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fman.io - File Management Just Got Sexy

fman.io – File Management Just Got Sexy

In this second installment of OPP, I’m looking at a product that blew up out of nowhere about 2 weeks ago on product hunt (selfless self plug warning – actually on my birthday). Yes, that’s right, I’m looking at you fman!

I had a short exchange with the developer/genius behind fman, Michael Herrmann, about where it came from, where he feels it is going, and why he has closed off access to the…

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Validating Your Ideas on Strangers

Validating Your Ideas on Strangers

One of my favorite ways to truly validate an idea is at a bar… on strangers.

I “discovered” this a few years ago when I was still new to NYC, and since then have used this amazing technique half a dozen times.

It was a slow Saturday, but we had a soft launch happening, and the developer was running a tad behind. I met with the project owner at a dive bar around 50th and 3rd. We were sitting…

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I'm Down with OPP (Other People's Projects) - Metric Board

I’m Down with OPP (Other People’s Projects) – Metric Board

Since my accidental blog posttwo months ago, I have been approached by quite a few individuals wanting either product validation or just a few tips on how to better transition their side-project into a full-fledged product offering. This has led to me trying out dozens of SaaS offerings and seeing so many great ideas, that I decided I will start blogging about the ones that I feel are the…

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#imanartist (at Bryant Park)

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That Time I Brought Down Millions of WordPress Sites

That Time I Brought Down Millions of WordPress Sites

I’m going to take you guys back to a time when I was doing some client work.

I was at the time working on becoming a somebody in the WP Dev community. I attached myself to a really awesome designer George Wiscombe, and started working on a theme he designed called Handgloves. I began by widgetizing it (which was just starting to catch on — that probably dates me a little) then added a couple of…

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So it Happened... What Now?

So it Happened… What Now?

I don’t usually share my political opinions or views to anyone but my closest family and friends, but today I am going to make an exception this morning as I sit here on my eerily quiet bus heading into the office. (more…)

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My First Product Launches

My First Product Launches

A few people have asked me to discuss my product launches, and I have been hesitant to do it in a public light. Not because they aren’t good launches, but because most of my life was spent in industries I didn’t like, but was just really good at. In this post, I will talk about my first side project launch and my first product launch for a paying job, both couldn’t be more different in…

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Getting Strangers to Give You Money

Getting Strangers to Give You Money

This is a requested follow-up from my previous post about monetizing your side project.

Your first customer is never as hard as you think. Every first customer I ever received astounded me, because I didn’t even know they needed the product and I knew the person intimately.

From my childhood lemonade stand to the backlink building software I built at HKSEO, my first customer was always someone I…

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One Million $1M Ideas

My latest post: One Million $1M Ideas - From conception to execution.

Everyone is capable of an idea worth a million dollars/pounds/euros/yen(?). It will most assuredly never be their first idea, and might not be within their first 1000 ideas. But if you don’t track your ideas, you will never remember or be able to capitalize on them.

Your idea doesn’t have to be original, it doesn’t have to be mind-blowing. It just needs to be an idea you are passionate enough…

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August Savings Report

This month was a little bit of a craphat in the savings world. The post Brexit bump led to a pretty flat month in August. I’m not going to go into a schpeal about savings, but if you haven’t read the July 2016 Report, read it now!

Something to note: July had 3 paychecks and August only had 2 (I am paid every 2 weeks). Now, onto August 2016!

RETIREMENT (EMPLOYER MATCHED 401K)

My portfolio has…

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Waiting in my car for work to start

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She said, “You’re not going to reblog my selfie? How could you, we’re married.” My wife <3

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resource for procrastination

if you’re anything like me, working on a computer is a dangerous thing. i’ll get distracted by everything - that one email i should respond to, all the pictures of my dog, tumblr, and so on. I recently discovered an amazing resource to stop that.

it’s called writer’s block, and is free to download! 

when you open it, it shows this screen, where you can choose either a time limit or word goal

then when you start, it opens a document that fills the entire screen like this

and you cannot quit the app or open anything else until your word/time quota is filled. i just wrote half of my english speech that i’ve been putting off all morning, and it took only 20 minutes!

so yup, it’s called writer’s block and is free for both mac and windows. enjoy!

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This is utterly beautiful. 

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ashpocalypse do you know about this yet?

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When a child is punished for their honesty, they begin to lie.

unknown (via foxeia)

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http://xkcd.com/1530/

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Walked into this at exactly #420 this afternoon. Cannabis parade in #NYC. I heard people counting down and I wanted a closer look. Then a cloud of smoke erupted from the audience.