I got a question last week from a reader named James on how he could start doing freelance web design and development, and how much he should charge. I was pretty brutally honest with him, because I don’t think it’s helpful to sugarcoat things. I’ve posted his question and my answer here, with his URL [...]
I launched SignPad, my first iOS app, last week (iTunes link) and I’ve gotten a lot of questions and feedback. I’m planning on releasing one app per month for the remainder of 2012, as well as updates and enhancements for SignPad and the other upcoming apps. So I’m launching a little club and since I’m [...]
I’ve been doing web development full-time for the last four or five years, and in 2010 I started learning how to create iPhone and iPad apps. I switched to doing iOS development fulltime in early 2011 and I worked on a number of client apps throughout the year. However, I haven’t released any apps of [...]
I mentioned yesterday that I spoke earlier this week in front of a few hundred investors, press, and curious onlookers about my startup DailyPath. If you’re curious about DailyPath, you can check out the video of my talk below (it’s just a few minutes long). Overall, I’m pretty happy with the way it turned out, [...]
Two upfront warnings: first, this post is long. Second, this post is about my experience in a startup incubator over the last four months or so, so it might not be relevant to you. However, I think many of the takeaways can be applied to other situations. Background For the last four and a half [...]
I’ve been meaning for some time to write a post about my experience in the Navy and what it’s meant for my life. This isn’t that post, but I was recently reminded of something that a senior non-commissioned officer told a group of us once about navigating bureacracy. Being a large government organization, the Navy [...]
I was listening to NPR today and they talked to a writer from Newsweek (whose name I didn’t catch, unfortunately) about this year’s $1.5 trillion Federal budget deficit. Everyone says we should fix it, but we can’t come to any sort of agreement on how. Since the vast majority of the population receives some benefit [...]
