Comments for Dan Walmsley http://www.danwalmsley.com Coding so you don't have to Sun, 09 Oct 2011 06:20:03 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Why Banks Suck by Richard http://www.danwalmsley.com/2009/05/10/why-banks-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-48488 Richard Sun, 09 Oct 2011 06:20:03 +0000 http://www.danwalmsley.com/?p=232#comment-48488 Stop your complaining already. Take your money out of bank and join a credit union. Problem solved. Stop your complaining already. Take your money out of bank and join a credit union. Problem solved.

]]> Comment on Why Banks Suck by thomas http://www.danwalmsley.com/2009/05/10/why-banks-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-48097 thomas Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:21:40 +0000 http://www.danwalmsley.com/?p=232#comment-48097 i agree with all that all banks suck and it's a game of pure profit for them for the bank my wife and i do business with now for about 10 years is turning into a money hungry greedy scrooge and like mentioned above, there's nothing you can do about that for when it comes to cashing a check their all after profits and don't care about customer service. this is not the america i grew up in for it's a country of pure stupid greed and i hope the world really does come to an end soon. also mentioned above when banks are going down they can get money from uncle sam but we can't due we're not big enough but they know how to cheat people and make huge profits until their caught and then either they go out of business or some other bank buys them out. one way or another we all answer to god. i agree with all that all banks suck and it’s a game of pure profit for them for the bank my wife and i do business with now for about 10 years is turning into a money hungry greedy scrooge and like mentioned above, there’s nothing you can do about that for when it comes to cashing a check their all after profits and don’t care about customer service. this is not the america i grew up in for it’s a country of pure stupid greed and i hope the world really does come to an end soon. also mentioned above when banks are going down they can get money from uncle sam but we can’t due we’re not big enough but they know how to cheat people and make huge profits until their caught and then either they go out of business or some other bank buys them out. one way or another we all answer to god.

]]> Comment on Experience importing an existing Drupal site to Aegir by Bill Powell http://www.danwalmsley.com/2009/10/14/experience-importing-an-existing-drupal-site-to-aegir/comment-page-1/#comment-46115 Bill Powell Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:29:46 +0000 http://www.danwalmsley.com/?p=351#comment-46115 Thanks for sharing! Two years later, your advice came up on a search on imagecache and Aegir, and I could finally fix my filepaths and get images showing again. I thought imagecache was broken, but it was as simple as the broken filepaths. Thanks for sharing! Two years later, your advice came up on a search on imagecache and Aegir, and I could finally fix my filepaths and get images showing again. I thought imagecache was broken, but it was as simple as the broken filepaths.

]]> Comment on The Power of Prototyping by dan http://www.danwalmsley.com/2011/07/17/the-power-of-prototyping/comment-page-1/#comment-44079 dan Mon, 25 Jul 2011 05:50:57 +0000 http://www.danwalmsley.com/?p=509#comment-44079 Hi Amy, I think you have to create (and evolve) measures of success that are related to your goals. So, for example, Aza works in the health field, and he might measure aggregate health outcomes in order to test the effectiveness of his product. Or he may choose the simpler route and measure adoption, usage patterns over time, and so on. Basically, once a product is launched, your idea sucks if (a) noone uses it, and (b) it doesn't create the desired outcome. But how do you assess a prototype? I would argue that it's largely along the same lines, though with a smaller userbase. Are people excited about picking up the prototype again? Are they full of ideas? Do they naturally gravitate towards an appreciation of the product that mirrors its intent? If so, you're on a winner and should continue. Hi Amy,

I think you have to create (and evolve) measures of success that are related to your goals.

So, for example, Aza works in the health field, and he might measure aggregate health outcomes in order to test the effectiveness of his product.

Or he may choose the simpler route and measure adoption, usage patterns over time, and so on.

Basically, once a product is launched, your idea sucks if (a) noone uses it, and (b) it doesn’t create the desired outcome.

But how do you assess a prototype? I would argue that it’s largely along the same lines, though with a smaller userbase. Are people excited about picking up the prototype again? Are they full of ideas? Do they naturally gravitate towards an appreciation of the product that mirrors its intent?

If so, you’re on a winner and should continue.

]]> Comment on The Power of Prototyping by Amy Zerba http://www.danwalmsley.com/2011/07/17/the-power-of-prototyping/comment-page-1/#comment-43972 Amy Zerba Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:13:08 +0000 http://www.danwalmsley.com/?p=509#comment-43972 Hi Dan. One of the things Aza said in his talk is that our first ideas will likely be tossed. You hinted at this when you said you often build throw-away apps. So how do we know when our idea sucks if we are so attached to it? I guess how do you measure failure (aside from money)? Amy Hi Dan.
One of the things Aza said in his talk is that our first ideas will likely be tossed. You hinted at this when you said you often build throw-away apps. So how do we know when our idea sucks if we are so attached to it? I guess how do you measure failure (aside from money)?
Amy

]]> Comment on Render a Wicket page to a string for HTML email by Retrieving html from wicket components http://www.danwalmsley.com/2008/10/21/render-a-wicket-page-to-a-string-for-html-email/comment-page-1/#comment-43592 Retrieving html from wicket components Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:21:02 +0000 http://www.danwalmsley.com/?p=171#comment-43592 [...] the page. I have tried several example that I have found none of which seem to work. I have tried Render a Wicket page to a string for HTML email | Dan Walmsley which returnsan empty string. I have also reied several other example all of which do not work. [...] [...] the page. I have tried several example that I have found none of which seem to work. I have tried Render a Wicket page to a string for HTML email | Dan Walmsley which returnsan empty string. I have also reied several other example all of which do not work. [...]

]]> Comment on Ode to an Exit Row by Frances Prentice http://www.danwalmsley.com/2010/05/04/ode-to-an-exit-row/comment-page-1/#comment-41943 Frances Prentice Mon, 30 May 2011 11:51:14 +0000 http://www.danwalmsley.com/?p=440#comment-41943 Love that you entertain yourself writing poetry. Happiness is a comic bloke Always ready with a joke Tickling bones of other folks Sometimes going up in smoke Ready fun at self to poke Rarely found to ever choke Loving dagger and the cloak Makes us laugh until we croak Happiness is the comic bloke :-) Love that you entertain yourself writing poetry.
Happiness is a comic bloke
Always ready with a joke
Tickling bones of other folks
Sometimes going up in smoke
Ready fun at self to poke
Rarely found to ever choke
Loving dagger and the cloak
Makes us laugh until we croak
Happiness is the comic bloke :-)

]]> Comment on Running Nginx with Concrete5 by andreas http://www.danwalmsley.com/2009/05/31/running-nginx-with-concrete5/comment-page-1/#comment-41403 andreas Mon, 09 May 2011 18:42:12 +0000 http://www.danwalmsley.com/?p=243#comment-41403 wow thanks! saved me time! wow thanks! saved me time!

]]> Comment on Apache Wicket on Google App Engine for Java by Looking at MVC frameworks « cg2p http://www.danwalmsley.com/2009/04/08/apache-wicket-on-google-app-engine-for-java/comment-page-1/#comment-40124 Looking at MVC frameworks « cg2p Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:07:54 +0000 http://www.danwalmsley.com/?p=220#comment-40124 [...] going to distract myself with this just yet though. I know it can work in App Engine from previous.  I’m going to get some basic application up and running first [...] [...] going to distract myself with this just yet though. I know it can work in App Engine from previous.  I’m going to get some basic application up and running first [...]

]]> Comment on ACN serves up a piping hot nonsenseburger by Wise-Idiot http://www.danwalmsley.com/2009/11/02/acn-serves-up-a-piping-hot-nonsenseburger/comment-page-1/#comment-39522 Wise-Idiot Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:51:36 +0000 http://www.danwalmsley.com/?p=372#comment-39522 hey Dan, I hate pyramid schemes too.. have a look at the ABC News "editors note" below.. I think it will surprise you http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200503/s1330443.htm The difference between ignorance and stupidity is knowledge. The ignorant don’t know what they don’t know and the stupid choose to ignore ALL the overwhelming evidence. hey Dan, I hate pyramid schemes too.. have a look at the ABC News “editors note” below.. I think it will surprise you

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200503/s1330443.htm

The difference between ignorance and stupidity is knowledge. The ignorant don’t know what they don’t know and the stupid choose to ignore ALL the overwhelming evidence.

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