Idea #3: Understand how colors affect emotions

Something that most people don’t think about is how colors affect people’s emotions. But the fact is, 20% of your optic nerves go directly to your pituitary gland which creates emotions in response to color. That means your body is reacting to…

Idea #8: Take a code generator for a spin

If you write code and you haven’t tried a template-based code generator yet, you don’t know what you’re missing. You’ll be surprised at how much busy work you’re doing that you don’t need to. If you’re not familiar with what a code generator is, time to…

How long does it take to grow a programmer?

I’ve been really interested in semantic text analysis lately. Partly because I have a few ideas I want to play with that require it, partly because I didn’t really know anything about how it works.

Idea #16: Perfect your elevator pitch

One thing that I really see lacking in software these days, especially in the open source and standards world, is a good elevator pitch.

If you’re not familiar with the term “elevator pitch”, it’s simply a summary of what you or your idea…

Idea #18: Learn about search engine optimization

Search engines are the mindshare currency of our time. The better you know how to move your content to the top of the search results list, the more eyeballs you will attract and the more of an impact you will have in the global marketplace of…