In episode 46 of Bootstrapped.fm Ian and Andrey interview Jeffrey Way from Laracasts. It’s a great interview for lots of reasons but a section towards the end really jumped out at me. Jeffrey said something about how people want to complicate business but very often what it comes down to is a gut feeling that … Do you “trust your gut” or rely on data in business?
Three weeks ago I was working on my iMac on a Saturday morning and the display went crazy, forcing me to restart. I did some searching and discovered that this was a known issue, and that Apple were replacing cards exhibiting this problem free of charge. Great! I called Apple Care and they confirmed that … Apple and the 3 week video card swap
I’ve been following the CSS3 Grid Layout specification since the early days, writing about the IE10 implementation in my book CSS3 Layout Modules and for 24 Ways. When I last wrote an update here everything was theoretical, as there was no browser implementation at the time. Now, with support for the latest version of the … CSS Grid Layout: getting to grips with the Chrome implementation
To be able to do any kind of accurate planning you need to be able to make a reasonable estimate of how long upcoming tasks will take. If you are a freelancer working for clients, you will usually need to give some kind of estimate of time and cost. If you move into working on … How to become good at estimating time
I work from home running my own business, I’ve been running a business since 2001 – we did have an office for a few years but once we stopped taking on client projects to focus on Perch full-time, the office made little sense. In addition to Perch, I write books and articles and speak at … GTD and OmniFocus 2 – my productivity workflow
Earlier this year I was invited to speak in Berlin at UIKonf. As a web developer this was not my usual audience but I had a really great time. I hope my practical talk on the differences between advice aimed at funded startups, and that which is useful to the rest of us was helpful. … We’re Not “Doing a Startup” – video from UIKonf
I send out a weekly email containing a curated list of things I have read and listened to over the past week. I collect things that are of interest to other micro-entrepreneurs, side project builders and bootstrappers. I subscribe to several emails too, and here is a list of my favourite regular email subscriptions. bootstrapping.io … Mailing lists for bootstrappers
“The answer to “what if this fails” is easy. You shut it down. The answer to “what if this succeeds” is much harder. Especially when you’re not willing to walk away from your main job. And I wasn’t.” – Mike Monteiro, Everything dies, Sometimes they die well I write and speak about side projects because … What Happens If You Succeed?
In the Happy Monday podcast Sarah and Josh have started a series about transitioning from client work to products with Episode 69. This is something I talk about in detail in my book and as part of my presentation about side projects. In the podcast Sarah said that some blog posts and advice about making … The Transition From Client Work to Product Business
I get a lot of email. We all get a lot of email. I invite readers of my weekly email to reply to me – and they do. We get a lot of email about Perch. I get email about books, speaking engagements, asking me for advice, showing me side projects. I read and try … Your email inbox is not your to-do list