The COVID-19 outbreak has given rise to memes the way you’d expect from the year in its name. Most of them probably die quickly on the vine, but some have shaped up to make their way into my feed over and over. And of those a lot are poignant and hilarious. Some on the other…
I’ve got what might well be a new term for you. You’re probably going to love it, assuming you haven’t heard it before. It’s the sort of poorly-named Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon, so maybe just call it frequency bias. This is the term for when you learn a new word, and then you immediately start hearing it…
Recently, I was doing something that occupies a surprising amount of my time these days: using LinkedIn for lead gen. This involves researching companies, connecting with people, and, occasionally, consuming LinkedIn. It was in that latter capacity that I stumbled across this post, from Jonathan Stark. I nearly spit out my coffee. It’s funny, right? …
After a couple of weeks doing Reader Question Monday on a Tuesday, I’m back on track. I’ll briefly congratulate myself before moving on to the potentially pot-stirring topic of programming skills. Today’s question is one I’ve gotten a LOT, but have struggled to answer. I didn’t want to write on the subject until I had…
I get a lot of reader questions about freelancing. People interested in freelance web development or freelance mobile development or what have you. I applaud the desire to go free agent, and I think you should do it. But I think you get a lot of bad advice about how to do it. Bad advice at a…
