Monthly Archives: May 2008

Don’t Look at the Rock!

… because if you look at the rock, you’ll run right into it. I promise. Let me explain… The Story I recently took a 5-week whitewater kayaking course. Kayaking is a blast. It can be very dangerous (despite what Into … Continue reading

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Working with 960.gs

There’s been a lot of talk in the intarwebnets recently about the benefits of CSS frameworks. I insist on hand-coding, but I really don’t like working with CSS (particularly haggling with a certain 6th edition browser that starts with Internet … Continue reading

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Freelancers Are Like Session Musicians

There seems to be two ways to make money working for yourself doing development, and they have parallels in the music industry (bet you never would have guessed). The first way is to start a company. Get a co-founder or … Continue reading

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How to be Great

So you want to be the next Michael Jordan? Pablo Picasso? Bill Gates? Béla Fleck? Yoda? In the last article, I talked about the importance of having something in your life that you strive to be great at. I also … Continue reading

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