thanks for the feedback! it does sound like -- between the lack of usage and available APIs -- that this is not a great project to start. shelving it for now.

There's a HN Kansai that's pretty tech and startup oriented. They meet once a month, rotating between Kobe, Kyoto, Osaka. Most of their events are in English and attendees cover both Natives and Expats. Worth exploring. http://hnkansai.org/

I'm impressed by how many people are working on the side. It's not unusual to see 5, 10 people coming in around 6, 7 pm to work on their ventures or open sourced projects. I never got to ask, but I assume they have other day jobs or duties to fulfill.

Well, doesn't the majority of us have some kind of side-projects? If I had a good coworking space nearby, I'd head there after work too, instead of trying to anything at home.

I am developing on a Samsung Chromebook, actually. The weight and price is perfect for travelers. I have felt its limitations, with speed and storage, which I tend to offset with cloud boxes and storage.

Google was originally called BackRub... "Let me backrub that for you" just doesn't sound as good.

I remember attending a thesis defense while I was attending Edinburgh Uni. Is that you?

um, you are in the right geographic area, but there were no strangers in my thesis defence... so unless you are my supervisor, external or internal examiner its unlikely you were there (sidenote my PhD in robotics not this kind of stuff).

I have data mining and analytics background, but hope to use it for more than marketing and finance applications. I am not sure what are the equivalent roles are within in those industries. Environment is a cause of importance for me, so I hope contribute to it while making a living.

Admittedly, I have not heard of Suncor before. Thanks.

I'm looking a lot of money, more of meaningful work and enough to get by. The NYT API does sound interesting, will google for it. Cheers.

Glad to see the browser extensions released. Thanks for this awesome project!

Will do. Thanks!