It's a new month (I know we're 9 days in), so it's time to set a new audacious, yet achievable goal. Instead of building an application this month, I am going to explore creating a real business that makes money. Maybe trying to make
The pressure to make money is slowly mounting on my conscience. Since being laid off, I have not felt too much of it, but as the days and months go on the reality becomes much clearer. The tech industry and job market at the moment are not as strong as
Over the past few days I have struggled with motivating myself to keep working on this project. I have gotten some good feedback, but obviously nothing that makes it seem like I have a business on my hands. That's ok. The primary focus of this project was to
As of right now I am the least busy I will ever be. The entire set of possibilities is open to me. Over the past 3ish months I have been exploring almost every opportunity that I have come across. Everything from car washes and vending machines to software startups and
One of the weaknesses I am trying to work on is frontend styling. Nowadays there's so many frameworks and libraries to choose from that I have gotten by without really diving deep into styling and CSS. I could probably continue doing that for the rest of my "
Time for the next phase. I made my first goal of launching a project in to the world (see here). This week I want to dedicate some time to styling and making it look slightly more professional rather than a site you might see from the late 90s or early
With this project progressing well, I’ve reached a point where I can take pride in a small accomplishment: I finally have a successful side project. In the past, I might have stopped here, content with the achievement, and moved on with my life. I would probably have stopped working
As long as one person uses this game, I would call it a success. Today, we can indeed call it a success. Not only that, but I also received some useful feedback on simple updates I can make to improve the experience. By conducting a pseudo "user interview"
Today is the first day of the rest of our lives. The first launch, albeit soft, was made all the way to the interwebs. Right now, anyone anywhere in the world can play this game. Perhaps this is the start of something extraordinary. Maybe? Probably not, but it does feel
Things are getting exciting around here. Launch day is just around the corner. There's no more features I want to commit to building at the moment due to time constraints. I may even set it out into the wild before the launch date. However, September 1 is the
I try to look at events in life as half-full. No matter what it's better to be an optimist and wrong than a pessimist and right. An interesting podcast I listened to today was with Ken Rideout. He seems like just a regular guy, much like myself. He
It's been exciting to set a goal for myself of launch this project in 2 weeks (I started it before, but I'm not counting that). I am currently listening to a podcast with Pieter Levels. He started many startups/side projects that turned into businesses including,
It was a good day. As I progress through this project I realize I need to take advantage of momentum. With a tight deadline like September 1st I need to make as much progress as possible daily. This isn't to say I need to burn the midnight oil
For as long as I have been involved in technology as a profession, trips to Hacker News have been a daily occurrence. It provides entertainment and education on what is happening at the bleeding edge of technology. Each day, there are interesting blogs, videos, and articles about everything from entrepreneurship
After the demo yesterday I started feeling more motivated to finish this project. A lot more can be learned from letting a product run free in the market. In the age of the internet it seems easier than ever to get something off the ground. I also don't
I finally decided to show this tiny project to a family member to get some much-needed feedback. This led to a significant realization for me: I can start gathering feedback on my idea and project before even launching anything. However, care is needed to ensure I don't change