Tag: business

  • Letting Perfect Get in the Way

    Letting Perfect Get in the Way

    I’ve been contemplating a phrase for a few days now. It applies to writing code, as I do for a living, as well as a whole host of other things… from relationships, to home life, life goals and endeavors… the list goes on. Don’t let perfection stand in the way of progress. I know what…

  • If I Had to do it All Again

    If I Had to do it All Again

    As I sit here tonight, at a bar, typing on the WordPress app (which will undoubtedly make my fingers cramp typing long form), I’m thinking about my life. What has made me a man, a developer, a friend, and lover (I can even get in Oxford commas on the app!) In exactly five hundred and…

  • Making Decisions Inebriated

    “But the ancient Macedonians used to make important decisions only when inebriated, the idea being that only when mentally lubricated are you free of the societal filters and self-doubt. Therefore you think and act as your true self. Therefore you are thinking and acting truthfully, and hence correctly.” [via Jason Cohen]

  • The NFL, Google TV, and DirecTV’s Death Grip on the Sunday Ticket

    The NFL, Google TV, and DirecTV’s Death Grip on the Sunday Ticket

    If you’ve spent any time with me in person or paying attention to my tweetstream at all (especially on Sundays), you know about my love affair with football, the NFL and the Baltimore Ravens specifically. I’ve gone nearly 11 years and have been at or watched every Ravens game in that time. I used to…

  • Everything I Needed to Know About Entrepreneurship, I learned from Star Wars

    Everything I Needed to Know About Entrepreneurship, I learned from Star Wars

    Star Wars. The original Star Wars. Perhaps those movies were defining films of our time. Though the first title (aptly numbered Star Wars IV) was filmed in the late 1970s, it continues to define movie nerddom today. Of course, Star Wars has seen somewhat of a renaissance due to the licensing of the intellectual property…

  • The Milk Machine: Finding Business Focus

    The Milk Machine: Finding Business Focus

    You know how occasionally you remember things from your childhood which seem fairly mundane but end up being a moment of inspiration and, sometimes, an epiphany. I get these things all the time and I guess it just helps me appreciate my childhood even more. Back in the late 70s and early 80s, when I…

  • Back in Startup Mode… Announcing WP Engine!

    Back in Startup Mode… Announcing WP Engine!

    Since I moved to Austin, I have been very coy about what I’ve been up to. There’s a reason for that and today I can tell you all about it. Especially since my good friend Marshall over at ReadWriteWeb already has. :-) It was very interesting. Back in May, my friend Pete Jackson, who works…

  • Doers & Talkers: Cultivating Innovation

    Doers & Talkers: Cultivating Innovation

    A few years ago, I wrote a post called Doers and Talkers where I profiled two types of people in the technology space: Those who have ideas and are visionaries (or talkers) and those who implement those ideas on behalf of others (the doers). I looked back at that post and realized that, while correct,…

  • Working SXSW (And How I Will Be Hired)

    Working SXSW (And How I Will Be Hired)

    SXSW Interactive is now over and with it comes a big long exhale. For those who were here who I saw, it is always good to catch up and meet new people. For those I missed, let’s connect online somewhere. This year I came with one goal in mind: to find a job. I didn’t…

  • Real hackers are invisible on SpongeFish

    Real hackers are invisible on SpongeFish.