Whether it is your own idea or someone else’s – ask yourself these questions; What kind of thing (group, company, initiative) do you want this to be?  Will you lead it?  What will it take? What will be be your competitive advantage?  Love this article by Seth Godin. What do you want this idea to be known for?  Great quality, low cost, fast turnaround, etc. What do you care about most in furthering this idea?  What…

Last week I spent a full day from 8am – 8pm coding – debugging, building, breaking, creating. And it was fantastic – I took a small break for lunch, had no meetings and the rest of the time I spent it reading blogs, writing code, debugging, working through problems, trying to find solutions. Was I in the “zone”? I wasn’t killing it, but I was hustling and driven to create something. Did I learn a lot? You…

There will be many great, memorable April Fools jokes today. But what if instead of doing it as a joke you did it as an offering. Free consultations on software problems. Free product demos. Free questions without a quote required today. Free technical support on nagging issues. Free developer support day. Maybe April Fools doesn’t have to be about the joke, but instead about doing something that you normally wouldn’t do.  What if you made…