I am a co-founder of Synap Software, LLC. We develop web apps for small business including PlaybookIQ and Affiliapp. We also offer freelance Rails development. This is a blog about professional development, personal development, Ruby on Rails, business, marketing, sales, and entrepreneurship in general.
Instead of spending a year searching for a block of 200 hours to work on a project, invest thirty to sixty minutes each day on it. After a year you will be surprised how the small blocks of time add up to hundreds of hours or productive, quality work.
Whether choosing which car to buy, which job to take, who to date, or which sandwich to order; there is no shortage of endless information and data that you could consume, tabulate, study and otherwise obsess over. Fear of making the wrong choice prevents us from acting on a decision. So one [...]
Effective Time Management Should Be this Simple
When it is time to sleep, sleep soundly. When it is time to work, work with focus. When it is time to play, play with passion.
Not only can it be this simple, but it should be this simple. To get the most out of your day – and therefore [...]
The Problem
According to Techcrunch, Twitter, CNN, Facebook and other major and reliable sources, we are “never not working”. We don’t take vacations. Lunch breaks are a thing of the past. Everyone’s out of shape because no one is playing. No one is sleeping. Everyone has trouble focussing at work because of lack of [...]
In re-reading 4-Hour Work Week I came across this quote:
There’s no difference between a pessimist who says, “Oh, it’s hopeless, don’t bother doing anything,” and an optimist who says, “Don’t bother doing anything, it’s going to turn out fine anyway.”
Either way, nothing happens.
- Yvong Chouinard, founder of Pategonia
Like a lot of other people, I read Derek Siver’s blog and Twitter feed (@sivers). I find him to be a highly interesting guy and the best living example of following one’s passions. As you can tell from the notes below, this is the LessConf presentation that I got the most from. Here are some notes of his [...]
Next up here at LessConf, David Hauser (@dh), CTO of Grasshopper.com on Branding.
David founded Grasshopper.com, described as a quality product with “really ball-sy advertising”. Grasshopper is beyond the startup stage, about 50 people. First, David showed this great video.
How? The “core values” most companies have are BS. Of course you want people with honesty, respect, [...]
Second up at LessConf, Colin Devroe of Viddler on “How to measure success”. Colin kicked off his talk with a demonstration of Eating Lighting (you’ll have to ask him).
Common Pitfalls and Solutions
Pitfall #1: Don’t make unfair comparisons. Comparing yourself to others leads only to following. You end up becoming just another choice. You become [...]
How to be Awesome!
Up first at Lessconf, Eoghan McGabe and Des Traynor of Contrast.ie on “How to be awesome!”. Starting off with a few words of introduction about the Irish slang, culture, and myths as lead-in to conventions.
Conventions
Are agreement of ways of doing things. Formed from personal experience. Formed via survival of the fittest (evolution). [...]
