I have always wanted to be a writer, even though I’m unsure if I understood what that meant. I know it included romantic notions, such as sitting in a bar, smoking, drinking, and cranking out tales on a manual typewriter. Knowing I’d starve to death, I decided to get into computer programming. I started learning…
Read More A Technical Ghostwriter?The job market is rough. The best thing you can do for yourself, both as a complete n00b and as a seasoned pro, is to have a broad range of skills and expertise. Stack the skills and pay the bills. Skill Stacking Skill stacking, also known as skill bundling or T-shaped skills, is a concept…
Read More Skill Stacking – Learn More to Earn MoreI hope I don’t bore you with this, but when I tweet about systems engineering, I get some curious replies and even curiouser DMs!! A “system,” according to the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), is a set of elements that interact with each other to achieve specific objectives or functions. Understanding this concept is…
Read More Systems Engineering Is Not Systems AdministrationWhen I first saw that on the back of an iPhone, I thought, “Oh, that’s cool.” I thought about it for a few minutes, then poked around to find out where they’re made: China, Vietnam, and India, where costs are low and the quality is acceptable. Sounds like the market for software developers. I can…
Read More Designed in CaliforniaNo audience, no traffic, no money. I’ve read a lot of articles about making money online. I’d be willing to bet that I’ve read more on this topic than any other. Many of these articles are fantastic. The good ones being those that aren’t too flashy and point people to legitimate ways to make a…
Read More A Dirty Secret The “Make Money Online” Experts Don’t Often ShareNote: This post was originally published on Medium on June 24th 2020. To hell with the years of sweat, frustration, and self doubt. Blogging. The Early Days. By the Spring of 2002, I had built and sold a consulting company, and had recently gone back to work as programmer with a huge media company in the…
Read More How I Became An Overnight Success As A BloggerWhen I first started selling products online back in 2003, I had to guess what keywords my customers would search for. My sales page kicked ass, but everything on the “technical side” of selling products online was different back in 2003. Here is a Wayback Machine capture of my dadwon.com sales page from December 4,…
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Getting a site to appear on the first page of Google search results, I’ll call it SERP1 can make a website owner a lot of money. There are two ways to do it: Organically – Your site rises in the rankings using SEO techniques. This can take a lot of time, and be expensive if…
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Everyone is flipping out about the “new normal” due to COVID-19. I won’t weigh in with personal thoughts on the topic, suffice it to say I think that the Government forcing businesses to close is a dangerous step. People are now out of work. Unemployment claims are through the roof. Making money to pay for…
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