Busy in new ways
September was a nice change of pace. I didn’t have a lot of web design work to do but found myself doing other related work.
I have consulted for one site owner to improve and document a botched redesign. While we ultimately did not change much of the design itself we did make it work. If the client had a larger budget I would have redone the code to bring it into standards and a table-less design rather than the 3 nested table designs he had. If you are going to run a web design business, please take the time to learn new techniques and make sure the site is fully functional before you hand it over to a client. Take pride in your work and make the clients happy.
I am also getting to do some database architecture work which fits in nicely with my day job, yet is something I rarely get to do in my freelance business. I am also changing my day job to get to do more web work + reporting systems. Should keep me a lot busier during the day.
And just because I do not have enough to do, I have started trading options in the stock market. I am very risk tolerant with a small amount of money and it gives me something new to explore. It is fun, though sometimes stressful, to watch a single trade fall $1000 then rise $1500 in just a couple of days. I like to trade the big name nasdaq stocks that I am familiar with like Google, Amazon, Apple, and other tech companies I deal with every day. I will probabably lose it all in the end, but I treat it like going to Vegas and sitting at the black jack table, you pay to play and see how long you can sit there, but sometimes you win.
New site developed for my friend David of BlueHavana brands. He has a new blog and cigar site called havanabananas.com. David will be launching a custom cigar and will be selling related merchandise. It should be a fun read as Davids humor is not so politically correct, and he generally speaks his mind.