Consumer 3d printing is invaluable for small batch rapid prototyping. I can design and print multiple revisions of a prototype in as many hours. That type of efficiency was previously out of reach(expensive) for tiny, bootstrapped product design teams. It's a huge win.
It is definitely not ready for my Nana to print out a new frame for her eyeglasses after she accidentally sits on them. But it will be one day.
The barcode you mention links your specific merchant account to the physical product's UPC/ASIN in order to properly track your inventory. Amazon can also handle the labeling of the inbound inventory for an added fee.
The checklist on the packing slip seems to indicate that I need to do something for each item: http://i.imgur.com/yyJXf.png
The first item is "ALL items are covered with the correct FBA stickers". So actually that is not necessary, and if I just buy a huge pack of candies and ship it to you with only this single packing slip on the big box containing many candies, then you can still sort things out?
If you are subscribed to the labeling service, absolutely. If not, the fulfillment center may do it as a courtesy. The most important issue is what the FC expects from your shipment. Any unplanned or unexpected prep activity will cause your items to be sidelined in order to continue the inbound process for all of the other shipments. If a massive shipment comes in that isn't labeled/labeled correctly the FC may elect to ship it back due to things like space considerations or man power needs to handle the prep.
Sorry for the delay in replying. Feel free to pm if you have any other questions.
The inventor's kit is really great if you are getting started or re-started. If you've got a specific project in mind you want to work on, I'd highly recommend any of the Arduino "shields" that match your project. We (and others) have them with GPS, LCDs, an Ethernet stack, GSM modules, wifi -- you name it. It keeps the simplicity of the Arduino platform, but lets you play with more advanced stuff.
Enjoy some good conversation and some cold beers @ The West Alabama Ice House. This is the first of hopefully many fun and interesting meet ups. We are hoping to get a nice mix of hacker types. Devs, artists, EEs and musicians are all welcome.
No cover and beer ranges from $2 - $4. The Ice House has tons of seating and is an outdoors location.
Working on a possible small but nice sponsorship/giveaway. Details to come.
As a musician and a developer, I can agree with most of this. I do however, see it as two opposite sides of a defined spectrum.
When I am playing an instrument, I typically lose any connection with thought or the rest of my body not directly involved in playing. My mouth sorta drops down and I begin to almost drool. Something my girlfriend loves to remind me of. I am literally lost in the music.
When coding, I am almost hyper aware of the thought process. I am surely focused on only what is happening relating to the code, but the disconnect from myself never happens.
I think the connection is the desire to create something and an inborn understanding of modularity and the flow of ideas/actions. People with these qualities are often drawn to both.
For most if not all ISPs, using a purchased email list is against the TOS. It doesn't matter how targeted it is. You have not stated that you have a purchased list, but I'm assuming it is from your wording.
You should contact your ISPs data security department(not tech support) and ask them to advise you on mail limits. Typically these are based on mails per hour. Im not suggesting you send the mails, because I think it's a bit tacky for a quality product, but they will best be able to answer your questions. Also be aware that the number of emails is not the only way you will be labeled a spammer by an ISP. The amount of email just triggers a port filter and equally or more important is the nature of your mail, the source of the addresses and the response of the people receiving it.
When I was doing data security and TOS work for an ISP, spam complaints meant us cutting your service off. People hate unsolicited email. Find another way.
It's not really about friends,it's about growing up. Self reliance and such. The older one gets, the less anyone has in common with anyone else. In a couple of seconds you'll be contemplating retirement and barely remember this question at all.
You are learning how to deal with the real world, the world you must navigate to find happiness. Sooner than later you'll fall in love and then even this goes out the window. You think you're confused now? Just wait.
Just be thankful you have a place like this, where people want to answer with contemplated gems and not something something...
This is the model I have been using in my app. The goal is to have your vendors/customers be a function and asset of your service, provided to the free user base.
It's really all about extremely targeted but transparent marketing as well as finding interesting ways to utilize user data. The data and its interpretation is what is really valuable, and that is what the customers are paying for. It cant just be simple advertising though, it has to resolve a shared necessity of both customer and user.
I find it much easier to keep my ideas in order using a notebook instead of my iphone or other PDA. To me theres a lot of beauty in the longevity and immediacy of a notebook. They obviously fill different roles, but I really find myself reaching for a pen much more than I expected.
It is definitely not ready for my Nana to print out a new frame for her eyeglasses after she accidentally sits on them. But it will be one day.