Officially mentioning ThemeJam (And what it is)

So I’ve been casually mentioning (here, here, here, and here) that I’m involved in a second startup business aside from my core freelance web design services. Today, I’d like to “officially” begin telling you about it. I’m referring to the second logo I recently placed down there in the left sidebar.

ThemeJam is my premium themes company, where I will be designing and developing themes for WordPress, among other platforms. The plan is to launch ThemeJam sometime in early 2010 (the current site is only temporary). I know, I know… there are already loads of WordPress themes companies out there. What makes me think my little startup can compete in this already over-saturated market? Well, I’ll get to that.

First, a bit about ThemeJam.

Working Schedule of a (hustling) Freelancer

Freelancing and entrepreneurship is all about working your ass off to make your passion your career.

It’s also about time management, and that could be one of the toughest things for a work-at-home freelancer. It’s often hard to tell when to stop working, when to start, when to wake up, when to take a break, etc.

I’m finding that it’s very important to separate client work from personal project work. I’m very excited about working on Wordpress themes and building out the ThemeJam store, but I can’t let it interfere with my current business of serving web design clients. That’s why I’m focusing on client work during the day-time work hours and then dedicating late-nights (and parts of weekends) to sinking my teeth into this new venture.

Macs are Cheaper. Yes, they are.

Macs are actually cheaper when it comes to the overall cost of ownership. If your employees are all using Macs, you don’t have to worry as much about viruses, crashing, etc., meaning your employees are spending more time being productive, and less time troubleshooting their computers.

via Mechanics Need Tools – The Netsetter.

The Proven Original vs. the New Competitor

The holiday season is underway (it seems that annoying christmas music is unveiled earlier every year). And I can’t help but start thinking about what it is I want this year.

Being a web / technology junkie, there’s always some device that I’ve got to get my hands on. Last year it was a smart phone. This year it’s an eBook reader. So now the question is, do I want the Nook from Barns and Noble or the Kindle from Amazon? Let me re-phrase that…

Sleeping on Global Warming is Bad Business

My argument is simple: I think climate change is real. You don’t? That’s your business. But there are two other huge trends barreling down on us with energy implications that you simply can’t deny. And the way to renew America is for us to take the lead and invent the technologies to address these problems.

via Thomas Friedman – What They Really Believe – NYTimes.com.

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