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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…
Markdown Pro on Sale
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I’ve only downloaded the app and used it for a few minutes so this is not some review to tell you the app is amazing. I’ll say within the first few minutes I don’t think my $1.99 was a waste. Since Markdown Pro is on sale today only I figured I’d get the post out…
Waiting for Real iPad Mini Reviews
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Like many of you I’ve read a bunch of iPad Mini reviews. I’ve even walked in to my local electronics shop and played with it for 20 minutes. My short impression matches with the reviews I’ve read. It’s a great small device and I could see myself not using my iPad 2 much if I…
What do RIM and Best Buy have in Common
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The whole time I was reading this article on Best Buy failing I was thinking of RIM. There is a lot for a business owner to learn from these businesses. The story of both companies starts the same. A scrappy upstart fights and fights to stay ahead. Through a bit of luck and enormous drive…
Give Your Web Developer Information – Stop Screwing Them Over
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Here are a few times you never start moving a site around between servers. Afternoon – you don’t want to work all night right? Friday – you don’t want to work all weekend right? The day before you show the site to an important potential client The third item is what sparks today’s post. I…
5 Terminal Productivity Tips
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All Macs come with Terminal.app installed, but few people really use it unless they’re developers. Even most developers I talk to have barely scratched the surface of what you can do inside Terminal. Lets look at 5 tips that made my Terminal usage way more productive. Create an Alias to Save Time If you repeat…
I was Interviewed
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I did an interview on mattreport.com. It’s a one on one interview where I talk about WordPress, running a business and dealing with clients. Go have a listen
Misk.com DNS Setting – Big Bag O Crap
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There are a lot of crappy domain registrars out there. Today I want to take a moment to highlight Misk.com. To start Misk charges you $10/year for most domains but has decided Canadians have more money and charges them $20/year. Pricing for .ca is a bit steep for me, but just wait it gets better.…
Self-Publishing and Low Quality Writing
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In the latest issue of The Magazine (AppStore) Harry Marks talks about the pitfalls of self-publishing. In his mind it all comes down to the quality of writing being less than it should because you miss specialized staff in your topic. Even hiring an editor io not quite enough since freelance editors are generalists. The…
So What Is App.net
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I have been an App.net user since almost the beginning. I’ve been using it mostly as a Twitter clone since I was fed up with Twitter and it’s terrible policies. ADN was never meant to just be a Twitter clone though. At least not according to Dalton the founder. I’m still not sure I see…