Comments on: 40-Hour Week Challenge II: Day 3 http://www.tylercruz.com/40-hour-week-challenge-ii-day-3/ The journal of a young web entrepreneur on his journey to wealth. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:07:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: DaveC http://www.tylercruz.com/40-hour-week-challenge-ii-day-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1680 DaveC Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:19:04 +0000 http://www.tylercruz.com/40-hour-week-challenge-ii-day-3/#comment-1680 If only everyones lives were as easy as this :) If only everyones lives were as easy as this :)

]]> By: Sean http://www.tylercruz.com/40-hour-week-challenge-ii-day-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1677 Sean Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:56:46 +0000 http://www.tylercruz.com/40-hour-week-challenge-ii-day-3/#comment-1677 the definition of 'work' is fairly loose imo on the internet. i mean, by replying to emails, commenting on blogs etc.. in your spare time, you're building backlinks and gaining contacts all the time.. so technically you could class that as 'work'. any time online i regard as 'work' as i'm constantly coming across new sites, seeign things i like and don't like, learning new information.. so even though i may just be browsing and out of work mode, i'm still absorbing information all the time. the definition of ‘work’ is fairly loose imo on the internet.

i mean, by replying to emails, commenting on blogs etc.. in your spare time, you’re building backlinks and gaining contacts all the time.. so technically you could class that as ‘work’.

any time online i regard as ‘work’ as i’m constantly coming across new sites, seeign things i like and don’t like, learning new information.. so even though i may just be browsing and out of work mode, i’m still absorbing information all the time.

]]> By: krillz http://www.tylercruz.com/40-hour-week-challenge-ii-day-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1675 krillz Tue, 10 Apr 2007 19:09:48 +0000 http://www.tylercruz.com/40-hour-week-challenge-ii-day-3/#comment-1675 it's doable, I mean damn not working 40 h a week would be a dream! it’s doable, I mean damn not working 40 h a week would be a dream!

]]> By: Tyler Cruz http://www.tylercruz.com/40-hour-week-challenge-ii-day-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1673 Tyler Cruz Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:47:59 +0000 http://www.tylercruz.com/40-hour-week-challenge-ii-day-3/#comment-1673 Fred, Movie-Vault is programmed horribly not because it was custom built but because it was custom built by ME! And from when I was a teenager just starting to learn basic Perl. I believe my actual programmer that I hire to be one of the most competent and gifted programmers out there. His only downside? He takes forever and is obsessive-compulsive with security and proper code so much that it's most definitely overkill. I will always prefer custom applications when possible (affordable; I'm not paying to redevelop a forum when vBulletin is so powerful and massive), and PublisherSpot is a good testiment to that. It seems so simple from the viewers point of view, but it's actually pretty complex serverside. Open software definitely has it's benefits, but also has many pitfalls, some of which include being "forced" to download updates ASAP as everyone is aware of security holes, not being able to do EXACTLY what you want unless you heavily 'hack' or modify the code, and then you're falling right into the area of custom again... Fred,

Movie-Vault is programmed horribly not because it was custom built but because it was custom built by ME! And from when I was a teenager just starting to learn basic Perl.

I believe my actual programmer that I hire to be one of the most competent and gifted programmers out there. His only downside? He takes forever and is obsessive-compulsive with security and proper code so much that it’s most definitely overkill.

I will always prefer custom applications when possible (affordable; I’m not paying to redevelop a forum when vBulletin is so powerful and massive), and PublisherSpot is a good testiment to that. It seems so simple from the viewers point of view, but it’s actually pretty complex serverside.

Open software definitely has it’s benefits, but also has many pitfalls, some of which include being “forced” to download updates ASAP as everyone is aware of security holes, not being able to do EXACTLY what you want unless you heavily ‘hack’ or modify the code, and then you’re falling right into the area of custom again…

]]> By: derek http://www.tylercruz.com/40-hour-week-challenge-ii-day-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1672 derek Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:46:13 +0000 http://www.tylercruz.com/40-hour-week-challenge-ii-day-3/#comment-1672 Good luck on the 40-hour challenge this time. When I did my review, I suggested you brokering two domain sales for me to increase your hours worked but it looks like you have a sale of your own. :) Good luck on the 40-hour challenge this time. When I did my review, I suggested you brokering two domain sales for me to increase your hours worked but it looks like you have a sale of your own. :)

]]> By: Fred http://www.tylercruz.com/40-hour-week-challenge-ii-day-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1670 Fred Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:37:58 +0000 http://www.tylercruz.com/40-hour-week-challenge-ii-day-3/#comment-1670 Tyler, would you consider using open source content management systems for your internet ventures? I think that having custom-made applications already hurt you on the sale of movie-vault (that's what shoemoney said). Open source software is free, there's a lot of support available, and if you choose well, you'll have a lot of features available and expansion capabilities (also for free, and without needing to hire a programmer). The only thing you might need to invest in is in a good design. I chose Drupal (http://www.drupal.org) for my websites and it works great. Highly recommend it. Tyler, would you consider using open source content management systems for your internet ventures?

I think that having custom-made applications already hurt you on the sale of movie-vault (that’s what shoemoney said). Open source software is free, there’s a lot of support available, and if you choose well, you’ll have a lot of features available and expansion capabilities (also for free, and without needing to hire a programmer). The only thing you might need to invest in is in a good design.

I chose Drupal (http://www.drupal.org) for my websites and it works great. Highly recommend it.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.tylercruz.com/40-hour-week-challenge-ii-day-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1667 Michelle Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:00:20 +0000 http://www.tylercruz.com/40-hour-week-challenge-ii-day-3/#comment-1667 Very nice effort. Thanks for the breakdown of time, very interesting. Congrats on the quick domain sale too! Very nice effort. Thanks for the breakdown of time, very interesting. Congrats on the quick domain sale too!

]]> By: PaMidstate http://www.tylercruz.com/40-hour-week-challenge-ii-day-3/comment-page-1/#comment-1663 PaMidstate Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:29:34 +0000 http://www.tylercruz.com/40-hour-week-challenge-ii-day-3/#comment-1663 Don't worry about that straying off topic... I have been a programmer for almost 15 years and one idea that we always kept in the back of our heads was that you can't work ALL the hours that you are 'scheduled'. 4 hours of coding in the morning - with a lunch - and then 4 hours straight at it again will kill your enthusiasm for the job. You need the break and diversion occasionally. Don’t worry about that straying off topic… I have been a programmer for almost 15 years and one idea that we always kept in the back of our heads was that you can’t work ALL the hours that you are ‘scheduled’.

4 hours of coding in the morning – with a lunch – and then 4 hours straight at it again will kill your enthusiasm for the job. You need the break and diversion occasionally.

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