Category: biz

Good Job GumRoad

Today I bought a bunch of ebooks. And then I had to put them somewhere.

I’ve bought a bunch of digital ebooks in the last few years. I do not know where they are!

So I decided to put it into the one folder, that seems to persist, no matter the years or machine… it’s my DropBox folder…

Man, that folder got some old stuff in it… but everything is still there! (Even a not so complete Books folder)

So I decided to put my purchases in there…

I then decided to find my old digital purchases to put into DropBox as well…

As you can get, most of the download links no longer works… except for one notable exception.

A 3 year old GumRoad download link, still works!

Go GumRoad. Good Job.

(note: the only other one that works was a custom home-grown solution.)

Anker Cables

I’m not sure why this story made it to #1 on HackerNews.

but this comment rings true to me.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10508848

It’s about Anker cables.

For some reason the Apple lightning cables are horrible. It cannot withstand the abuse of a 2-year old.

Anker cables are amazing, they last the longest for me. But the best part is their 18 month warranty. That means when you spend the $10, you know you’d at least get 18 month worth.

I’ve had to “cash in” the warranty a couple times, both times it was 100% painless, I do not have to pay for shipping. Zagg invisible shield is horrible for this, I think they offer lifetime warranty? but gotta pay like $5 shipping everytime for a thin piece of plastic.

Anker definitely does it right.

I won’t buy another Lightning cable that isn’t Anker.

Twitter Brand Strategy

I’ve been thinking about what my Twitter strategy should be for a while.

Should you use multiple twitter accounts? Or one over arching one?

I have lots of websites/brands… but am self-employed. So there’s only one of me.

Using tools like hootsuite helps, but there was still a sense of inauthenticity.

Then I thought, who uses Twitter the best? Celebrities do.

And “who are they on twitter”?

They are themselves.

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So That’s who I am going to be on Twitter.

Just myself.

Freelancer equals Freedom?

True developers create art with their code. They aren’t just happy with function. They want beautiful source. The code must be as beautiful as the front.

Art springs from a solid foundation. If you are concern with not having enough food to eat, your art will suffer.

Freelancing gives you the freedom of time, but also the stress of doing everything yourself. Surely if someone else takes care of the logistics and administrative tasks, it’ll free you up to create your art.

Toptal React.js Engineers Community seems like a great group of guys to work with. Work with talented artists, and focus on writing solid code and making beautiful works of art.

Microsoft’s new strategy

Seems like Microsoft’s new mobile strategy is “a computer in every hand running Microsoft software”

They launched an Android app launcher, heard it wasn’t so great but Microsoft of old, version 2.0 will surely be better. 

I’m sure they’ll get into business apps as well. 

I can imagine them having lots of quality apps for Android and iOS . Goal being to parlay into their own OS and phone.  

Seems like things are on the upswing for them.