After an epic week of battling with e-book formats, this morning I have launched my new book The Profitable Side Project Handbook. As with all side projects, I’ve learned a lot just getting to the point of launching the book, and I’ll be writing up some of that here in the next few weeks. Despite … The Profitable Side Project Handbook – now available
In December I wrote It Is Never Done, a post about how we often don’t take the time to look back at the things we have finished, and celebrate them. I’ve written a more personal post about how tough 2013 was in many ways, but I also believe I have produced some of my best … My 2013 in writing and speaking
Six weeks ago I had surgery to remove the metalwork from my arm. The continued lack of movement and pain meant that the surgeon decided that it was worth removing the metal to see if they helped progress. It’s still early days, I’m still sore from the surgery but am back working with the physio … Fitness goals for 2014
Over the Christmas period I finished the first draft of my upcoming book. I’m really happy with how it has shaped up and I am very grateful to everyone who has been in touch with what they think should be included. As a taster, here is the provisional Table of Contents. There may be small … Table of Contents for The Profitable Side Project
I have enjoyed reading other review posts, and I thought it would be nice to look back over what has been an exciting and difficult year. Professionally this has been a really great year. At the beginning of 2013 we made the decision to stop doing client work and concentrate fully on our product, Perch. … Review of the Year
If you are intending to bootstrap a new product in 2014 then I will have a book for you in early January. Until then here is a list of my favourite resources for bootstrappers and side project creators. Many of these have previously been posted to my list, so if you like these sign up … The Bootstrapped Product Resource List
I worked backstage on Jolson! in the West End of London for over a year. For stage crew it was a tough, busy show with a big hydraulic operated set and little wing space in the Victorian theatre to store things. Before each show there was a half hour process of dragging everything out from … It is never done.
I’ve written in the past about how to avoid hefty charges for the task of checking a few checkboxes when completing your PCI DSS SAQ A. I have been following this process for the last few years without problems. After all, my business never touches a card number. We (and our servers) never see a … A hostile environment: payments, the PCI DSS and UK digital businesses
I frequently recommend online accounting package Xero to people on Twitter, however in 140 characters it is hard to get across why I think it is such a fantastic solution for people selling products. Bookkeeping is harder once you have a product If you are essentially a services company you most likely send a relatively … Preventing accounting chaos in your product business with Xero
The Smashing Book 4 has been released today. I have seen the PDF version and am eagerly awaiting the delivery of the physical book as Smashing Magazine always do a lovely job with their books. My chapter is about providing technical support, and is based on our experiences supporting Perch. I’ve been writing and speaking … Smashing Book 4: Writing about technical support