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Updates from the wannabe hacker
I’m about 1 month into a new internship, this time with a software development company which does a lot of web development, call Odeon. The founders, Calvin and Stefan have both spoken recently at...
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Why Did Tan Kin Lian Lose So Badly? Because He Failed to Cross the Chasm...
what have I gotten myself into... Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey Moore is a marketing book that espouses the need for a product or company to first find traction with early adopters before attempting...
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Just wrote a couple of blog posts for the Odeon blog
Django Admin Template Customization Learning Vim: Tab Autocomplete
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Persistence
stay on target...stay on target... I tried learning both French and Spanish during my uni days but didn’t get beyond muy bien and deco. All my life I have also sucked at my mother tongue, Mandarin. So...
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Explain It Like I’m 5: What’s a database?
In layman terms, a database is a place where information is stored. If you are familiar with Microsoft Excel, a database is conceptually the same thing. In Excel, each worksheet contains a logical set...
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How To Hire A Programmer When You’re Not A Programmer
Jason Fried has a post on how to hire a tech guy if you’re not techie yourself. It’s a good high level posts. Here are some of my additional thoughts from a techie point of view. Is He On...
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To Learn, Must One Always Be In A State Of Discomfort?
Mind the Knowledge Gap I’ve been coding Django apps for about 2 years now. I can initiate a server running Arch Linux, get it up and running and deploy my Django app in a couple of hours. I code using...
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What I Learnt Building 6 Real Estate iPhone Apps
I’ve built the following real estate related apps over the last few months. All of them are Singapore centric except for the rental yield calculator and the mortgage calculator. Progressive Payment...
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Things I’ve learnt in the last 2 weeks
I know django fu Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens Brown paper packages tied up with strings These are a few of my favorite things – Favourite...
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How to make money online. Old but still gold.
too little people trying to make a slightly better Italian restaurant on the internet
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