01.18.10 Posted in Blogging, Development, Entrepreneurship, Finances, Goals, Inspiration, Misc, Personal, Posts, Reviews, Social Media, Technology by Ryan W.
I recently read Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion by Gary Vaynerchuk and I enjoyed it enough that I thought I’d post a short review.
For those of you who don’t know, Gary is a very successful entrepreneur who has really pushed the limits of social media [...]
12.22.08 Posted in Development, Entrepreneurship, Goals, Personal, Posts, Social Media, Technology by Ryan W.
I’m going to start a new tradition where I create a small website, service, or other project. Here are the rules:
It has to be launched in less than 25 pomodoros (12.5 hours), including brainstorming, design, development, launch, and initial marketing
That’s it.
Why am I doing this? Here’s why:
Startups are getting cheaper and cheaper to launch. But [...]
12.15.08 Posted in Development, Posts, Social Media by Ryan W.
My buddy (and fellow founder) Luke Fretwell just launched a new version of his site last week. He wanted something a little more dynamic, so I helped him transition the site to Wordpress so he can blog and manage the content easier. I’m really digging the clean and refined design, but I’m sure he’d love [...]
11.28.08 Posted in Development, Entrepreneurship, Posts, Reviews, Social Media, Technology by Ryan W.
We’re in the middle of working out some project and process management issues for BlueSwarm, one of which is what platform to use for project management and issue tracking. We used Basecamp for awhile, which was great, but we needed something that was a bit more geared towards tracking bugs. Free would be a nice [...]
10.07.08 Posted in Development, Entrepreneurship, Posts, Social Media, Technology by Ryan W.
Well, I can’t believe it, but we’ve soft-launched BlueSwarm.com. We’ve been working on this project for a few months now and we’re proud to finally have something that the general public can play with. This is still a relatively early beta, but it’s functional! So what is it? BlueSwarm allows you to track your brand [...]
08.29.08 Posted in Development, Misc, Posts, Technology by Ryan W.
When you freelance for awhile, you start to hear the same lines over and over from people trying to hire you. These are some of my favorites, and I’ve learned to just take them with a grain of salt. They’re not always untrue, but they’re cliche enough that I raise my eyebrow a bit when [...]
08.25.08 Posted in Development, Entrepreneurship, Personal, Posts by Ryan W.
In August of 2007, I quit my job as a product manager at CNET Networks and started freelancing full-time. I do mostly web development and social media consulting, and I’m really enjoying it. I thought I’d share a few of the lessons that I’ve learned along the way.
1. Working at home sucks
Maybe it would work [...]
08.18.08 Posted in Development, Entrepreneurship, Posts, Social Media, Technology by Ryan W.
So I’ve got this new idea for a little social web app, and I’m really excited about it because it’s in an area that I’m passionate about, it’s got lots of viral expansion possibilities, and it’s a pretty simple idea, at least in v1.0. Really simple. Like, knock it out in a weekend simple. So [...]
06.03.08 Posted in Blogging, Development, News, Posts by Ryan W.
I started on a new theme for my blog months ago, but with client work and entrepreneurial pursuits and my trip to Asia, things just kept getting pushed back. I finally spent some time to finish things up to the point that I’m ready to put it online, though everything isn’t completely done yet. I [...]