Category: Business
Goals for 2013
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I often say that if it’s not written down it didn’t happen. Funny that I say that and then don’t write business goals down. Well here are my business goals for 2013. 25% of my income from sources not related to trading hours for money. (books, recurring, ads…) Bill $100k in the business Have the
The Year of Written Business Goals
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One of the crucial steps when I build your site, is figuring out your business goals as well as figuring out what the success metrics are for the site. So before we start to get the project rolling I want to know how we are measuring the success at the end. Then we filter all
Progress Away from Nerdery
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I’ve called myself a ‘nerd’ for a long time. It’s a badge I’ve worn with pride. I’ve happily talked about tinkering with expansion drive bays on my 13″ MBP so I can run a boot SSD and a large spinning disc. I felt no pain in setting up multiple symlinks to get it working well.
Few Urgent Items are Actually Important
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Yes email runs much of the life of web workers now and no that’s not about to change. If you’re like me one of the most annoying things is ‘important’ or ‘urgent’ emails. Be honest, how many times have you received an important email asking you to complete a task and deferred the work to
Client Project – Break a Rule – Featured
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One of my client projects got a mention on Tom McFarlin’s site. He wanted submissions for Web Applications built on WordPress and I spoke up. In the comments I talk about some technical challenges faced with the site on the most recent development cycle. Expect more posts on WP Theme Tutorial that cover exactly how
OmniFocus isn’t Quite Cutting It’
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For about 3 years now I’ve been using OmniFocus as my primary TODO management tool. As a personal TODO list OmniFocus is the most powerful one I have ever used, and I have tried many. Dumping Ground The biggest issue with OmniFocus is that it has just become a random dumping ground for things I
When to Pre-release an eBook
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I haven’t been very secretive lately, I’m writing and ebook. The book is targeted at WordPress developers who can build a theme but aren’t always sure of best practices. The question is: When do I do a pre-release? Do I wait till all the chapters are through first draft? Do I get it out just
Dreamer or Finisher?
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Ideas come easy to many in the software/design/programming industry. We see problems with interfaces daily and we jot down another note in a secret spot for our future grand idea. Unfortunately for 90% of us, 100% of the ideas stay in that notebook. One of the lessons passed to me as a child is you
Pocket is Like a Gambler
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I recently questioned a friend about why they prefer Pocket over Instapaper. They pointed me to this article from the Wall Street Journal. @curtismchale Here’s a good summary: blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/… — Mike Schinkel (@mikeschinkel) November 21, 2012 I can certainly see some of the points in the article. Pocket and Instapaper do have a very different
On Letting Go
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One of the things that most people have a hard time doing is letting go. Once your business gets large enough you simply can’t manage all parts of it anymore. To run it effectively you need to learn to let go. While moving a site for a client recently I was continual peppered with questions