15:[[798473,{"by":"sid","descendants":9,"id":798473,"kids":[798528,798594,798534,798649,798511,798695],"score":10,"text":"$16","time":1251827399,"title":"Ask HN: How do you do realtime","type":"story","url":""}],[797070,{"by":"brownegg","descendants":214,"id":797070,"kids":[797088,797116,797166,797144,797524,797233,797098,797132,797122,797160,797188,797218,797130,797174,797168,797476,797139,797240,797109,797229,797704,797131,797263,797115,797403,797268,797204,797138,797498,797567,797884,797173,797175,797361,797354,797315,797081,797448,797121,797903,797151,797224,797706,797712,797571,797155,797165,797085,797257,797318,797112,797347,797697,797092,797227,797225,797916,798218,797692,797402,797301,797105,797545,798478,797111,797387,797312,797182,797265,797632,797128,797236,797417,797646,797635,797320,797296,797150,797631,797416,797360,797226,797418,797266,798639,798256,797143,797809,797953,797274,797178,797275,797248,797149,797731,797494,797949,798484,797213,797708,797595,797374,797179,797286,797192,797161,797547,798136,798113,797198],"score":72,"text":"I don't ever see this discussed here. The level and focus of discourse here should make for great recommendations.

<edit> Should this be restricted to \"on topic\" material? </edit>

Me, recently and currently:

http://www.amazon.com/About-Face-2-0-Essentials-Interaction/dp/0764526413/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251767831&sr=8-12

http://www.amazon.com/Matter-Great-Design-People-Company/dp/0137142447/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251767882&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Positioning-Battle-Your-Mind-Anniversary/dp/0071359168/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251767926&sr=1-1","time":1251767943,"title":"What are you reading?","type":"story"}],[779747,{"by":"rams","descendants":7,"id":779747,"kids":[779931,779861,779815,779991],"score":9,"text":"","time":1250972220,"title":"Your IT Company's Biggest Enemy","type":"story","url":"http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2006/02/your_it_companys_biggest_enemy.html"}],[773106,{"by":"Jeremysr","descendants":399,"id":773106,"kids":[773108,773183,773211,773194,773142,773176,773822,773186,773237,773127,773284,773123,773290,773300,773198,773282,773945,773436,773185,773286,773673,773433,773208,773692,773580,773190,773200,773457,773352,773557,774042,773572,773611,773978,773397,777371,773419,773727,773965,778421,777280,774622,773901,774172,773897,778589,778235,774443,780338,773197,774167,773954,773260,774124,831327,773299,781335,773375,773219,773171,773682,779903,773496,774306,773245,775589,776245,774900,787827,776437,779106,774283,773914,774291],"score":558,"time":1250701579,"title":"_why is no more","type":"story","url":"http://twitter.com/_why"}],[767579,{"by":"thamer","descendants":23,"id":767579,"kids":[767646,767770,767874,767928,767828,768108,767721,767940,767706,767895,768011,767936,768217,768667,767960,768025,768094],"score":20,"text":"","time":1250495579,"title":"Why I’ll Never Be A ‘Web Guy’","type":"story","url":"http://michaelbraude.blogspot.com/2009/05/why-ill-never-be-web-guy.html"}],[752864,{"by":"js3309","descendants":15,"id":752864,"kids":[752935,753140,753291,753021,753060,753370,753161,753062,753148,753093,753648,752925,753038,753037],"score":11,"text":"I see many people posting here asking about ideas. Also, I see many new startups that are ONLY geared toward TechCrunch RSS subscribers.

I'm in the other end of the spectrum, after graduating w/ BSEE I been working in \"real world\" for couple of years. I see many simple apps that would would greatly benefit users in my industry and many other \"real world\" ideas.

So, I been trying to learn programming to build these apps (simple commenting/ratings). I been learning PHP/MySQL (mostly from w3schools) but in 6 months I went from a beginner to low-intermediate. I simply gave up because it takes me weeks to write something, that an expert can in hours.

What should I do:

1) keep on learning and do it by myself (not very reasonable)?

2) Hire contractors? (how do i begin? how much to pay?)

3) Apply to YC? (how realistic is it, if i only bring ideas and real world experience)

4) Any of you guys want to partner up? (How would we breakup ownership?)","time":1249912012,"title":"Ask HN: Many Ideas but No \"Hacking\" Skills","type":"story","url":""}]]

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