Today I opened up my full-text RSS feed of Daring Fireball. I found out that John Gruber has quit his day job at Joyent and is now living “The Life”. (A term he invented and popularized which is now nicely fitting.)
I love reading his stuff and I’m eagerly awaiting my DF t-shirt (the […]

I used to really like to sleep. I’d get 8 hours on average. I’d be completely rested and wide awake all the time. But I always felt like I didn’t push myself enough. Like I was missing out.
The past few weeks (probably more) I’ve pushed myself to the edge. Like […]

I’m doing something I’ve never done before, which always makes for a good learning experience, but sometimes can seem quite hard. I’m writing licensing code and also implementing the process around it. I’ve never actually charged for any software before in my life.
And neither have any of the companies I’ve worked for! […]

[Luis:] As promised, here is part 2 of Brian Cooke’s take on The Life.
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I had only been working on rooVid for a few days when I came across Luis’ WebnoteHappy Lite public beta. I was the perfect customer for WebnoteHappy and I realized that quickly. After playing with the beta for […]

[Luis:] I’ve been getting a good number of visitors reading about The Life, so I thought I’d get some other folks to offer their perspectives on living It.
Brian Cooke is a good friend of mine. He has started doing The Life part-time with his software company RoobaSoft. He’s written a cool and free […]

That trip I took last week really took me out of my regular development rhythm. So today I made a small beta release of WebnoteHappy. Only a few things changed, but I think its important to get in a rhythm and stay in it. Even if it is only a small change, […]

Today I took a day off of work, partly to decompress after a week long trip to California for a conference, partly to spend some more time with my family, and partly to live another fully day in The Life. So I had visions of getting a huge amount of work done and getting […]

I’m attending a conference this week in Santa Clara, CA. Also my oldest son had his birthday party on Saturday. Packing and traveling took up most of the day on Sunday. And the conference is pretty packed full of activities, starting at 8:30 in the morning and not finishing until 5pm. […]

Gus pointed me to a post about Entrepreneurial Proverbs and in one of the comments that was a link to a really good article that resonated with me: Top Signals of Success for Software Entrepeneurs from OnStartups.com. It is a list of 15 traits that successful software entrepreneurs share. Now […]

One of the things that’s a reality is that business is risky. But one of the ways to reduce that risk is to form an LLC, a Limited Liability Company. Yes, that’s right - it basically means Reduce Your Risk Company. It is especially helpful if you have any type of assets. […]