I find wealth very interesting, and I’m particularly interested in the culture and lifestyles of the wealthy. Not necessarily the lifestyles of the “rich and famous”, but more the lifestyles of the truly wealthy, who often fly below the radar to a certain degree. At any rate, I found The New Elite last year but [...]
I’ve been working with Magento Ecommerce lately, an ecommerce platform that is becoming more popular, and I thought I’d share a few random impressions in case someone else out there is considering using it. Here they are: 1. Magento is much better than most of the alternatives. The popular PHP open-source competitors are OSCommerce, ZenCart, [...]
When I was an undergrad, I was fascinated by the fact that so many wealthy people had either dropped out of college or skipped it altogether, and subsequently built amazing technology companies. This list includes Bill Gates, Michael Dell, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, and many, many others. I wondered if there was perhaps some link [...]
I wrote a post yesterday about how I would invest $1m into multifamily real estate. The post got a big reaction from Hacker News, and it’s been fascinating to see the way people think. A lot of the comments raised really good points, but what I saw most of all from those who disagreed was [...]
There was recently this really amazing article by Tony Wright and ensuing discussion on Hacker News about founders of startups who think they’re going to retire at 30 after taking home $4.3mm or so. The gist of the article was that with $4.3mm, you can’t expect to live indefinitely on an inflation-adjusted salary of $200k [...]
Though the title of this post is true for individuals, its applicability to companies is what I’m going to focus on today. Yesterday brought the news that American Apparel is in dire financial straights and may have to declare bankruptcy. This news caught me off-guard, though I don’t follow the company closely. However, I was [...]
Clients often ask me to recommend a PHP-based MVC framework, so I’ve spent some time evaluating some of the more popular ones. There are dozens now, but two of the early ones are still very popular: CakePHP and CodeIgniter. This isn’t meant to be a super in-depth review, just a quick comparison of some of [...]
Yesterday, I met a friend for coffee to talk about a big life change. She just quit her job to work for herself and she’s in that phase of simultaneously feeling excited, nervous, and really overwhelmed. But like most people who have taken that step, I think what she feels most is freedom and a [...]
Backstory: A couple weeks ago, I launched a site called PRManna.com, to help startups and small businesses connect with reporters and other journalists who are looking for experts and sources for stories. The launch was well received, got picked up on ReadWriteWeb, and people have been using the site for the last couple weeks. I [...]