Aspiring hacker. Startup fanatic. New dad. Traveler.
My one year crash course in computer science: Semester 1
At the beginning of 2010 I decided that I was going to learn to code. At that point I had been working on Lenguajero.com for almost a full year (as the non-technical co-founder), and had realized that learning to code was probably the single most important thing I could do if I wanted to continue [...]
A baby is like a startup…
My wife is 8 and a half months pregnant, and she’ll be popping at any moment now (lil’ dude seems to be in a hurry to get out of there). As I struggle to come to terms with how this will change my life, and how I’m going to raise a child I turned to [...]
Back in the game
Earlier this year, on May 6th to be exact, I announced that my startup, Lenguajero.com, was done for. Finished. Finito. Terminado. This announcement came after couple of very tormented months, during which time I tried in vain to either increase revenue or drastically increase traffic. I needed something to justify continuing to work on a project [...]
oDesk search sucks
It’s 8:30 on a Thursday night so I will keep this short. oDesk search sucks. It’s almost worthless. No, it is worthless. Since a picture is worth a 1000 words I turn this post over to the pics. 1. Search for a Graphic Designer with perfect 5 star rating and in the $15 and up [...]
Ramping Up
I love the feeling of ramping up to a new site launch. Whether it is a weekend project like www.lifechore.com or a bigger project like www.lenguajero.com there really isn’t a better feeling than that anticipation right before and right after a launch. How’s it going to go? Am I onto something incredible here? Will I [...]
Finished my “weekend” project.
A couple of weeks ago I had an idea for a perfect weekend coding project. My “weekend project” actually ended up taking me more like 30 hours to build. You see, I’m a noob, and I’m still pretty slow. I’ve been learning to code for about 6 months now, and have developed a real liking [...]
Why not keep it simple?
In May I publicly announced that my startup had failed. I bring this up so that the rest of this post doesn’t come off as sounding like I’m pretending to be a wizened entrepreneur who is handing out advice based on his past successes. I’m not. But, with that said, I have learned a few things [...]
What it means to create content
“People treat SEO like it is black magic, but at the core it is very simple: Content + Links = You Win.” – Patrick McKenzie Create content. It’s the golden rule. The one thing that you HAVE to do if you want to attract new visitors, create a following, and ultimately sell a product or service. [...]
Entrepreneur vs. Small Business Owner
Entrepreneur – Someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it. Small Business Owner – Entrepreneur About a month ago I decided that I was going to take a big step in my personal development and start to really write code. I came up with an idea for a service, picked a platform [...]
Four Sites I Can’t Live Without
When you spend as much time as I do thinking about websites you start to develop a catalog of sites in your brain. I mean, I probably see 100 sites a day on average, the majority of those are either blogs or news sites that I end up on thanks to Hacker News. For the [...]
