December, 2007

December, 2007


My Personal Development in 2007

12.31.2007 | Comments Off

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Whether you go nuts for New Years or could care less about New York starting every year by dropping the ball, the one thing you can’t avoid as a blog reader is to see multiple blogs doing their year in review or predictions for next year around this time.

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No Place for a Perfectionist in a Web Startup

12.27.2007 | Comments Off

10 years ago if you had asked, “If you could only use one word to describe yourself, what would it be?” I would have said, “perfectionist.” Granted, whether I was one or not was debatable. However, if I only had one word and I was trying to sell myself, why not be perfect?

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How Do You Juggle a Start-Up and Life?

12.26.2007 | Comments Off

I’m not sure if most developers and entrepreneurs operate the same way as I do, but when I’m in true startup mode, I tend to shut off most if not all distractions. For me, this means no TV during the day, no nights out on the weekends, no early nights before 1am and basically zero fun during the early (development) sprint. Though it’s not a big deal for me, I basically skipped the holidays this year too.

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COBRA Health Coverage. Say What?

12.24.2007 | Comments Off

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The very last thing my ex-employer said to me before walking out the door was “Your health insurance will run out at the end of the month. You must tell us before then if you want to continue your coverage on COBRA.”

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How “Free” Changes Things

12.21.2007 | Comments Off

This video of the Keynote from Nokia World 2007 was passed to me by a fellow entrepreneur here in Atlanta.  It notes some interesting innovations in thinking and changes in the economy when certain commodities are given away as freebies.

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