Nov 1, 2007
Sorry it's been so long since an update -- no excuses here, other than being insanely busy with work. So let's get on to it: this past month (October) was a really shitty month for me, earnings-wise. I earned less across the board on all of my programs, and my main money maker (DreamHost) totally dried up for me this month with effectively no incoming money.
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Sep 10, 2007
One of my biggest flaws as a designer/developer is the rate at which I tend to abandon projects. I find that I'll crank through a thousand lines of code in a caffeine-fueled weekend and make something from scratch to launch in under forty-eight hours. But then as time passes, I neglect the project and it dies a slow, painful death. One tip to combat this I've ...
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Aug 27, 2007
People often times over-analyze SEO (Search Engine Optimization). I am here to tell you how easy it is to rank high in Google without any shady or blackhat methods. I launched this blog nine days ago on August 18. Today on August 27, I find I'm getting referrers for money from open source (you'll notice personal web search is turned off in that url). ...
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Aug 26, 2007
I get a lot of people asking what I use to create all of my sites, so I'm going to go over my setup at home now. I'm very fond of the setup I have right now, and I really think it helps me be more productive when I want to. I've spent a lot of money on the setup I have now, but I can ...
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Aug 22, 2007
Starting a new site is a really difficult thing to do. Over the years, my sites have accumulated a large amount of inbound links and traffic -- so now when I want to start a new site, it's no problem. I put up a few links and posts about the site and it instantly gets a big traffic boost. But for this site, I wanted to ...
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