Posts in business
Focus, focus, focus
I’ve noticed lately that I have had very little time to focus on the projects that I’m really interested in… the ones that inspire me, and that encouraged me to jump ship in the first place. This is bad for lots of reasons, not the least of which is that I’m feeling the burn – the burn that comes before the burn out. I’ve been working on contracts for other people, and while some of
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Trudging forward
I’m in the thick of it now. I’m teaching classes every week, 2 or 3 days each; one client is moving forward with a custom WordPress-powered site (custom as in new, custom theme); Track the Pig (my main other project) is getting close to ready to alpha release (hoping to do so before SXSWi); and I have 3 other potential clients in the wings. One of these keeps emailing me to ask when we can
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Failure (or why we choose this path)
There was a great post by Aaron Hillegass back in December about his choice to start his own business, and how that led to failure (and what he thinks about it). Go read it, then come back and I’ll give you my thoughts… … well go on. I completely agree that we get too complacent in that upper success range, although I would set the upper limit lower, closer to 85%. I haven’t been able
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Holiday Schedules
I realized over the last couple of weeks that the holidays mean much less to the freelancer than to the regular working stiff. I had already experienced the differences with “sick” time, and had applied that to “vacation” days as well, but this was different. My wife would be home, family and friends would be off of work, and there would be things to do, right? Well, in a sense, yes… there was plenty to
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When it rains
I’ve been able to land a few contracts that will help pay the bills, and one which I am genuinely excited about doing (a instructing contract), but all of this means that I don’t have much time to dedicate to my other project (the Pig). My hope to have an initial alpha release by Jan 1 is quickly fading away, and now I would be happy to be in beta this Spring at all. I
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