2021

Steering Attention and Leverage
Movement & Joy
A Heat Map Reporter for Minitest
Thinking Smaller and Locally

2020

Thoughts on Trust in Business
Prioritizing Visual Stability on the Web
Getting Going
Visitors, Developers, or Machines

2019

Marketing for Energy
Ignorance is Bliss
Focus on Learning Rather than Perfection
The Accidental Business
Swimming Upstream Less
The Web We've Made
Writing in Code
Quitting Analytics
DMARC from Monitoring to Rejecting
Stability & Speed
Designing Your Workspace
The Tyranny of Hourly
Alignment & Wandering
Amputation & Regret
How do you find the time?
Starting Over Again
Hindsight
Impact
Openness and Longevity
Creating vs. Shipping

2018

What to work on?
Why a non-profit?
Breaking Through
Two Years with One Less Leg
Starting a Non-profit
Still Sustaining

2017

You've Got This
What a Difference a Year Makes
Writing in the Open
The Lull
Unstoppable
Riding Again
One Year Later
Employment vs. Self-employment

2016

The Compounding Benefits of Privilege
Walking Again
Back on my feet
Recurring Revenue vs. Disability Insurance
Independence isn't Utopia
Decisions. Decisions.
The Journey of Selling Sifter
Next
Good Days and Bad Days
Moving Towards Amputation

2015

Uncertainty
Fusion
A New Hope

2014

Context and Optimism
A Seemingly Impossible Decision
On Canceling
It's Just Software
One Year
Recovering

2013

Understanding Cancelations
The Worst is Behind Me
There isn't a Finish Line
Thoughts on Self-employment and Family
Ignoring Fear
Next Steps
Recovery
Lesson Learned
Unplanned Downtime
Payment Processing from Starting + Sustaining
Get Help
Book Update

2012

Take Your Time Quitting
Rebuilding vs. Refactoring
Acceptance
Can you afford a pay cut?
Quality vs. Shipping
Being a Solo Founder of a 24x7 Hosted Web Application
Physical vs. Digital
Working with Your Hands
Superficial Steps
The Catch
Slowing Down
Siren
Finishing Strong vs. Shipping
What does it take?
All I Ever Wanted
Exhausted and Anxious
Ready

2011

Automation, Self-service, and Administration
Tenacity
Thoughts on Business Models
The Incessant Reality Check
The Early Days of Founding Sifter
Prioritization
Will it last?
Tagline Cliches
My Biggest Mistake

2010

Decisions
Worrying
Handling Criticism
Work/Life Balance
Starting is easier than sustaining.
SaaS Support
A Milestone of Sorts

2009

Downside Of Permanent
Answering to Customers
Independent Software Development

2008

Use the Ideas, but Make it Your Own

2007

For the People by the People
Comments Evolved
Campfire & Comments
Designing for Content
A Closer Look at SimpleLog
Documenting Interface Design
Good Business

2006

Could You? Should You?
CSS Maintenance Tip: Use a Color Glossary
Trick Your TextMate: Snippets
How to Float the River
Accessiblity for the Masses
Refresh Your City
The Time is Now for Front-End Architects

2005

Refresh Dallas
If It Needs Instructions, It Doesn't Work
Collective Talent
Design for Design's Sake
It's No Secret. Your Product Sucks.
Walls of Wireframes
Balance and Teamwork
The Crossover: Designers and Programmers
More on the One Idea Approach
To Scale or Not to Scale
I Like Big Buttons and I Cannot Lie
One Idea is Better than Three