Jul 21st 10
Posted by ikebarnes in Business
If you want to start a business not because of money but for the thrill of being an entrepreneur you should start here. Visit http://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html. Paul Graham is a genius in his own right and by reading his essays you get an opportunity to dissect his brain and learn from his experiences.
After you finish reading, leave me a comment and let me know what you’ve learned and how your going to apply it. Also, if you can’t find the time to read these essays, then you should think twice about starting your own business.
Jul 18th 10
Posted by ikebarnes in Business
I sometimes find it difficult to focus on a single project at a time. I get pulled in so many different directions that focusing on a single task becomes my only task.
The way I get over this on most days is by breaking all of my projects into individual task and then prioritize them from most to least important. Then I prioritize the overall projects and select no more than five task to accomplish a day. This way I only get important things done. I also add a time estimate to each task so that I can choose task that I have time for.
Jul 14th 10
Posted by ikebarnes in Business
If you want to start a business where you aren’t necessarily a member of the market, you must do market research via surveys, focus groups, and questionnaires to fully grasp the market. Once you receive and analyze this feedback, build a prototype and get early adopters to use your product. Make sure that you stay in contact with the early adopters via emails, newsletters, or blog post so that they can continue to communicate with you as you make changes.
Jul 9th 10
Posted by ikebarnes in My Life
When I was just a strapping teenage man, my only goal in life was to be a millionaire by the time I reached 30. This pretty much drove every decision I made from going to the Marine Corps to writing music. It was not because I wanted money, it was because I thought if I had a lot of money I could help as many people in my family as possible.
This was still my goal until four years ago when I realized that I don’t need money to make a difference. In 2006, after reading The Secret and a few other books, I changed my goal from having a million dollars to helping a million. I also realized that man’s purpose on earth is to help prolong his species by any means necessary. I feel that for me to not live with any regrets I have to help.
Most of the things that I learn I feel like I’m wronging my fellow man by not sharing my lesson with you. So when I speak to you about getting your life together or ways to improve on yourself it’s not because you are flawed. It’s because I believe that if I can help you I am helping me fulfill my own destiny.
May 18th 10
Posted by ikebarnes in Technology
If you want to use basecamp for project management but do not have the budget to pay for it. You can easily just create multiple free sites for each of your projects. All you have to do is go to pricing and plans and click the free project link. Complete the signup form and thats it. Make sure that you use a different username for each account.
Here is the URL for the software www.basecamphq.com.
May 17th 10
Posted by ikebarnes in My Life
Why is planning a wedding so difficult? Because we make it difficult. I have never been the type of person to do things just because thats the way its done. I guess Im not a traditionalist. I believe that things in life should be done if they make since not because thats the way other people do it.
When planning a wedding there are tons of things that you are supposed to do that dont really add to the experience. For example, the fact that you have to mail out save the dates. Its something small I know thats why its an example. Another thing that doesnt make since is the fact that a wedding is the only time when people come together to celebrate you but you have to pay for them. On your birthday you get gifts, your graduation you get gifts, and when you have a baby you get showered with gifts. Just venting because I needed a post for today.
With that being said Im glad Im getting married and happy I wont ever have to go through this again. Im sure I will enjoy it on the day it happens.
May 14th 10
Posted by ikebarnes in Apple
I have had my IPad for two weeks today and I love everything about it. I understand it doesn’t do everything, but it does do about 90% (front-facing camera) of what I need it to do. I have taken it every where with me for the last two weeks and I have heard all of the concerns. Most people only think flash is a big deal because the media is sensationalizing it.
Yeah majority of the video on the web is being streamed via a flash player. What most people don’t realize is that most of that video is Porn. So if you really want your porn you will be better off getting a laptop.
Here are my findings on what can’t be done today:
1. You can’t watch Hulu but most of the shows are available on some other site or app.
2. You can’t download files natively.
3. Still can’t edit files in Google docs. This is not Apple’s problem it’s Google’s for not figuring this out yet.
4. Web development is slower because of no multi tasking until later this year.
5. Sharepoint doesn’t work. Again this is not Apple’s problem.
That’s about it everything else I do in my computing life can be done via my IPad. Overall, I am extremely satisfied and I thank Steve Jobs again for making my world a better place.
May 13th 10
Posted by ikebarnes in My Life
I’ve been doing some research trying to figure a good place for Meagan and I to go on our honeymoon. I originally felt that it shouldn’t be somewhere tropical. But now after the past few weeks of having crappy weather, I’m changing my mind. It’s amazing to me that no one besides Jet Blue and Southwest has cheap plane tickets. Here are some of the places we are considering in no particular order:
1. Dominican Republic
2. St Lucia
3. Rivera Maya
Apr 24th 10
Posted by ikebarnes in Programming
All you have to do is go to file manager and this parameter to the end of the url. (?showhidden=1). Here is an example: https://yourserver.com/frontend/x3/filemanager/?showhidden=1
Apr 10th 10
Posted by ikebarnes in Business
I was looking out the window at my friends place and i noticed something profound. This guy was walking with a handful of flyers on a windy day. He stumbled and all of the flyers went flying out of his hand. My first thought was man that’s going to take him a long time to pick up. As soon as i said that to myself, three bystanders took off to aid him. Each person stayed around until every flyer was returned to the owners hands.
The first thing this incident made me realize was that people are willing to help others without compensation as long as they know there is an end in sight. Second, if the task is clearly defined and doesn’t require any critical thinking skills, people are eager to give moments of their time to complete it. Third, if you ask people for help most probably won’t help, they will just keep walking by but a few good hearted people will.
Dont be afraid to ask for help but make sure that the task is clearly defined that you need help with.
