Comments for Joel Falconer http://joelfalconer.com Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:07:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on 5 Warning Signs Your Blog Network Will Rip You Off by Joel Falconer http://joelfalconer.com/editing/5-warning-signs-your-blog-network-will-rip-you-off/#comment-81 Joel Falconer Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:07:36 +0000 http://joelfalconer.com/?p=185#comment-81 No worries on the link, Jacob. Nice site! I'm looking at getting into food blogging, too, so I'll keep it bookmarked. No worries on the link, Jacob. Nice site! I’m looking at getting into food blogging, too, so I’ll keep it bookmarked.

]]> Comment on 5 Warning Signs Your Blog Network Will Rip You Off by Jacob http://joelfalconer.com/editing/5-warning-signs-your-blog-network-will-rip-you-off/#comment-77 Jacob Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:56:21 +0000 http://joelfalconer.com/?p=185#comment-77 Good thing I'm a terrible writer ;-) Great insight into the dark side of a career in blogging. I had no idea it was that bad. Thanks for the tips. I'll let my girlfriend know. She's a great writer and is really enjoying blogging. You can see her stuff at http://dizzyswallo.ws. Hope you don't mind a link in the comment... Good thing I’m a terrible writer ;-)

Great insight into the dark side of a career in blogging. I had no idea it was that bad. Thanks for the tips. I’ll let my girlfriend know. She’s a great writer and is really enjoying blogging. You can see her stuff at http://dizzyswallo.ws.

Hope you don’t mind a link in the comment…

]]> Comment on Helping People: How You Really Make a Business Work by Joel Falconer http://joelfalconer.com/business/helping-people-how-you-really-make-a-business-work/#comment-67 Joel Falconer Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:13:08 +0000 http://joelfalconer.com/?p=160#comment-67 I have read about service based leadership in the past and I think it is a really cool way of looking at leadership. What I've written in this post is mostly to do with how you treat your clients, which is like extending the service based leadership concept to become service based business. Whether you're leading people, selling your services or creating products, as long as your intention is to help people and solve a need, you're on the right track. :) I have read about service based leadership in the past and I think it is a really cool way of looking at leadership. What I’ve written in this post is mostly to do with how you treat your clients, which is like extending the service based leadership concept to become service based business. Whether you’re leading people, selling your services or creating products, as long as your intention is to help people and solve a need, you’re on the right track. :)

]]> Comment on Helping People: How You Really Make a Business Work by Jacob http://joelfalconer.com/business/helping-people-how-you-really-make-a-business-work/#comment-44 Jacob Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:40:23 +0000 http://joelfalconer.com/?p=160#comment-44 I studied leadership in college as part of my thesis about outdoor adventure education, and what it can do for youth empowerment. While I was conducting my literature review, I came across a theory called Service Based Leadership, which really struck a cord within me. The objective of servant leadership is to support the growth of involved individuals, and facilitate greater teamwork and personal involvement. I think this is the type of leadership you are encouraging with this article, no? If, as a business owner, I can help my clients succeed, I will succeed. It seems like common-sense, but I know that I get caught up in some of the day-to-day grind. Thanks for the reminder. I studied leadership in college as part of my thesis about outdoor adventure education, and what it can do for youth empowerment. While I was conducting my literature review, I came across a theory called Service Based Leadership, which really struck a cord within me. The objective of servant leadership is to support the growth of involved individuals, and facilitate greater teamwork and personal involvement.

I think this is the type of leadership you are encouraging with this article, no? If, as a business owner, I can help my clients succeed, I will succeed. It seems like common-sense, but I know that I get caught up in some of the day-to-day grind.

Thanks for the reminder.

]]> Comment on The Right Fear Will Help You Succeed by Joel Falconer http://joelfalconer.com/business/the-right-fear-will-help-you-succeed/#comment-41 Joel Falconer Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:38:37 +0000 http://joelfalconer.com/?p=141#comment-41 My pleasure Jacob! My pleasure Jacob!

]]> Comment on The Right Fear Will Help You Succeed by Jacob http://joelfalconer.com/business/the-right-fear-will-help-you-succeed/#comment-40 Jacob Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:14:22 +0000 http://joelfalconer.com/?p=141#comment-40 Joel, I think you're spot on with this. I recently left a perfectly good job... and I didn't even hate it. I had that fear you write about. I still do. But, I'm surprised and blessed by the opportunities I find myself with each and every day. Thanks for confirming for me that I made the right move! Joel,

I think you’re spot on with this. I recently left a perfectly good job… and I didn’t even hate it.

I had that fear you write about. I still do. But, I’m surprised and blessed by the opportunities I find myself with each and every day.

Thanks for confirming for me that I made the right move!

]]> Comment on The 10 Most Common Freelancer Mistakes by Joel Falconer http://joelfalconer.com/business/the-10-most-common-freelancer-mistakes/#comment-33 Joel Falconer Sat, 17 Jul 2010 05:45:55 +0000 http://joelfalconer.com/?p=131#comment-33 Great points Carl and Jacob! Great points Carl and Jacob!

]]> Comment on The 10 Most Common Freelancer Mistakes by Jacob http://joelfalconer.com/business/the-10-most-common-freelancer-mistakes/#comment-29 Jacob Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:11:58 +0000 http://joelfalconer.com/?p=131#comment-29 Great tips! I definitely had to learn the "use a contract" lesson the hard way... for all kinds of arrangements. I often give people too much trust up front. Protect yourself and your business relationships by getting the contract signed first. It'll save everyone involved a huge head ache. Great tips! I definitely had to learn the “use a contract” lesson the hard way… for all kinds of arrangements. I often give people too much trust up front. Protect yourself and your business relationships by getting the contract signed first. It’ll save everyone involved a huge head ache.

]]> Comment on The 10 Most Common Freelancer Mistakes by Carl Natale http://joelfalconer.com/business/the-10-most-common-freelancer-mistakes/#comment-28 Carl Natale Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:07:10 +0000 http://joelfalconer.com/?p=131#comment-28 #11 could be to have some basic systems in place to track money and projects. We all want to escape the bureaucracies of our day job and just want to do the work we love. But some basic accounting steps - whether it be a spreadsheet or Quicken - will help make sure we have money coming in. Same for project management. Use whatever works for you. But keep track of deadlines and work. None of this needs to be complicated or expensive. It just needs to work for you. #11 could be to have some basic systems in place to track money and projects. We all want to escape the bureaucracies of our day job and just want to do the work we love. But some basic accounting steps – whether it be a spreadsheet or Quicken – will help make sure we have money coming in. Same for project management. Use whatever works for you. But keep track of deadlines and work.

None of this needs to be complicated or expensive. It just needs to work for you.

]]> Comment on Why Mullenweg Should Stop Trolling Pearson Over the GPL by Tommy M. http://joelfalconer.com/business/why-mullenweg-should-stop-trolling-pearson-over-the-gpl/#comment-27 Tommy M. Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:58:49 +0000 http://joelfalconer.com/?p=113#comment-27 Chris was egotistical, went on lengthy diatribes that confused the prelaw, economist in myself. He rambled and loved to hear himself talk while putting himself up in the Wordpress community as one ofthe top three. In the end, if a given application relies on a license that mandates GPL, then you respect that. At the same time, should we be paying for core inprovements or even design improvements to Linux? I don't see anything wron with it. Yes, it goes against te spirit of the application, but is that enough to mandate GPL? Ps, it's 3am I'm asleep. I'll check this tomorrow for grammatical sense. Thesis requires Wordpress. It sells with commercial licensing. Wordpress requires aftermarket components to be released as GPL if the core is intact at least 70%, which is the arbitrary agreement o what constitutes original work. Basically, Matt is right, but Chris hasa strong argument. Chris was egotistical, went on lengthy diatribes that confused the prelaw, economist in myself. He rambled and loved to hear himself talk while putting himself up in the WordPress community as one ofthe top three.

In the end, if a given application relies on a license that mandates GPL, then you respect that. At the same time, should we be paying for core inprovements or even design improvements to Linux? I don’t see anything wron with it. Yes, it goes against te spirit of the application, but is that enough to mandate GPL?

Ps, it’s 3am I’m asleep. I’ll check this tomorrow for grammatical sense.

Thesis requires WordPress. It sells with commercial licensing. WordPress requires aftermarket components to be released as GPL if the core is intact at least 70%, which is the arbitrary agreement o what constitutes original work.

Basically, Matt is right, but Chris hasa strong argument.

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