Make small bets a reality with small kids in the house — Taking the entrepreneurial path seemed demanding with a full-time job before starting a family. It’s more so now with a baby in the house. Fortunately, I came across Daniel Vassallo’s course, A Portfolio of Small Bets, which is helping me in that endeavor. …

Start your day before baby wakes up — Before Hayden was born, I worried if I’d have time to program, write, and create. Now I’m a stay-at-home mom with far less time to do just about everything (though the tradeoff is definitely worth it!). Despite being a busy parent, I consistently work on and launch side projects. In…

What projects to take on and how to get them done as a parent entrepreneur. — Working on side hustles becomes much more challenging with a baby or young child in the house. As parents, we’ve got very limited time — and energy — to work on our entrepreneurial pursuits. So we have to make the most of it. That means being selective about what we…

7 ways to make your productivity soar as a parent Productivity doesn’t have to go out the window when you become a parent. In fact, you may find that your productivity actually increases. That’s been the case for me. Despite the demands on my time (and energy!) as a stay-at-home…

When you set out to learn a new topic, you want answers to these questions: What topics should I learn first? What learning tactics should I use, and how do I apply them? How do I retain everything I’ve learned? Enter Principles of Learning. It’s a free learning guide that…

Most people want to get better at problem-solving, but aren’t sure how to go about it. So they default to what I call the “problem-solving treadmill.” The problem-solving treadmill is all about quantity: solve as many problems as quickly as possible. Solve one problem, move along to the next. …

Programmers often mistake a working program for an effective one. Their code could be a nightmare to read and debug. It could take forever to run. It could be filled with poorly named variables. No matter. …

The hosts of the Crafting Code podcast raise an interesting question on an episode about deleting code: is code an asset or a liability? It’s a good question to consider, since most of us think we make something better — from a recipe to a piece of art — by…

I was like a fish out of water without my laptop by my side. I needed a new computer battery, so I left my MacBook at the Apple store. I was hoping that they’d simply swap out the old battery with a new one on the spot. That was wishful…