Exploration of Thought

When you run a freelancing business (or any business for that matter), you'll eventually need to outsource some things.  When you outsource tasks, you need to make sure that the person executing the job is fully equipped with all the tools, instructions, and knowledge to perform the said task. How do you ensure that? Simple,…

How do you start freelancing or consulting if you have kids and a family, and a job? This also applies if you have a full-time demanding job. Or maybe you just have a very active personal life with family. Any of these situations can make it challenging to get going. I know, I've been there.…

Estimating is hard, especially when you're a freelancer or consultant. If you provide the wrong estimate, there's a high chance you won't get the project. This is true if you estimate too high or too low. How do you provide good estimates that give the client confidence and are reasonable?  There's a couple of tips…

I’m going to show what the difference (and similarities are) between freelancing and consulting are. If you look online you’ll find a plethora of different advice on what they are and are not. Unfortunately, most of these articles are written by people who have very little experience in either one of these fields. I’ve had…

You’re probably interested in making some additional money on the side. Most likely, if you’re reading this you’re also a software developer.   How can you make an additional $500, $1,000, or even $10,000 more on the side? Freelance and/or consulting work. You can do this on the side while you work your current job.…

The next time you learn something, learn something that is out of your comfort zone. Why?  This is where real growth happens. In 2018 I did exactly this by learning how to program on the Ethereum blockchain. I’m not saying you should or have to learn how to do this same, but it’s just an…

About 8 years ago this month I quit too early. If I had stayed with the business and rode through the storm, I’d be very well off right now. I wouldn’t be writing this newsletter to you about this story. I can’t say that I regret giving in at the time, but as always ……

Recently I ran into an issue where lvh.me would not work when connected to my ISP. I needed it to do some subdomain development work with a SaaS app. Problem When trying to connect to lvh.me (or lvh.me:port, such as lvh.me:3000) Chrome (or any other browser for that matter) will not connect. If you're using…

I used to just fly by the seat of my pants on everything. If I felt OK about something, then all good. If it felt bad, then time to look into it. I bet you have done the same thing many times. ​You manage a ton of things in your life …​ Yourself, your family,…

He said “Ok, we don’t need that feature anymore, you can delete it.” I had just built the feature two months ago. I spent nearly 2 months building it. I had poured all of my heart into building this feature. It was a masterpiece. Or so I thought ...​ Wait ... now I’m supposed to…

That's right, I don't feel that mobile apps are the future. I’ve been saying this for years. As someone who has spent the last decade plus working solely in the mobile space on Android, this is a hard realization to accept. Hell, I’ve even written books about mobile development and how to make apps. Some…

I was looking for a vector version of the Freehold Township logo, but I couldn't find one ... so I made one. Feel free to download and use it as you need to. Download [png] [jpg] [ai] [svg]