Here is how I determined how to set my freelance contract rates. To start with you need to figure out how much you want to make in a given year. Let’s start with $100,000 for a nice round number. Whether or not you can actually make that much depends largely on your [...]
Recursive Network Select is a pattern that occurs when a program makes a call to a database returning a resultset and then as it loops through that resultset it makes a call to the database for each record as it loops through the resultset. In extreme cases, the program will add additional levels of [...]
Many consultants are excellent at what they do, and want to start a consulting firm, yet many have no idea how to find new clients. So I’ve written up ten cheap ways to find new clients. None of these are new ideas, they have been around for years and they are currently being [...]
I am a big fan of attending local Ruby groups and/or conferences. There are a number of advantages to attending them, but one of the biggest personal advantages I get is exposure to new tools and new ways to get my development done. It’s interesting to me how the addition of a new [...]
Recently I attended my grandmothers 85th birthday party. The family made the decision to have a professional photographer come to the event and take some pictures of the family. The interesting part came when the photographer put the pictures online for us to view so we could decide which pictures we wanted to [...]
I am very interested in reading about entrepreneurship, particularly Micro ISV’s. I have been very impressed with Patrick McKenzie’s MicroISV blog. Patrick’s blog is about his company which sells a Bing Card Creator. It’s amazing how many details he’s willing to share about his company, and the strategies he is using. [...]
I’m constantly looking for software or utilities that will improve my productivity. From trying out new languages to learning new development tools, nothing is out of bounds. One thing I’ve learned over the years is that there aren’t any magic bullets out there. Nothing will magically make the pain points go away. [...]