• I Miss The Magazine

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    When Marco launched The Magazine, I was all in. A magazine about nerdy topics but not programming or tech specifically was something I was missing. But that’s not what The Magazine is anymore, at least not for me. It seems to me that by opening up the writing to a broader range of subjects we…

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  • My Unfair Financial Playground

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    We’ve been teaching the Total Money Makeover (affiliate) at our church lately since it’s changed our lives and how we look at spending. An interesting thing I’ve found though is how I treat my business finances. My Playground Currently I basically pay myself on salary. Every month I transfer a set amount to our family…

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  • Monthly Project Scheduling

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    Well OmniFocus has fallen by the wayside, at least mostly. It seems that I don’t so much need a daily list of the things I should be doing, I need a monthly project calendar. Projects Overlap Despite my best intentions lately, I’ve got way to many projects overlapping. One was delayed because of server issues…

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  • Data I do Care About

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    I was thinking again about owning your data and really it comes down to the fact that I see no real value in the data that I’m putting in to Twitter/Facebook. Yes the relationships matter, but not the data. Data I Care About I am an avid cyclist, so avid that I record my sleep…

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  • February 2013 Income Report

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    I’m way behind on my income reports, but here is the one for February. Overall February was awesome. Income was up from January and I’m well on track to hitting my goals for the year. The huge increase in income has allowed my wife to leave her job (which she just didn’t enjoy anymore) and…

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  • Is that Owned Content Worth Anything?

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    I love the thought of owning my content. I mean why make Twitter/Facebook/other’s better by providing them with content so they can sell ads to you? It seems silly but that is the world we live in. To that end I have supported Pressgram. Being able to put all your photos on a property you…

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  • Real Programmers Don’t Talk

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    While this article is talking to writers, read it and change the word Writer to programmer. I have one friend who has been talking about ‘programming’ for years without actually writing much code at all. Now I love him dearly, but if you don’t write code, you’re not a programmer. Don’t wait for the code…

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  • Maximum Consumerism

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    I buddy of mine wrote about Optimizing for the Maximum. In short we buy a huge house because we occasionally have the whole family over. But really it’s a few days a year, and the rest of the time we just have a huge item to maintain. Bob’s article made me think of this post…

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  • Getting Paid with Open Letters

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    Today I talk about if it’s even worth putting out open letters in hopes of getting paid. Articles Open Letter to Ryan Immel Unfinished Business 006 Unfinished Business 007

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  • What is my Single Purpose?

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    In episode 185 the Internet Business Mastery podcast talks about your single motivating purpose. I’ve got to say that I’m simply not sure. Yes my business is doing well, but I can’t say that the extra cash is actually increasing my happiness. We have no debt already and we can plan for a few months…

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