Matthew Lang

Start a new coffee shop that prides itself on not only making better tasting coffee and food and provides a better customer service, but also pays their UK taxes.

Try Nicholas Bate's time management plan for a better day.

Glad to hear that I'm not alone. I don't always think that I am a terrible programmer, but some days I just can't afford to spend the extra time in making my code better with time restrictions set that can't be negotiated.

A good coder knows when something should be quick and dirty, and when something should be thorough and clean.

via Dan Shipper

Good luck pedaling that off the building!

via FGGT

... to say yes to forking a new career path.

Otherwise you're project is going to stall and get nowhere.

Know that when you start just a side project, you’re starting so much more. It’ll completely consume you. The worst failure in any side project is to devote time, energy and sanity for any sustained period only to close the doors.

Side projects are a means to an end.

— Side Projects by Andrew Dumont

A passive income stream. That's why I'm working on Journalong. Growth has stalled in the last couple of months though, so I'm looking to rectify that with a site up-lift and highlighting more of the features I've shipped in the last couple of weeks.

... we all have them. However it's never too late to turn them around.

... the Internet?

Barring a few replies out of common courtesy, it's now been three months since I stopped posting to my Twitter account and moved over to App.net. So what's the change of scene been like?

It's good to hang out some place else, and while I may not have the following that I had on Twitter, I'm happy to post here for the foreseeable future. App.net doesn't have the numbers that Twitter has, so at the moment I'm following most of the same people I follow on Twitter. Not many of these people are actively posting on App.net, but it's forcing me to consider following others that I might not have considered before. Not a bad thing really.

The big change though that sets App.net apart from Twitter is that there is no free account. Yip, this is a paid service that you are using and you're probably thinking that a service that doesn't have a free account would be restricting itself, but this is precisely why I like App.net. Not only does it ensure the healthy and continued development of a product paid for by its users (or customers if you prefer), it also provides a barrier that many people aren't going to cross.Twitter's free service means that anyone can sign up, and while that's all well and good for everyone, I'm not looking for a service that allows just anyone to connect with you.

The subscription fee that App.net charge ensures that there is little chance of accounts being created on the App.net network that currently pollute the Twitter network. Spam accounts, celebs and retail companies to name a few. I don't follow any of these type of accounts on Twitter, but knowing that there is little chance of these kind of accounts polluting the App.net network means that the quality of posts by it's users should remain higher and in turn be a much more interesting place to hang out.It's early days though, but I for one am enjoying my change of network.