The Pleasure Of Finding Things Out
My favorite scientist!
Iron Man vs. Thor
To say I’m excited about The Avengers Movie is an understatement.
Retiring Some Books!
All, I’m going to be pulling some of my self-published books from Amazon in the next few days.
It was a great experiment and I was able to sell lots of books and gained a lot of experience and received lots of nice (and a little not nice) feedback on the books.
I will either revise & republish or retire and make open source the contents of the books.
What’s Better? Ruby or PHP?
Which language is bigger / better, the red one or purple one?
What if I told you if you chose the red one, you would make more money?
What if I told you the purple one is 5 times faster than the red one?
Which one is better?
As you know they are the same size, mathematically there’s no real difference, but ultimately it depends on who you surround yourself with.
Feel Like JavaScript?
I decided to write a blog about JavaScript, called www.jstipster.com.
The blog will talk about JavaScript and closely related technical topics.
A Business Take Time
I’ve mentioned before I’ve had a bunch of different projects I’ve launched, none of which are alive today. Why?
I think every project I had a certain time-frame for success, IMMEDIATE, or 1-WEEK.
Then when it did not meet certain success criteria I would give-up, stop working on the project, or withdraw the project from the world, then repeat the same process with a new project.
What I realized this morning when I woke up was that every successful business that I read about that happens over-night, actually started in some shape or form 18 months before. That’s a year and a half of refinement, tweaking, testing, modifying, adjusting to the market.
So the product that’s there 18 months plus, is rarely the same product that was there at the beginning, more-over it was the constant tuning that got it there.
Advice:
- Do something you’re passionate about because 18 months will be very long if you don’t like what you’re doing.
- Try to sell it before you build it, use adwords, blog post, other landing pages to qualify your market.
- Create your business model, i.e. how you will make money, how many sales you need per month, per day, what your estimated conversions will be, etc.
- Start off with a MVP (minimum viable product) to get it out there.
- Start measuring, start tweaking, increase visits, increase conversion.
- Wait 18-24 months, doing number 5.
- Retire Rich.
I think I’m going to create a book, called 18 months to Retirement.
How to get a car for free
I was thinking about this last night after a conversation with a friend and I thought I’d write a small post about it.
To get a car for free is all about timing the resale value of a car and having a little cash on hand. Take my truck a 2007 Tacoma 4WD. It has a resale value of $15,000.
Let me give you the resale values of the same make & model on either side of mine:
2006 – $12,000
2008 – $15,000
2009 – $16,500
Now if I wanted to keep my truck forever I would just trade-up once a year for a car about the same cost as mine.
Take it further.
Let’s say I really hunt for a good deal and I get a 2008 on the lower end ($13.5k), then a year later I’m able to sell it and make a little profit, $2K. I do this a few years in a row now I could be up to a $20K car/truck. Still not paying anything other than sales tax. If you’re a good wheel & dealer, you can offset this cost by your negotiation skills.
So now this is how you get and keep a car for free, the key is timing the resale value and year you’re purchasing.
Learn HTML5 and JavaScript for iOS
Learn HTML5 and JavaScript for iOS
You have a great idea for a simple mobile web app. Or, you have a great idea for a complicated mobile web app. Either way, Learn HTML5 and JavaScript for iOS will help you build, fine-tune, and publish your app for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
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I will walk you through building a mobile web app from scratch using real-world examples. You’ll learn about design considerations, mobile web frameworks, and HTML5 features like animation and graphics using Canvas. You’ll also learn how to customize your app for a variety of platforms, and you’ll explore testing and performance tips for your app.
PHP/JavaScript Empty String equals 0
Sometimes when you’re looking for something empty/null you might check for an empty string.
// php
$test = 0;
if ($test=="") {
echo 'true';
}
// javascript
var test = 0;
if (test == '') {
alert('true');
}
To avoid this you need to use the === operator. Which means exactly equal to (value & type).
The New iPad – (Version Recommendation)
Which One To Get?
- Get WiFi 16GB only if you’re planning on using it only around the house or for you children.
- Get the 4G 16GB if you want world travel but don’t care about lots of video & movies.
WiFi / 4G
This is all about connivence of access. If you’re never going to travel don’t worry. But if you travel streaming movies or maps are nice while in the car.
16GB / 32GB / 64GB
This is all about movies & media. If you’re going to be around networks, with iCloud you don’t need a large drive. if you might not be around networks and want to work with media, you’ll need the 64GB.