• A List Apart – Summer Reading List

    by

    Oh my goodness is my Instapaper queue so full now between this and the product link I posted earlier.

    Read More →

  • Moving on from Media Temple

    by

    I’ve got a bit tired of Media Temple’s GS and it’s latency in the WP admin. You my dear readers that aren’t logged in see a fast site but when I’m writing posts or doing any admin stuff – dang it’s slow. That also goes for me when I’m logged in and am looking at…

    Read More →

  • Supercharge Evernote with Context Booster

    by

    This looks awesome to help supercharge your Evernote notes.

    Read More →

  • Stuck

    Stuck

    by

    I watched Horrible Bosses last night. The premise is that these 3 guys have terrible bosses and that they are ‘stuck’ in their jobs. They have to put up with all this crap for their bosses and have no place to turn but stick with that job. That is a load of bullshit If you…

    Read More →

  • Inbox 0 with Mailbox and Boomerang

    by

    I try to accomplish inbox 0 each day. It doesn’t always happen but I almost never have more than 2 or 3 emails sitting in my inbox at the end of the day. I certainly don’ think that inbox 0 is the ‘dream’ that some people do. I see it on a regular basis. The…

    Read More →

  • Content consumer vs content publisher

    by

    When it comes to my online presences I am two things. Their order changes based on context. Consumer of content Content publisher I often find that based on context my desires/actions are 100% opposed. Consumer of content As a consumer of content I’m critical of titles. I hate to see something sensational in the tile…

    Read More →

  • New post on WP Realm: Upgrade your client services with documentation

    New post on WP Realm: Upgrade your client services with documentation

    by

    I’m trying to contribute to some other sites and today I put up an article on WP Realm about how you can improve you clients services (and charge a bit more) by providing proper documentation. Comments are off so if you have stuff to add visit the post.

    Read More →

  • Strategies to stop wasting time

    by

    As a solo consultant I don’t make money unless I’m billing it to clients. That means coffee breaks and lunches aren’t paid. Talking with the neighbour is not paid. Getting the mail not paid. So how do I keep myself on track with projects so I can be sure I’m getting paid each week? Define…

    Read More →

  • Shipping often – not just for SAAS

    Shipping often – not just for SAAS

    by

    You need to read this article on shipping software. It’s not just true for SAAS software it’s true for client services. Decreasing your code shipping time can improve your client relationships. Let my walk you through how I deploy code and databases during site development and why I think it helps my client relationships. One…

    Read More →

  • Looking a Medium

    Looking a Medium

    by

    Medium looks really interesting as a content platform. There are reasons that the content seems to be higher quality (and read the comments) than on personally run blogs. At the same time there are reasons you may not want to write on Medium The design card Medium demolishes and destroys Blogger and WordPress.com in design……

    Read More →