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The secret to hitting the Hacker News front page (and what it’s worth)

09.28.10 Posted in Blogging, Entrepreneurship, News, Personal, Posts, Social Media, Technology by

I’ve been blogging every day for the last couple months, and I’ve watched my traffic climb steadily, primarily due to hitting the Hacker News front page about ten times in the last month. The traffic I get from HN is very valuable to me, as the comments are insightful and people often reach out to [...]


I’m done building Facebook apps for clients

09.27.10 Posted in Development, Entrepreneurship, Personal, Posts, Reviews, Social Media, Technology by

I started building Facebook apps about three years ago, when I first started doing web development consulting full-time. My first apps were simple affairs, but over time they grew more complex and I leveraged the platform features more and more. Over the last three years, I’ve spent an increasing amount of time on the Facebook [...]


HowYouEco.com

06.03.08 Posted in Projects by

HowYouEco.com is a new site that is aiming to be the one-stop shop for information on what’s happening in the green space.


RonPaulReveres.com

12.03.07 Posted in Projects by

Project Description RonPaulReveres.com is a grassroots community site for supporters of Ron Paul 2008 presidential campaign Project Features Content management system to manage content of all pages, including embedded videos Phone call, flyer, and neighborhood canvassing tracking and organizational tools, with graphing Profiles, blogs, and other community features Project Notes Built using open source framework [...]


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