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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When it rains it pours
I think that statement is one that applies to just about every nook and cranny of our lives. In my experience, any time something goes well or poorly, it occurs in droves. For example, a few years ago some of my family began experiencing medical problems. All of them were unrelated, but they all came within a year of each other. Some people say that bad things happen in threes, but I don’t think there
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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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Learning and doing
I registered for the South By SouthWest Intercative (SXSWi) festival last week. It was a bit difficult to plop down $400+ to basically see what other people are doing, and yes, I do see the benefits or I would not have registered; its still difficult. So what exactly do I hope to get out of it? This may be a good exercise for myself: creating a list of what I hope to get out of
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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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