Comments on: 2009: Year of the Side Project http://theappslab.com/2009/05/07/2009-year-of-the-side-project/ Driving Innovation Thu, 24 May 2012 14:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Do You DIY? | Oracle http://theappslab.com/2009/05/07/2009-year-of-the-side-project/comment-page-1/#comment-9020 Do You DIY? | Oracle Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:31:26 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=2150#comment-9020 [...] have a theory that people who like hacking around with tech and starting numerous side projects in their free time also generally like doing meat-life projects themselves [...] [...] have a theory that people who like hacking around with tech and starting numerous side projects in their free time also generally like doing meat-life projects themselves [...]

]]> By: Jake http://theappslab.com/2009/05/07/2009-year-of-the-side-project/comment-page-1/#comment-7099 Jake Thu, 14 May 2009 22:17:43 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=2150#comment-7099 Yeah, I keep my side projects to stuff that I enjoy and won't conflict. Easier that way.<br><br>I've always wanted to tinker with cars, not sure why. Probably the same thing about me that wants to solve problems with software. The same urge drives me to tinker around the house.<br><br>I'm not a Corvette enthusiast, just really like the 50s models. Share those pics when you get them digitized. Yeah, I keep my side projects to stuff that I enjoy and won't conflict. Easier that way.

I've always wanted to tinker with cars, not sure why. Probably the same thing about me that wants to solve problems with software. The same urge drives me to tinker around the house.

I'm not a Corvette enthusiast, just really like the 50s models. Share those pics when you get them digitized.

]]> By: joel garry http://theappslab.com/2009/05/07/2009-year-of-the-side-project/comment-page-1/#comment-7088 joel garry Thu, 14 May 2009 04:34:06 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=2150#comment-7088 Most companies I've worked for make you sign your intellectual property life away, don't know about Oracle, but it usually refers to whatever business the company is in. When I've been indie, I got much work where other people had kept ownership of modifications of third-party apps, and customers would prefer hiring me to do work that they could own over paying someone slimy to install something they had written for someone else. I never wanted to do a software side project 'cause I always had too many projects going as it was. Sometimes did fun stuff if a company supported it (like "where to go for lunch?" generators) but that kind of support was always rare. I don't consider usenet/oracle forums a side project, since it is so close to my vocation, but probably should. My rationalization is showing :-)<br><br>My side projects have tended to be explicitly non-software, usually automotive or real estate related. The latter has been a similar magnitude to 401K and similar investments, with about an order of magnitude better return (varying with the obvious economic vicissitudes, but % diff quite stable over 30 years). Cars are old depreciable things, do those only for love, not money, though some thought can save a lot of money, especially when someone else's love doesn't.<br><br>Yes, I was a Corvette expert, though I've started to forget things since kids took priority. I have a big box of pix from my 35mm days I haven't scanned in yet. But I lost the one video of me racing, dammit, I noticed because that was the first thing I got off my butt to digitize. Prolly got put in a Barney box on "clean everything up the maids are coming" day and given to charity...<br><br>(Haven't been to Michigan, though, so I probably don't know the car in your pic, though I have met a number of Corvette Engineers from there, who may. Corvetteomania is a fun obsession.) Most companies I've worked for make you sign your intellectual property life away, don't know about Oracle, but it usually refers to whatever business the company is in. When I've been indie, I got much work where other people had kept ownership of modifications of third-party apps, and customers would prefer hiring me to do work that they could own over paying someone slimy to install something they had written for someone else. I never wanted to do a software side project 'cause I always had too many projects going as it was. Sometimes did fun stuff if a company supported it (like “where to go for lunch?” generators) but that kind of support was always rare. I don't consider usenet/oracle forums a side project, since it is so close to my vocation, but probably should. My rationalization is showing :-)

My side projects have tended to be explicitly non-software, usually automotive or real estate related. The latter has been a similar magnitude to 401K and similar investments, with about an order of magnitude better return (varying with the obvious economic vicissitudes, but % diff quite stable over 30 years). Cars are old depreciable things, do those only for love, not money, though some thought can save a lot of money, especially when someone else's love doesn't.

Yes, I was a Corvette expert, though I've started to forget things since kids took priority. I have a big box of pix from my 35mm days I haven't scanned in yet. But I lost the one video of me racing, dammit, I noticed because that was the first thing I got off my butt to digitize. Prolly got put in a Barney box on “clean everything up the maids are coming” day and given to charity…

(Haven't been to Michigan, though, so I probably don't know the car in your pic, though I have met a number of Corvette Engineers from there, who may. Corvetteomania is a fun obsession.)

]]> By: Jake http://theappslab.com/2009/05/07/2009-year-of-the-side-project/comment-page-1/#comment-6994 Jake Tue, 12 May 2009 00:08:43 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=2150#comment-6994 Interesting. Look me up when you get back here to PDX. We can have a chat IRL. Interesting. Look me up when you get back here to PDX. We can have a chat IRL.

]]> By: Alex http://theappslab.com/2009/05/07/2009-year-of-the-side-project/comment-page-1/#comment-6986 Alex Mon, 11 May 2009 07:51:02 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=2150#comment-6986 Most of the team is in Portland (my home town, but I'm contracting at Oracle Japan now), so I was excited to see all your links to events and people in Portland, makes me want to go back... :) <br><br>There is some entrepreneurial spirit in Japan, but it's a bit harder to find than in the US. Most of the team is in Portland (my home town, but I'm contracting at Oracle Japan now), so I was excited to see all your links to events and people in Portland, makes me want to go back… :)

There is some entrepreneurial spirit in Japan, but it's a bit harder to find than in the US.

]]> By: Jake http://theappslab.com/2009/05/07/2009-year-of-the-side-project/comment-page-1/#comment-6967 Jake Fri, 08 May 2009 20:06:39 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=2150#comment-6967 Cool stuff. Located in Oregon?<br><br>I don't know the official HR policy in so many words :) My side projects aren't for pay either, just for personal edification, which makes them a bit different. Cool stuff. Located in Oregon?

I don't know the official HR policy in so many words :) My side projects aren't for pay either, just for personal edification, which makes them a bit different.

]]> By: Alex http://theappslab.com/2009/05/07/2009-year-of-the-side-project/comment-page-1/#comment-6963 Alex Fri, 08 May 2009 14:20:19 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=2150#comment-6963 One side project...<br><a href="http://curehunter.com" rel="nofollow">http://curehunter.com</a><br><br>Is Oracle ok with side projects? One side project…
http://curehunter.com

Is Oracle ok with side projects?

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