Anyone who knows me knows that starting and running my own business has been a lifelong goal of mine. Since I was 12, I would routinely generate ideas for new ventures and play them out in my head. Inevitably, I found fatal flaws most of the time that would prohibit the idea from ever taking [...]
Read MoreArchive: January, 2009
New category breakdown
A lot has changed with the content and focus of the site since I started, So you’ll find that posts are now broken down into three categories: For anyone, For entrepreneurs, and For techies. I hope the titles speak for themselves. You’ll find that all previous posts have been retroactively sorted. You’ll always find the [...]
Read MoreLearning vs getting it done
In an email conversation the other day about extending PHP at the core level, I added the following after providing some direction: Learning more always improves your ability to learn, which is the secret key to being a great dev. Knowing how to learn and absorb new information quickly will keep you lightyears ahead of [...]
Read More AcademiaEasy interfaces remain a strong competitive edge
There are a lot of loud voices out there—Jason Fried and the team at 37 Signals, Jeff Atwood, and Joel Spolsky all come to mind—proclaiming that one of the biggest problems with software today is complex user interfaces. I think its evident that the message is finally getting through to the design teams and programmers. [...]
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