Working at the beach is still working. You have to meet deadlines, read emails and articles, perform testing, and take phone calls. Granted though, you can talk to beautiful ladies on your water break. In the water.
Not so bad.
Author: Joel Gross
Joel Gross is the CEO of Coalition Technologies.
Coolest Wedding Ever
Dancing intro to a wedding… really entertaining.
Ronald Reagan on Socialized Medicine
Thanks Andy for this video. I strongly recommend listening to the entire speech, even if you disagree with it.
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Trip to Los Angeles
Right now is my last night in LA and I’m waiting for Jeremy to get back from dropping his lady friend off at her house, so I thought I’d post a bit of what I’ve been up to. Jeremy made 3 posts about our trip earlier with pictures:
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Discovered Metalocalypse last night, a funny cartoon about mythical death metal band that wreaks havoc wherever they go. The death metal band Dethklok is a massively popular band that in the show is the seventh largest economy on earth and actually raises giant troll demons from the sea with their awesome riffs. If Dethklok takes too long in releasing a new album, fans commit suicide by the thousands and the stock market crashes. … read more “Metalocalypse: Funny Show”
22 Immutable Laws of Marketing: Book Review
I recently read the “22 Immutable Laws of Marketing” and I think it can be summarized into one point: Be the first in your industry and if you aren’t, spin your product off into its own mini-industry. Saved you 6 hours right there, thank me later.
AT&T’s Terrible Service Cost Me a Potential Client
AT&T’s awful phone service just cost me a potential web design client. I called the client and after 3 quick dropped calls he had completely lost interest. I am so unhappy I think I am going to break my contract and pay the fee so I can go to another service. Ugh.
Google Voice Invite Received
I just received an invite for Google Voice and am testing it out now. I think it is about to opened to the public in phases. I’ll post back soon with my reviews. Google Voice is a service that rings all your phones at the same time, creates transcripts of conversations and allows you to listen in while people leave voicemails. … read more “Google Voice Invite Received”
Self-Employed (Sorta)
Today is my first day of working for myself part-time. I will still be working at Visible on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings. I did a bunch of work this morning and took an hour nap around 11. Good times.
Hiking/Camping/Mountaineering Gear
I just made the biggest non-housing, non-food expenditure I have made inthree years today. I fully equipped myself with $533 of gear that I can use for hiking, camping, backpacking and mountaineering. I mention these activities separately because I expect to be doing a lot of traveling soon and will need equipment for both car camping and for climbing mountains. … read more “Hiking/Camping/Mountaineering Gear”