3 Things We Can learn From The Chris vs. Matt Show

Shared On July 17, 2010

There’s a nasty argument happening in one of the main online web design/development communities right now. It’s between Matt Mullenweg of WordPress and Chris Pearson of Thesis, a popular premium WordPress theme/framework. The basic argument is that the Thesis theme doesn’t adhere to the GPL License that WordPress uses. Matt believes it should, Chris disagrees.

I’m not going to get into the ins & outs of who is right or wrong – I’m finding it more interesting observing the fallout and impact that this is having on both sides of the table – business- and reputation-wise. Once again, it makes me breathe a huge sigh of relief that our disagreement with someone last year was carried out (on our side at least) behind closed doors and out of the public eye.

There are a few things that can be learned from what’s going on…

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Your Online Empire: How Does It All Fit Together?

Shared On July 15, 2010

One of the things I see many online entrepreneurs currently struggling with is the question of how & where all their websites & online properties fit into a bigger picture...if there is actually a bigger picture. Maybe you too have multiple websites, diverse interests and various spin-off ventures which are all sort of related (or ...

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The Never Ending Quest To Get (More) Things Done: Is This The Answer?

Shared On June 20, 2010

For any entrepreneurial, work-from-home parents out there - or those of you with other responsibilities except yourselves - it will probably come as no great surprise when I admit that we're still struggling to find a routine or schedule which lets us do everything we want to (I know, it probably doesn't exist but we ...

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Why The A Listers Don’t Care What You Think (And Why That’s OK)

Shared On June 16, 2010

Unless you've been hiding under a rock recently or you don't follow any of the current blogging A-listers like Chris x3, Naomi, Jonathan, Pam, Darren, Brian et al (if you know who I mean when I use their first names, they're most definitely A list) then you'll know that they've all been coming under some ...

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Dealing With Haters Online. Because If You’re Around For Long Enough, You *Will* Get Them.

Shared On May 31, 2010

Be present, put yourself out there, be online for long enough and you'll very likely have to deal with haters. Haters are different from trolls, they're people who likely know you in some sort of capacity rather than the unknown, faceless, anonymous trolls. Sometimes you've worked with them, sometimes you haven't. Sometimes they've just decided ...

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On The Fence About Having Kids? Some Thoughts From Both Sides Of That Fence

Shared On December 15, 2009

It's been a while since I posted here and I'd usually apologise but as a new mum, an entrepreneur and a world traveller, I hope most of you will understand why this blog has had to take a backseat for a while. However, I'm back ...

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What If Twitter Went Down & Never Came Back Up?

Shared On August 13, 2009

You must know by now what a fan of Twitter I am, don't you?  If you'd like to connect with me there, just follow me and @ me to say "hi" (btw, if you have no idea what I just wrote, you might want to check out this post first). One thing I'm ...

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Welcome To Our World…

Shared On July 9, 2009

Mali Hope Woodward born on 4th July 2009 by emergency C-section after 2 days of pre-labour and a 12 hour active labour - at a whopping 8lbs 110z.

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Behind The Scenes Of The Location Independent Business Strategy

Shared On June 19, 2009

If you've been following any of my online shenanigans of late, you might have noticed that the whole "location independent" concept - the thing that has been my baby for the past couple of years - has been experiencing somewhat of a boom. Whilst this may seem like a random occurrence, it is not. It's ...

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