Category: Joel

I’m an expert right? 🙂

Here are some of my predictions for what the future might hold:

During the year 2013, the following will happen:

• Apple stock will not perform well
• Miami Heat will win their second championship
• There will be a cyberattack against the United States

Before 2017 the following predictions of the future will come to pass:

• The United States will undergo inflation of at least 10% in one year
• The first self driving cars will be sold commercially
• Chess will be solved – an unbeatable algorithm will be created
• Python will grow more than C#, Rails, PHP, Java

Before 2020, I predict that the future will have:

• A war between the United States and Iran, North Korea, or Egypt
• Drones will be an everyday part of life in America.

… read more “Expert Predictions of the Future”

That’s me you see in the top picture looking down.  Tolga took a picture of me belaying him.  The next picture is me crossing the creek.  Malibu Creek actually has a super fun traverse just to get to the climbing area! You can see a picture of it here: http://www.mountainproject.com/v/malibu-creek-state-park/105870845

 

Merry Christmas to everyone out there!

I am thankful for many things this Christmas Eve:

• My great supportive family – brothers, grandparents, extended family
• Good group of friends – Jarek, Fletch, Nick, Justin, Shawn, Kenny
• Living in a free country with free enterprise where I can start and run my business as I see fit (for the most part)
• Crossfit for helping me round out my fitness
• Rock climbing for challenging me mentally and physically
• The awesome team I have at Coalition who are helping to build amazing sites and achieve great client results

 

 

I have discovered that small incremental life hacks stacked upon one another over time leads to a vast improvement in your quality of life.  What are some examples of incremental life hacks that I use?

• I do burpees each morning, adding an additional one each day.
• I do some form of exercise each day (rock climbing, Crossfit, basketball, flag football, hiking, etc)
• Use a spreadsheet that emails me each morning and asks me to update it.

… read more “Incremental Life Hacks Lead to Vast Improvement”

For those of you who have not yet tried Quora.com, I strongly recommend it.  Tons of smart, well-written advice from successful people.  It is really helpful for getting expert opinions on just about any topic.

Two characteristics I have observed about entrepreneurs (both successful and unsuccessful) are:

1. Bring certainty into an uncertain world.  A business owner can never be sure if his employees will do the work or a client will pay.  He has to take fickle people and use a business model to translate that into certainty for both his customers and employees.  

… read more “2 Characteristics of an Entrepreneur”

For all of you people out there looking to sell an old website, please email me!  I am looking to buy websites.  You can reach me by using the contact form on this website or leaving a comment on the blog. Please email me your contact information, the URL of the website and the amount of money you are willing to accept for it.  … read more “Sell Your Website”