Sam Soffes

Adam Stacoviak was kind enough to have me on Founders Talk again!

We talked a lot about Cheddar, running a business, and some other recently exciting things.

Give it a listen. Also be sure to listen to part 1 first if you haven't heard it.

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Update: I've since adjusted my rate to $300/hr since I wanted to start taking clients. This crazy was designed to prevent getting work unless it was going to pay super well while I focused on other things.

Recently, I updated my hire page with my new rate: $1000/hr. Lots of people on Twitter have been going on and on about how this is ridiculous or how awesome they think this is.

If you think it's too high, don't hire me. Simple as that.

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Cheddar uses SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) a lot. One of the big wins for using SVGs is they are vector, so they look great on Retina displays without you having to do any work.

Since I use Grater, everything looks great on iPhone, iPad, and desktops. I was using SVGs a few weeks before the Retina MacBook Pro came out. Since I had already optimized for the Retina mobile displays, I didn't have to do anything for the new MacBook Pro!

Anyway, I wanted everything to look crisp and was having trouble at first. After seeing GitHub do it so well, I asked a friend how to do it and spent the time to make them great. It's actually very easy.

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I had the amazing privilege of being on Founders Talk with Adam Stacoviak.

We talked a lot about my life history and things I've learned from Cheddar. I don't think I've ever talked publicly about this much of my life.

Anyway, if you're curious about where I've come from, Cheddar, or what's next, give it a listen.

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The awesome guys over at The Tech Block had me on their podcast this week. It was a great time. We talked about Apple, Digg, and patent wars.

I also did an interview with them awhile ago. Their site is so well done. I'm always impressed every time I look at it.

Give it a listen.

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