My Renewed Focus on Katanamite Interactive
I have had many business ideas. Some never saw the light of day, other have. I've always been an 'ideas man', constantly starting new projects. By far my most successful business venture has been Katanamite Interactive. Though it's been my main source of income, I don't believe it's reached anywhere near it's full potential. Katanamite can be so much more. We can attract more high profile clients, do much more meaningful projects, contribute more to the open source community, provide more jobs and make more money.
Meniere's Disease Really Sucks
I've been holding off publishing this post for a very long time because it's intensely personal. But I've been unusually AWOL around the web and local meetup groups enough that some people are starting to notice. I'm getting a lot of "where are you? I hope you're ok" messages lately, so I thought I'd fill people in. I've also got a few clients that for sure have noticed a slow down in productivity and deserve an explanation. This post was originally twice as long.
Getting The Most Out Of Conferences
I love conferences. As a web developer I spend most of my time indoors by myself. Conferences are a great way to escape the norm, see new environments and socialize with people in real life.
Packing Light For Drupalcon San Francisco
Early tomorrow morning I'll be flying to San Francisco to attend Drupalcon. I'm sure I'll post more about Drupalcon soon, but this posts not about that. It's about packing light.
I wanna see how little I can get away with packing and still be productive. I still have web development work to do in between conference sessions and in the evening when I'm not partying. I'll only be away one week.
So this is my list of stuff:
- Travel size tooth brush and paste
- Deodorant
- A few pairs of underwear and socks
Social Media Break
I'm sure no one noticed or even cares, but I've been on a bit of a social media fast in the last little while. Not a complete fast, since I did check in on Facebook and read a few articles from Digg and my Google Reader. But I've resisted posting to my blog, updating my Facebook and Twitter statuses and significantly limited my media consumption. My last Facebook update and the last time I even looked at Twitter was 11 days ago.
Why Most Personal Finance Books and Courses Suck
I've read a ton of books about finance and money. Most of them suck. They suck for entrepreneurs that is.
For the typical person, I suppose they're great. But entrepreneurs aren't typical. We're different.
RRSP's, 401k, life insurance, pay yourself first, household budgets, drinking less latte's, etc. All great advice. But in my mind the most important thing is often overlooked in these books:
Make more money.
