NOT ANZ. > > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 8:45 AM, Mick Liubinskas wrote: > >> Just curious to know what people think. >> >> Best

Re: [SiliconBeach] Freelance developer

2013-11-21 Thread Andrew Stone
Dylan is spot on. You could probably argue this one either way... but the point is: arguing something like is a waste of time. Mr Frits is also a self confessed lurker... so it's clear he is not readling the footer, thats two out of two... Forum rules > 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you int

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Liberals NBN

2013-09-08 Thread Andrew Stone
I think Patrick means megabytes (MB) not bits (Mb)? *so I'm not looking forward to coming back to 1 or 2Mbps in Sydney.* Should be a capital B I'm guessing... because 2Mbps is really freaking slow, about 256 Kilobytes down which is clearly not the case here in Sydney (I say "about" because of th

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Commonwealth bank closing founders personal accounts

2013-08-19 Thread Andrew Stone
udited and done the right way (as far as I can tell). Just launched : http://independentreserve.com/ Regards, [image: Inline images 1] Andrew Stone - Founder +61 (0)412 488 251 +61 (0)2 9043 3851 andrew.st...@drivenlogic.com.au http://www.drivenlogic.com.au <http://drivenlogic.com.au/&g

Re: [SiliconBeach] Reference on risks of offshore app development?

2013-08-16 Thread Andrew Stone
-located teams. Regards, Andrew Stone. On 16 August 2013 23:14, Patrick Collins wrote: > The implication of your reply is that offshore developers are generally > 10x worse than onshore. It indicates you haven't worked with a kickass > offshore team. I thought the same way you d

Re: [SiliconBeach] Reference on risks of offshore app development?

2013-08-15 Thread Andrew Stone
managing workers across time zones and over language barriers*. On 16 August 2013 15:28, Andrew Stone wrote: > Hi, > > The techniques described by Chaitanya will require at least some onshore > development anyway. > > And yes, I'm biased toward the high quality end of the mark

Re: [SiliconBeach] Reference on risks of offshore app development?

2013-08-15 Thread Andrew Stone
ive data? We review code from overseas regularly, some of it is great and some is so bad I can't believe my eyes on occasion. Geographic location does seem show a pattern, but I'm not willing to generalise on such things. :) Regards, [image: Inline images 1] Andrew Stone - Founder

Re: [SiliconBeach] programming clubs/groups?

2013-08-07 Thread Andrew Stone
nce a month (at Engineroom chippendale). >From time to time there are additional meets that address specific areas - like our recent RaspberryPi kick start for Educators at the Powerhouse. Otherwise, the advice to hunt around on meetup is worth taking up. :) Cheers, Andrew. [image: Inline image

Re: [SiliconBeach] Senior developer / Tech lead looking for contract work

2013-07-29 Thread Andrew Stone
Sorry beachers, that was meant to be a direct post to Matt. ;-| On 30 July 2013 15:45, Andrew Stone wrote: > Hi Matt, > > We are looking at the moment... I have attached a job spec. not quite a > fit for you... It's full time contract work and for .net C# but - don't le

Re: [SiliconBeach] Best PI, PL providers for tech freelancers

2013-06-06 Thread Andrew Stone
to hear experiences of anyone who has actually had to claim against their PI or PL policy in Australia? Regards, *Andrew Stone* +61 (0)412 488 251 | +61 (0)2 9043 3851 andrew.st...@drivenlogic.com.au http://drivenlogic.com.au * * *Creating Sydney's best enterprise sof

Re: [SiliconBeach] Struggling to find a tech co-founder? Maybe you don't need one...

2013-06-06 Thread Andrew Stone
Mark, that is a very good point... If "version 1" type throw away MVP stuff was the focus that would be a win win. On 7 June 2013 07:33, Mark Wotton wrote: > If GA can teach business types enough to get a crappy, crashy MVP up that > still solves a business problem, I'd call that a win for ever

Re: [SiliconBeach] Struggling to find a tech co-founder? Maybe you don't need one...

2013-06-06 Thread Andrew Stone
just 2 cents more :) IMO the whole back-end front-end thing is flawed fragmenting thinking anyway. Developers need to learn the stack that they are using. Otherwise they will never have a clear view of what is being built... back end / front end malarkey also promotes blame shifting when thing

Re: [SiliconBeach] Struggling to find a tech co-founder? Maybe you don't need one...

2013-06-05 Thread Andrew Stone
e a half decent coder and despite that, some people never develop the aptitude for it. Business people need to concentrate on developing good business ideas/plans/product so that may attract technical people. If you can't then fail fast and start something new. Regards, Andrew Stone.

Re: [SiliconBeach] StartUp Skill Share

2013-06-05 Thread Andrew Stone
, *Andrew Stone* +61 (0)412 488 251 | +61 (0)2 9043 3851 andrew.st...@drivenlogic.com.au http://drivenlogic.com.au * * *Creating Sydney's best enterprise software* DrivenLogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 2746, Sydney, NSW, 2001, Australia. On 6 June 2013 00:12, Shane

Re: [SiliconBeach] Helping developers (designers, PMs, etc) find great jobs - I'm curating a list

2013-05-01 Thread Andrew Stone
12 80819071 | M: +61421477460 | twitter.com/pretaweb | > linkedin.com/in/djay75 > > > > On 02/05/2013, at 2:16 PM, Andrew Stone wrote: > > > Hi Alex, > > > > Sorry gotta ask... are you a recruitment agent? or likely to act as one > in the future? > > > &g

Re: [SiliconBeach] Helping developers (designers, PMs, etc) find great jobs - I'm curating a list

2013-05-01 Thread Andrew Stone
Hi Alex, Sorry gotta ask... are you a recruitment agent? or likely to act as one in the future? Cheers, Andrew. * Andrew Stone *+61 (0)412 488 251 and...@drivenlogic.com.au | http://drivenlogic.com.au * DrivenLogic Pty Ltd | Pragmatic Software Construction * GPO Box 2746

[SiliconBeach] Another Lurker comes clean :)

2012-12-18 Thread Andrew Stone
evelopment practice. We focus on direct customer collaboration and getting things done. Some great content on this list! I will be down for Thursday drinks in the new year. - merry Christmas. Cheers, Andrew. * Andrew Stone *+61 (0)412 488 251 and...@drivenlogic.com.au | http://drivenlo

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Finding someone technical to build your idea

2012-12-13 Thread Andrew Stone
Yep, great blog post! I hope people take the 5 minutes to read it! :) * Andrew Stone *+61 (0)412 488 251 and...@drivenlogic.com.au | http://drivenlogic.com.au * DrivenLogic Pty Ltd | Pragmatic Software Construction * GPO Box 2746, Sydney, NSW, 2001, Australia On 13 December