Side Projects

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1. by @SacGif
   photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mtneer_man/354596067/in/photostream/
   

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2. why shld y lt  me?
   

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3. My blog
   

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4. Ce & expt pix ptns, ~15 twts
   

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5. A coec  fe ols  sg-page as, ~20 twts
   

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6. Hpg sttups fi g signs
   

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7. T 5 bt sign lks, evy day
   

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8. why uh a si project?
   

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9. build a product
   n someg new
   get yr name t 
   

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10. build a product
    n someg new
    get yr name t 
    ia, execu, mkeng: y’ n valuab skis  be
    yr own CEO
    

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11. build a product
    n someg new
    get yr name t 
    a gd ce  try t  cl new framewk
    

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12. build a product
    n someg new
    get yr name t 
    a si project c t ach a lot me peop  yr
    gur wk
    

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13. wt mak f a gd si project ia?
    

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14. simp
    spefic
    speal
    

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15. simp
    spefic
    speal
    big i ad  procrnn, so kp a sma scope: ia 
    uh  u 10 hrs
    

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16. Get lks  co acs  soal netwks
    

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17. simp
    spefic
    speal
    solvg a wl-fin nd f a spefic tget mak  sy
     ust wt yr project do
    

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18. get  co f C rows
    

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19. simp
    spefic
    speal
    ve fun  try  st t!
    

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20. a buful me ze cvt
    

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21. w do I fi  me?
    

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22. d’t me
    me
    

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23. sca down
    comprome
    purpe
    

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24. sca down
    comprome
    purpe
    if y c’t ce me, ce scope: go back  step 1
     sca yr project down
    

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25. sca down
    comprome
    purpe
    sacrifice exse, luh,  sep f e wk  fi yr 10
    hrs
    

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26. sca down
    comprome
    purpe
    take someg y’ alady dog yway  “si
    project-ify” 
    

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27. how do y get stt?
    

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28. d’t
    gs
    

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30. d’t
    gs
    get stt befe y c stt secd-gg yrsf
    geg ov  l hurd   mt imptt step
    yr bra wi k up a s s why  w’t wk
    

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31. A sg-page a built  5 days
    

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32. gs y might k
    y , but y
    probably
    

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33. us as
    sv-si co
    a dabe
    

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34. us as
    sv-si co
    a dabe
    nobody wts  sign up f yet or g yway. Try 
    provi val right away, ’ also make yr job si.
    

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35. us as
    sv-si co
    a dabe
    d’t ume  pow  Javcript! simplify yr
    frtructu (bus: no pfmce ss)
    

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36. us as
    sv-si co
    a dabe
    no dabe, no adacs. Kp  a clit-si
    (ht:  URL  yr frid!)
    

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37. Ptns e st   URL, which  n sht wh Bly
    

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38. twt tegrn / fav /
    cots / us coecs /
    facebk tegrn / email
    noficns / geolocaln /
    us customizn / R fds /
    vong / rkgs / us pris
    

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39. just say
    

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40. twt tegrn / fav /
    cots / us coecs /
    facebk tegrn / email
    noficns / geolocaln /
    us customizn / R fds /
    vong / rkgs / us pris
    

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41. wt e some gd ps f uhg?
    

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42. get a doma
    tl a sty
    capalize
    

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43. get a doma
    tl a sty
    capalize
     cts ly $10  mak yr project lk much cr
    (bus pots f weird TLDs!)
    

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44. Use Domar  fi cl doma name i
    

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45. get a doma
    tl a sty
    capalize
    expg why y c yr project mak  si f
    peop  te  
    

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46. “I wn’t sepg wl, so I built mysf a sep me calcur”
    

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47. get a doma
    tl a sty
    capalize
    lk  yr or projects, ve peop sign up f a
    news, foow y  twt, etc.
    

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48. ir paid a
    

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49. …now go build someg!
    

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50. stg   Ksura
    riv  Arhiyama, Jap
    sign, vop, si project-
    hp://sacgif.com
    hp://twt.com/SacGif
    

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