Notes on building products and companies: the ideas, the decisions, and what I’m learning along the way.
A home for the extra context, links, and resources behind what I share on social and in videos.
Journal
Notes on building products and companies: the ideas, the decisions, and what I’m learning along the way.
A home for the extra context, links, and resources behind what I share on social and in videos.
I had tried to learn Ruby on Rails for a year or two off or on. I did courses at online schools like Treehouse and CodeSchool, read books like The Rails Tutorial by Michael Hartl, and watched countless videos on YouTube of people doing their best to teach others. The problem was that I was […]
Read the entry: How I Designed & Built a Ruby on Rails App in 30 DaysI am super excited to write this post and say that Hector, the app I have been working on for the past month is ready for the limelight and officially launched. Hector is project management for freelancers and allows you to see all of your projects and todos on one screen regardless of who you […]
Read the entry: Hector is here!I had a chance to sit down and talk with a friend of mine, Adam Kiddoo, for his podcast The All-In Marketing Podcast. The interview is centered around my experience with WordPress and how I got started with it.
Read the entry: Interviewed on The All-In Marketing PodcastI have found myself at the beginning of what could possibly be my busiest month ever in terms of client work. Along with my normal workload of client projects I am starting the biggest project I have ever worked on. The extra kicker with this big project is that it needs to be completed in […]
Read the entry: When it’s time to buckle down you need to rise upRemember the beginning of the year when you took a moment and laid out what you wanted to accomplish this year? For me I don’t just do this at the beginning of the year, I am constantly evaluating my goals and deciding what I do or don’t want to proceed with. Hopefully what I decide […]
Read the entry: Attention Ping PongShow Notes: I have never been able to find a project management app that does exactly what I need it to. So like any normal person I decided to build my own, and I am calling it Hector. Follow & Subscribe Please subscribe via your podcast service of choice and send in your questions and comments to […]
Read the entry: The Freelance Podcast 022: The Mess of Project ManagementShow Notes: Even if you don’t succumb to procrastination or lose focus, you probably still deal with productive procrastination. Productive procrastination is when you work on some other work instead of the main work you should be working on. Since you are still working we trick ourselves into thinking we are still being productive. Follow […]
Read the entry: The Freelance Podcast 021: Productive ProscratinationShow Notes: Over the weekend I had an email exchange with a scam artist wanting me to do some work. I read you the entire email thread and give my thought process on why I said what I said. Follow & Subscribe Please subscribe via your podcast service of choice and send in your questions and […]
Read the entry: The Freelance Podcast 020: Avoiding scam project bidsShow Notes: We all face burnout as freelancers and not all of us have learned how to deal with it properly. In this episode I go over how to handle burnout and also explain the concept of capacity and how to be aware of it when making decisions about freelancing. Follow & Subscribe Please subscribe […]
Read the entry: The Freelance Podcast 019: Fighting Burnout and Understanding CapacityI wrote on Medium about how focus can actually lead to neglect. Here is an excerpt below and you can read the whole thing over on Medium. I recently listed my weekly goals in a mastermind that I am a part of and felt pretty awesome about not only what was on my list, but […]
Read the entry: How hardcore focus can quickly lead to neglect