eneifert

I have often used the honeypot captcha idea (http://haacked.com/archive/2007/09/11/honeypot-captcha.aspx/) over the years and it has been successful for me. But have bots evolved over the years to beat this approach? Has anyone had a bad experience with it?

It's been a great couple of years and I have enjoyed working on this project, but I just haven't been able to give the time this project requires. There are still a lot of active users out there so if you happen to be one of them or are just a good c# developer who would like to take this project over, then let me know.

https://github.com/eneifert/ZendeskApi_v2

I am a programmer and now founder of a small startup who keeps getting more responsibilities that require good communication skills but I realize that I am not the most gifted communicator (I'm also not the worst either). I am sure many of you were in the same boat and had to grow into roles like managing employees, pitching projects to potential clients, fundraising, etc. So what things have helped you? Perhaps some books, blogs, mentors, or seminars?

On a personal note: in meetings I often end up being either too forceful with my ideas or to passive and then regretting agreeing to things I wished I hadn't. When I try to focus on collaboration from all parties the conversation usually becomes too long and nothing gets decided. Over the years I have really benefited from books like 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, or the 5 Dysfunctions of a team, but I feel like some resources would be helpful.

Thanks, Eric

Dear Hacker News,

I have recently been contacted by a publishing company and have been asked to write a 150 - 180 page book covering the essentials of Zendesk (a large company that sells support request software) and I am wondering what would be fair compensation for this work. My timeline is 1.5 months for the 1st draft and here is their explanation of payment:

"We would be paying you an advance against future royalties of 16% which is worth around $1000 (depending on the estimate writing timeline) and split across the writing timeline. Shorter the timeline higher the advances. Normally the breakdown of the advance is:

50% of advance for delivery and acceptance of the first draft of all chapters. 25% of advance for delivery and acceptance of the final draft of all chapters. 25% of advance upon publication. "

If I understand this right, 1000$ with no future royalties sounds extremely low, given the time it would take to write a book, but what would a fair price be?

Thanks, Eric