I can't help but think that this was all planned. It is a very intricately planned, and geniously executed marketing ploy to make sure everyone knows about the company, the new release, that there is voice now, and even makes everyone look into it just to "see for themselves".
Whether this was in with ScarJo in the loop or not, does not really change the outcome, but would be a nice information we probably will never get, in order to understand how cut-throat whoever came up with this idea actually is.
I can strongly recommend The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber. I read it years ago, and it helped me plenty to understand basic organizational setup
I would have a hard time trusting other people to store any more than useless garbage I don't need anymore anyway.
What are the plans of the company to deal with possible huge amounts of theft complaints?
More often than not after I did figure out what the error was, looking back at the initial error message it told me exactly what I should have looked at to begin with.
So, if you can read them right, they are pretty good.
I use Elixir in production and Erlang in side projects.
Definitely Palm, the Palm Pre, and that tablet that I so hoped for, but never got my hands on.
The whole system was amazing, the phone was amazing, Enyo was amazing.
The whole company had charme and a great product and a great outlook. Up until HP came by and smashed them into pieces...
Oh, and if I enter nothing into the search box on your 404 page, I get a list of all pages you have. Even old home versions with an old discount (?).
There might be laws that might force you to give that discount in some countries.
After signing up for that free nugget, I have no way of getting back to the main Page.. this is a little annoying. Also, that gif.. i don't know it's a little weird. And, are you sure you are allowed to use that on a commercial site?
Regarding gifs, on your 404 page there is another gif, with copyrighted material, and even a Netflix logo visible, I doubt you have the permission to use this in a commercial way.
Well I would like to know how I am able to pay. Maybe in the US everyone assumes that credit card is an option, but as I come from germany, I would like to be able to pay via Paypal.
The thing is, there are different options to pay with paypal, as I am able to use it with debit payment, and in order to be able to accept that on your part, you need certain things. Sadly I can't help you there.
I had the exact same problem with sparrk.co. They tried to provide me with a Paypal payment link, but that didn't allow me to use it as they needed this debit payment thing.
I bought it a long time ago because I loved it and used it everywhere. Also the license allows me to use it everywhere I need it.
As I am a professional developer myself, and would also like to be paid for my work, I pay for software that I use and like. Best $70 I spent for any piece of software ever.
It seems to me like you try to make your job better, and outshine on all areas, but you are not trying to do it in a corporate way.
Your bosses only care for 2 things, and those things are the only things that you can use to get their attention and implement change.
1) Does the change make more money
You have to show them, prove them that the change you try to implement will make more money down the hill. Will it attract more customers, will it make customers spend even more, how can you quantify this idea into money.
2) Does the change save money spent
If you can prove them that the change will save them money that they are currently losing, then you have to show them how. Show statistics, show numbers.
This is the only thing that works with almost any corporate company and almost every work occupation that I have seen, talked to with other people, and learned all the way.
You either make more money, or you save money, everything else noone cares about.
Especially as a developer, you might know that changing a codebase MIGHT be easier down the road, but unless it is quantifiable by numbers and money, noone cares.
I am impressed