Fri Oct 7th at 1:04 AM
Here's a list of all the good things i have to say about internet explorer:
Mon Oct 3rd at 5:43 PM
I actually wrote this a month or two back to post once I had the blog up, it's cool to see the initial stages already well under way... These are the projected stages of antiblank, with stage 1 ending by holidays 2011, stage 3 gaining momentum by holidays 2012, and stage 4 released for holidays 2013.
Stage 1: Develop custom apps to support self while developing company website, app, backend, record keeping, etc. Most of these will be found on craigslist nationwide and word of mouth.
Stage 2: Phase out of stage 1 and into developing specific market apps. Promote locally with company cards, app, and website. These will eventually be able to be produced much faster as my library of code and skill set expand.
Stage 3: Continue with stage 2, but start developing some of my own apps for sale on iTunes, experimenting with different marketing and revenue generating strategies.
Stage 4: Release a major tablet game, with a budget of at least $20k for freelancing out artwork/server support and 6 month developmental period. Possibly pursue tablet gaming as a company? Respected input is weary of this idea.
Stage 5: Omnislant. More to come on this later.
Thu Sep 22nd at 11:40 AM
Got antiblank registered as my doing business as name with Dallas. Got business cards ordered. Finishing up and submitting the antiblank app today, as well as the thank you survey for when business with a client is concluded. Cards and app will take a week to arrive and be approved, which I'll spend finishing the desktop and mobile antiblank site. Once the website and app is live and cards are ready, I think business will really take off, as I plan to leave cards door to door in neighborhoods and talk with local businesses that fit my specific market strategy. So, hopefully, by this time next week, things will be in full swing and I'll be able to have my taxes, expenses, and time log system in place to help me keep track of everything, and all current projects for clients finished. Lots to do, gotta get to it!
Tue Sep 20th at 6:02 PM
Well, it took all day to redo calculations for project two and figure out how to animate adding and deleting cells from a table view once the blog list has been updated for the antiblank app. Which means that I'm basically a full day behind where I wanted to be. This is the second project in a row that I have grossly underestimated the number of hours required to build, and am almost working for free lol. So I'm learning valuable lessons about bidding projects, planning with clients more efficiently, and as always, coding more efficiently. Projects three and four are less custom and more the stage two type apps that I intend to be focusing on in 2012, so I'm excited to get started on them and begin developing my cash crop library of code. Although things are taking longer than expected, I'm doing okay because I've started buffering projects a little better to allow room for stuff like this until I have a little more experience.
Anyway, that's about it for now... Really, I just wrote this blog to test the new updating code for the antiblank app. Let's see if it works!
Mon Sep 19th at 2:02 PM
Time happens. Gotta be patient.
Thu Sep 15th at 6:40 AM
I am writing blogs to the future... nobody can even read these yet because I haven't built the blog, just the database to store them. But if I don't write it now, I never will so gotta jot it while I have the chance. Just kinda weird to think about.
I have so much to do, it's crazy. Each day adds more, and my brain can only handle so much before thoughts are lost forever. I think I may have lost a client or two because they somehow slipped through the cracks of memory and never got responded to after so many emails. Sadness. So I decided to build an assistant app, yet another thing piled on the ever-growing to-do list. The good news is, work seems like it will be slow for the weekend, so hopefully I can catch up, if I don't take off like I did last weekend. I expect the next few months will be 60+ hour work weeks.
To-do list:
- finish this client's app
- figure out what potential clients I need to email back
- figure out how I'm going to file taxes
- set up a doing business as name
- organize all info from emails, notepads, phone notepad, etc and organize computer files
- build antiblank portfolio app
- build antiblank desktop and mobile websites
- build assistant app
- figure out a daily and weekly routine
- figure out how to stick to daily and weekly routine
- hardwire kayli's room and the kitchen for internet
- get truck inspected, oil changed, transmission fixed, and sold
If I seem overwhelmed, it's because I am :) But, only cause I'm having trouble staying organized at the moment. I just have a lot to do and don't remember what all it is. Hence the list here, which I'm sure I'll be adding to as needed. But seriously, this assistant app is gonna rock my world. It'll prioritize all current and prospective projects, with status icons for easy identification, last activity timestamps, who's turn to act, etc; it'll allow me to post to the blog, and automatically notify peeps following by facebook/email; it'll keep logs of income and sales tax, expenses, time spent developing each project; and (eventually) be my company email client, convo style. I don't know if that makes sense, but trust me: it'll be great.
Mon Sep 12th at 5:46 PM
Well, finally... It's been about a month since I started the company and I've been so busy that I'm just now getting the blog up, which means there's a lot I've already learned that will never make it on the blog because I've already forgotten that I learned it - it's just ingrained knowledge now. The good news is that I made notes on a few things I did want to share, like the point of this blog.
There are several reasons I have for making this blog. Mostly just to keep followers up to date with what's going on, new and upcoming releases, etc... but also to make sure I stay on the ball to get things done, which seemed like it would be easier with a few readers keeping me accountable. I might use the blog for other things like occasional tutorials, lessons learned, life adventures, or whatever else I feel like!
I wanna give a big thanks to my buddy Brandon Reed who gave me the idea to start freelancing on craigslist - thanks buddy!!
