Indie Ambitions

Back on the horse, as they say. I’ve missed a few days, but I’m back. I’m still at that 80% on those apps I mentioned, weird how time passes and you don’t seem to get much done. But, I have had some movement. I’ve picked up a few more potential clients, nothing solid yet, but ...

It’s been about three weeks of the grand experiment. May day looks about like this: 8:00 wake up and feed crying children. 9:00 write code while adjusting babies. 11:00 feed babies again. 12:00 make some lunch and try to write a bit of code. 2:30 feed babies again. 3:30 write a little code. 5:30 feed ...

I haven’t written for a few days, but looking back on my week, it was fairly productive. I have two apps that I am about 80% toward releasing.  They are both simple, but the goal with each is to test the market for this kind of thing, and if there’s some attention, then I’ll develop ...

It felt like it was going to be an unproductive day, but actually a couple of good things happened.  I got connected to several potential jobs.  The first is a lower paid position where I would be doing 10 to 20 hours a week.  While the rate is a little low, it’s good because if ...

Had a good day today.  I spent about three hours working with my current client.  I talked to a guy from a University that may turn out to be a good contact.  I spent some time working with one of my partners.  I played portal 2 with a friend, which was very fun. I need ...

Today I accomplished a couple things, I had about 5 to 6 hours of good work.  I finally got out our update for my first iphone application.  I’ve been working now for almost a year with friends on creating iphone applications.  We have one app on the store now and it has enjoyed some success. ...

I have a goal.  I want to work for myself.  I want to spend my time pursuing my own ideas instead of working towards someone else’s goals.  I want to spend my time on those things that I think have the most value, instead of laboring for what can often be an arbitraty purpose.  I ...