iphone gps, where am i? and $40/hr?
8am - February 14 2008 ·
Ginny and i found ourselves amused with the "where the hell am i" (as we call it) on the iphone..

what a nice feature in google maps... which speaking of.. Google anounced an update to Android.. fit with a media player and a geocoding api... mobile computing is going to be big stuff if you campare the number of laptop owners worldwide vs the number of cell phone users...so after tinkering around a bit.. i found a way to ssh into the phone using jailbreak.. (note...the method may prevent installation of official third-party applications that will be created by the forthcoming iPhone SDK (software development kit) from Apple)...and now i want to install the knowitall tool of the century since this is the information age after all... wikipedia at my fingertips all the time.
and on another note...
i've recently raised my hourly fees to $40/hr as my time has become a bit more precious to me..
why is this you ask... we'll considering that i only get about five or six good hours of work in each day and the rest is consumed with email, phone calls and other stuff..
and what i've done to make it all easier on myself to keep up with invoices and payment is i am now doing all of my invoicing and transactions online.
and if you look.. you'll see i'm a bit on the cheap end.
here is a sampling of offerings (from vixiom from hotgigs)for web guys and their respective salaries..
ActionScript hourly bill rates
ActionScript bill rate (low): $50.00
ActionScript bill rate (high): $75.00
ActionScript pay rate (low): $32.50
ActionScript pay rate (high): $48.75
Average hourly bill rate: $62.50
Adobe Flex hourly bill rates
Adobe Flex bill rate (low): $75.00
Adobe Flex bill rate (high): $125.00
Adobe Flex pay rate (low): $48.75
Adobe Flex pay rate (high): $81.25
Average hourly bill rate: $100.00
Flash hourly bill rates
Flash bill rate (low): $50.00
Flash bill rate (high): $75.00
Flash pay rate (low): $32.50
Flash pay rate (high): $48.75
Average hourly bill rate: $62.50
Flash Design (no full data but this was the average)
Average hourly bill rate: $50
Flash Remoting hourly bill rates
Flash Remoting bill rate (low): $60.00
Flash Remoting bill rate (high): $80.00
Flash Remoting pay rate (low): $39.00
Flash Remoting pay rate (high): $52.00
Average hourly bill rate: $70.00
Ruby hourly bill rates
Ruby bill rate (low): $75.00
Ruby bill rate (high): $95.00
Ruby pay rate (low): $48.75
Ruby pay rate (high): $61.75
Average hourly bill rate: $85.00
PHP hourly bill rates
PHP bill rate (low): $70.00
PHP bill rate (high): $90.00
PHP pay rate (low): $45.50
PHP pay rate (high): $58.50
Average hourly bill rate: $80.00

