Tag: app development
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5 things I’ve done to feed my writing in 2026
After a whirlwind of travel and hosting two parties at home, I had a couple days at the end of winter break to prepare for the new calendar year. I dislike New Year’s resolutions and goals but I appreciate the opportunity to clear the decks. The fresh calendar year is a nice time to consider…
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Apps, like art, gain meaning from their audience. (So ship that beta now.)
I released the first beta of DoTheThing.app earlier this month. It felt incomplete and far too humble to show the world, but I did it anyway. It’s part of my training as a creator, something I learned way back in art school: never show your work for the first time when it’s already finished. Do…
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Business Diaries #2: Actually, I want to make uneven progress
This post is part of Business Diaries, where I document my journey to grow a business around my blog The ADHD Homestead. You can read the full series here. Having just hit the midyear mark, I want to talk about managing goals as an indie. At the beginning of 2019 I listed several goals I wanted to accomplish this…
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Business Diaries #1: where I’m at in January 2019
This post is part of Business Diaries, where I document my journey to grow a business around my blog The ADHD Homestead. You can read the full series here. I’ll get into the nitty-gritty of my writing business in future posts, but first an introduction: I founded The ADHD Homestead in 2014 with a dedicated…
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2018’s surprise successes & 2019’s few-but-mighty goals
Remember that long list of goals I posted last fall? And how I said I usually don’t do big goal lists because I think they’re a terrible idea? I stand by all of it. Maybe it works for some people, but it never has for me. I get excited about the actual goal-setting, but I…