Brock Tice's Experiments

Use Elance for a Commercial Programming Project New Experiment

Created by Brock Tice 5 days ago | Tags programming, outsourcing, elance, android

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Overview I have some programming projects on the back burner (i.e. Someday) that could yield commercial success if I ever had a chance to implement them. First among those is an Android app for doctors suggested by my wife. I'm going to try to get it done via Elance.

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Matthew Cornell I love it! Outsourcing can still make sense, given the pay discrepancy globally. My experience with Elance was successful - I found a Dru...

4 days ago

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Brock Tice Got 9 bids with amounts ranging from about 250 to 750. Working on some NDAs for providers that want more info for their quotes, then I'll...

3 days ago

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Matthew Cornell Great indications, Brock. People are hungry, which makes it a perfect time for your project. Surprise #1 so far? :-)

3 days ago

Extreme Batching - Intentionally Creating a Weekly "Vacation Tax"

Created by Brock Tice Dec 31, 2009

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Overview The idea of a "vacation tax" -- catching up on things that have piled up while away -- is now a common one. But wait, batching is good! It lets you focus on the task at hand and make gruntwork more efficient. Is it possible and beneficial to intentionally create a weekly backlog of things to batch? Maybe! I'm g...

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Brock Tice I'm starting to see (though I've been practicing as such for a while, I guess) that GTD is in practicality more of a framework or templat...

12 days ago

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Matthew Cornell That's surprising, Brock. I see it as totally comprehensive wrt workflow. I think the Doing phase is ultimately most challenging (which a...

11 days ago

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Brock Tice I mean, it is comprehensive w.r.t. workflow, but because everyone's workflow needs are different, the actual implementation may have to v...

7 days ago

Run and Meditate First Thing

Created by Brock Tice Feb 04, 2010 | Tags fitness, meditation

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Overview Every weekday morning, I will meditate and run (running will slowly be ramped up from every other weekday to every day) before doing any of my other work.

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Brock Tice Not only that, but in this case poor tools cause knee and back pain! I knew the importance of good running shoes, having used them (and n...

17 days ago

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Brock Tice This is going well, but a variety of things have robbed me of sleep, plus work has been kind of erratic, making it hard to focus. Nonethe...

12 days ago

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Matthew Cornell I like the tripod idea - '3' is special. I suppose there are many wrt health. Diet, exercise, etc. I'd like to hear more about why you pi...

11 days ago

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Brock Tice

  • Member Since
  • 08/10/09
  • About Human, husband, father, (atheist) zen buddhist, tidy, good neighbor, thrifty, starting a cardiac simulation services company, doesn’t worry about current events, reads for pleasure, tries to keep his home and his things safe and sound, occasional home improvement DIYer, trying to keep ties to close friends and family despite moving all over the country.
  • Web http://virtuallyshocking.com
  • Experiments 11
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