RailsConf 2008 is over and I’ve had some time to rest and recollect my thoughts on the sessions. Below is a quick summary of the main ideas I picked up in each session. Friday 5/30/2008 (Day 1) Joel Spolsky keynote – The UI should help the user. Entrepreneurs on Rails – Work will always come …
Tag: business
Progress Review – April 2008
In my last review, I thought I was overbooked for only the first half of April. By the end of the month, I ended up being overbooked the entire month. Good news is I worked on a a couple of really cool projects. Bad news is I didn’t make any progress on my goals. April …
Progress Review – March 2008
The first quarter of 2008 is now over and I’m still trying to catch up. March Goals Results March ended up the same as February, too much time spent on work and not enough time spent on marketing. I’m having to face the reality that I really need to learn to say no and to …
Your Marketing Game
As promised, here are 8 steps to Turn your Marketing into a Fun Game. 1. Brainstorm Write down all the ways you are marketing right now, the ideas you want to try, and anything else you heard of. Don’t worry about how hard or efficient each idea is yet, you just want stockpile of ideas …
Turn your Marketing into a Fun Game
Marketing is damn hard. It’s even harder when you run a business solo; you’ll never find the time to market, so it doesn’t get done until it’s too late. I’ve had a lot of problems marketing over the past several months. The root cause is because I haven’t been able to get myself into a …