gsastry

Hi HN,

For stuff more general than the usual web startup flow chart (i.e. come up with an idea and implement!), what is the process to from theoretical innovation to actual product? A friend has come up with a theoretical innovation that arose out of his PhD thesis that has potential for several software projects of varying scope. He believes that he can write an application that utilizes this innovation in ~6months to a year.

What is the next step? Is there a series of steps we should go thru? Like draw up a business plan, identify user base, etc? What kind of stuff should we be thinking about?

Hi HN. I'm a college sophomore and I'm in a quite weird position now - I started off college thinking about medical school and essentially took a bunch of bio&chem classes. However, I recently had a change of heart... I'm either going to major in physics / minor in cs, or just cram the cs major into the remaining two years. I had some CS background in high school (took the AP course, learned some languages on my own).

The thing is, I'm looking for internships now in tech stuff and it's pretty hard to find anything that I can apply for. It seems like most of the stuff require 2-3 years of CS experience, something that I don't have. Does anyone have any ideas on how to pursue this? Can I get an internship in tech? How would you recommend I proceed?

Hi HN. I'm a college student studying physics. I've been pretty interested in startups for a while now, but I haven't really taken the time to truly invest myself into learning the tools required to build web apps. Would anyone be kind enough to give a quick crash course or point me in the right direction to get started? I see terms like jquery, ajax, javascript, ruby on rails, etc get chucked around all the time, yet I don't know how they fit together in one cohesive whole. It's my own fault for sure, but I would appreciate a gentle push in the right direction to begin to understand these concepts.

Thanks!

Hi. I've been interested in photography for about a year now but I've never gotten around to actually doing something about it. I've looked up a couple tutorials, checked out a couple cameras, but I'm not really sure how to start. So, I turn to you all for advice. How would you advise a photography-newbie to start off? Equipment? Pointers? Thanks!