• No More Hourly Pricing

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    Like many consultants I bill hourly for my time, and it certainly seemed to work fine for the last few years. I’ve been thinking a lot about my pricing lately though and I’m no longer convinced that pricing hourly is really a great idea. Ron lays out a compelling argument as to why cost plus…

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  • On Frontend Frameworks

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    If you do the same task more than a few times, it’s stupid to not automate it in some fashion. When building web sites this typically shows itself in the use of frameworks like Twitter Bootstrap. What I Like About Frameworks The big benefit to frameworks is that they style all the stuff needed without…

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  • Why I Avoid Android

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    I am an iPhone owner and while there are limitations in how exactly you can customize all the little bits of iOS I’m happy. I am not rushing out to get the iPhone 5. It is true I’m on a 3 year contract (standard in Canada) but the iPhone 5 only feels like a small…

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  • Writing Good Content, When you have a Passion for it

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    While the article in question is not primarily about writing good content, it’s got a few gems for those trying to create it. The most pertinent for me was: Every time you publish an article on your website, ask yourself: “Would anyone share this article for any reason?” If the answer is “no” then you…

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  • Looking at Freelance Writing

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    It’s not news to any regular that I’d love to take this site full time. I’d love to write and code just the things that I truly have a passion for. To that end I’ve been looking around at writing for some other sites to get my name out in a wider audience. The big…

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  • Losing Long Form Writing

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    I talked a bit more yesterday about tech journalism being broken mainly (at least in my opinion) because of the quest for the almighty pageview for advertising dollars. Well PandoDaily takes my thoughts further. Not only is current journalism broken, we’re going to lose all the writers that can truly produce long form writing since…

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  • Oh Yes, Tech Journalism is Broken

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    Every word of this article is pure gold. This is why I don’t read The Verge and why I think that 99% of tech sites write simply for the pageview. The more sensational the headline the more people will click. Doesn’t matter if they stay only for one second, that was a pageview and you…

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  • Your Cashflow – Not my Problem

    Your Cashflow – Not my Problem

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    During my years running my own web business I’ve both taken work on a sub-contract, and sub-contracted out work when I need help. While it can be a great thing, it can also be a big pain in the ass. I’m not talking about the managing of other people, that’s just par for hiring or…

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  • Poster for iPad

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    Poster (AppStore) is a new iOS blogging client on the block. First is absolutely beautiful. Way nicer to use for writing blog posts than WordPress for iOS. One of the big pluses for me is that Poster deals with Markdown fairly well. It doesn’t like when you link in the footer (at least it doesn’t…

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  • Martin Ashton – Dogma 2 Trials

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    So I love bike riding, and mainly ride a road bike right now. But nothing like this. http://youtube.com/#/watch?v=7ZmJtYaUTa0&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D7ZmJtYaUTa0

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