Join me at the launch party on September 8 at noon, details below
This week my book Wired For Coding is launching! So, how can you help?
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Wired For Coding is launching this week
Book
You may have heard, I wrote a book – Wired For Coding
It’s true, I wrote a book.
And while writing, I took a break from publishing new content to my Blue Monkey Dev blog. This last year has been busy with BrightPlanet, Code Bootcamp, Gaming Bootcamp, writing Wired for Coding, serving as President of Health Connect and a few other projects.
Fiction Author Subscription Service
Subscription service for a group of authors
I have become a super-fan of the guys over at Sterling & Stone and have written about their Fiction Unboxed project. A number of months ago they launched something that they call their “Platinum Reader” subscription. For $5.95 per month you get access to all their books before they are released, additional audiobooks, members-only short stories, and a backlog of a their previously published novels.
The Best Blogs Delivered
Optimizing your Blog reading with Hacker Monthly
I read a lot of books every month, but virtually no periodicals. In fact the only two publications that I read every issue of religiously are Hacker Monthly and 2600 Magazine. There is a theme here, they are both curated content from the “hacker” community. But not the negative meaning of hacker, rather the meaning that refers to those who make things work better, like “Life Hacking.” Read more
Optimizing Your Sales Team with Agile Methodologies
Part 5: Complete SCRUM meeting policies & template
Evangelizing what you do is fun and makes you feel good, but often creates a false sense of sales accomplishment. In general, people are nice and won’t outright tell you they don’t need your product or service, which is too bad because that would save us all a lot of time. Instead, they offer to follow up in a few weeks or ask for more information which starts the process of you wasting time on prospects with zero chance of ever closing on them. Read more
How The World Sees You – Book
Optimizing your team through passion
Sally Hogshead released “How the World Sees You: Discover Your Highest Value Through the Science of Fascination” in July 2014 and it quickly make its way to the New York Times’ and Wall Street Journal’s bestseller lists. I’ve been a huge fan of Sally’s work ever since she was a speaker at the first OTA Sessions back in 2011. So when I heard she had a new book out, I pre-ordered it and cracked the cover the day it arrived. Read more