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Thirty Day Challenge Continues – Ed Dale In Atlanta…

Pierpaolo — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:05:24 +0000

I am still struggling to catch up on the Thirty Day Challenge. I am on a tight schedule so it is hard right now. One cool thing is that Ed Dale, one of the creators of The Challenge is here in Atlanta for StomperNet. There is a meetup at 6:30pm at the Renaissance Hotel at Cobb Galleria. I am going to try to get down there, if only for an hour.

So you wanna be a Freelancer…Go For it!

Pierpaolo — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:38:00 +0000

In keeping with my theme of new beginnings, I am looking for articles and resources to help you go out on your own.

Over at one of my favorite resources, Freelance Switch, there is a great article on kickstarting your Freelancing Career. Check it out here.

I’m Baaaaaack…

Pierpaolo — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:29:22 +0000

First of all, I would like to wish any and all visitors to my site a Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous New Year. Regardless of what you do I hope you have a blast doing it, and if not, I hope you find the determination and courage to change your job to something you do find rewarding. New Year = New Beginnings…

As I mentioned in my last post, I got the house. In the last week or so, when I was not with my wife and kids celebrating the holidays, I was in the process of getting the house ready for rehabbing. This meant getting the utilities squared away, and, as of today, getting a new furnace installed (Since turning on the water, I have already found four leaks!). We have had sub-freezing weather here in the Atlanta suburbs and ice was forming in my toilets and water lines. I have started insulating the pipes as a precaution. When they installed the furnace, I installed a programmable thermostat to help save money.

So now the house is ready for repair. My crew starts tomorrow and the work should be done before the end of the month. During this time, I am going to meet with my lawyer who is also a landlord and pay for an hour of his time to get me up to speed on what to expect, and how to handle it. Yeah, I’d rather be on some tropical beach, laptop in hand, slinging code, working remotely, but this opportunity came up and I had to take it. I have a one year interest-only mortgage. At the end of the year, I’ll either re-fi or sell the house. Either way, I did it right and made the profit going in, so I should be ok.

I still intend to find a way to become location-independent; it’s just going to be a little harder.

Now, keeping in line with my goal of making this a good resource for people, I have found a really good article entitled “The Ultimate Guide To Not Choking Under Pressure“. It was written with software developers in mind, but the principles are universal, especially for freelancers.

Do it yourself heaven…

Pierpaolo — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:17:20 +0000

Ok….sort of off-topic here, but I am very much a do-it-yourself kind of guy, and I’m always on the lookout for sites that tell you how to do stuff. So imagine my sheer joy in finding this site.

Talk about an early Christmas present…