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Re: Remote Pair Programming with Screen and Vim

jhancock — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:10:05 -0000

sorry, i wasn't being clear enough. screen requires both users to have login access to the same server. For users in the same team/company, this isn't always a problem. For outside support, it can be.

Re: Remote Pair Programming with Screen and Vim

jhancock — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:11:08 -0000

if your using Windows or Linux desktop, try ShellShadow. Its a collaborative terminal client. Basically, collaborative PuTTY. It also resolves a need to have a shared server as you need with screen sharing.
No OS X client yet for ShellShadow.

Re: Google Chrome: Why I’m Not Excited

jhancock — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:50:45 -0000

I disagree that a general purpose bytecode engine is key to success. As a language hobbiest, I love the idea. But javascript is "good enough"; and javascript "done right" is a killer feature.

Re: Bootstrappers Beware

jhancock — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:52:03 -0000

amen brother!!! My startup is http://shellshadow.com.
We are just coming out of what turned out to be a long R&D phase and will start aggressive marketing in a few weeks.
I fully expect a 12-18 month cycle to get enough users to reach the second bar. Sure, selling to a bigger software company that has enough foresight in your product is a nice dream. But you can't count on that. You have to slog your way through and be able to survive a long long time on your own.