Their fees are sky-high (30% of money collected) and the FAQ is not written in very good English, so I'd be rather weary of using them, but the idea is great!
But sometimes (at least in my case) it seems that even if you put in all that effort, most of it just vanishes into some kind of void. You try to stay in touch with people, but no matter what you do, they keep drifting away. Which then leads to thinking "Why even bother putting in the energy, if I'm the only one trying".
I found living in the northeast, USA -- so many were so focused on things they were told to do: Get education, work hard to start your career... that friendship building was not part of the equation.
Very different after I moved to Myrtle Beach, SC last year.
'Southern Hospitality' also helps: Its infectious.
And the fact there are so many transplants from the North that everyone is looking to make new friends.
I live in Germany. And beeing a freelance developer, I get to hop around the country quite a bit, switching cities every few months.
What I find interesting is, that I have less of this feeling when I'm in the south here as well (Bavaria). It's easier to connect there. There must be something about the south.
Here in Brazil, that is in the south hemisphere, people are nicer as you move north, toward the equator.
Or southmost state instead is famous for having some xenophobic people, separatist movements, and triggering a huge civil war in the past.my guess is that in colder environments people are very distrustful of newcomers because they are a new risk in a already risky environment
I used to know a girl (surname Britz) from Porto Alegre and her family was of German descent and seemed like she had no Brazilian features from what I could see.
When I see pictures and video of people in Rio it's like different country.
Brazil is such a big and diverse country that any state seems like a different country. We have influence from Portugal, Holland [1], France, Germany, Italy, Africa, Japan and many other places. Some would argue that there's no such thing as a "Brazilian feature". That's one of the reasons I always have trouble filling the "race" form when I travel.
I think that's a good observation. People from Northern Europe (Sweden, Norway e.a.) are also known to be "colder" and more reserved than people in the Mediterranean region.
People in the north of England are said to be warmer and friendlier than those in the south. The north was mostly industrial and rural whilst the south has London's financial district and the Home Counties where the "posh" live. I say was because its a lot more homogenized now and there's less industry.
I think any general north-south variation would have to be over large areas (Brazil, Europe, the US). England is tiny--of course north-south differences are going to be dictated by local factors.
Weird. I've lived along the SC coast (Charleston & Hilton Head) my entire life and I have never really understood the "Southern Hospitality" term. I suppose living in the most affluent areas of the state could have something to do with it?
I was trying this briefly last night. It does have 3-way-merge when you integrate it with your source control tool, however I couldn't seem to find a way to use this functionality when you're just using it standalone.
I am currently working on getting a better understanding of OOP basics, since I learned most of my web programming on the job, starting way back in 96, and not in some university course.
But every time I read some of the newer Uncle Bob stuff I am more confused instead of less. It's always some grandiose and general stuff about how we are doing it wrong, but without any really actionable advice.
It's all well and good to tell people "do it without a framework first", but some actual examples would go a long way in getting people to actually do it this way.
It might be a good name in the UK, but almost everytime I tell someone here in Germany about lovefilm, the first thing I get asked is "So, it's a porn rental thing?"
