10 Things I Learned While Building An App
Even though there’s a ton of stuff left to do on codesnipp.it, I’m REALLY glad it’s finally out in beta and being used. We’ve spent tons of time and work on it and was worried no one would use it! Building your own app is a completely different experience from working with a client. You...
Read more…Starting Your Own Apps: Getting Help
Starting your own app or personal project is super cool. You get to do what you want and how you want to without having to worry about those dreaded client revisions. Working on your own apps give you a reason to wake up early in the morning and to continue coding long after it’s quitting...
Read more…Five Lessons I Learned From The BizBreak Contest
For the past two and a half months, I’ve been participating in the BizBreak App contest. While I ultimately came out in 3rd place (darnit), it was a lot of fun to participate in and I ended up learning a lot of surprising things. Participating in these contests can not only be a lot of...
Read more…Adding BuddyPress to Your WordPress Theme
I’ve recently had the pleasure of working with BuddyPress on a client’s site. BuddyPress, which technically a plugin, is more of complete extra “section” to WordPress. It basically takes your WordPress blog and injects it with social media steriods. No I’m not kidding. It’s great to use if you want your site to have a...
Read more…Review of Trust Agents: Using The Web To Build Influence by Chris Brogan
Most people who are on twitter know the social media expert, Chris Brogan. He writes a pretty popular blog and has some great advice for marketing in new media. I bought Chris’s Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust a few months back and was finally able to get to...
Read more…20 Things To Do When You’re Not Coding
There has been so much going on with my freelance for the past month that I’ve had little time to breathe. The lines between my work and personal life have blurred even more as I’ve been reading several great business books and listening to business podcasts on my downtime, as well as working on a...
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