It’s been forever since I’ve posted on my site here. I’ve been swamped with stuff coming from all directions and haven’t had time to write anything on my own site. But here’s a rundown of what’s been going on with me:

• My wife and I started a company called Jump Start Athletes
• I’ve been writing more and more for a new blog called DeveloperDrive
• Working a ton on learning more and more ExpressionEngine
• Having a lot of fun at work – hopefully continuing a Stanley Cup run
• And oh yeah, my wife and I are going to have a son in October!

So yeah, that’s about it!

It’s been almost a month since I wrote an entry on my website, and I apologize for no new content. I’ve been working feverishly on a multitude of other projects, both at work and on a personal level.

I have been accepted to write for a relatively new blog, Developer Drive, and you should be seeing my first few articles coming up this week and in the coming weeks. So far I’ve got one in the system, and another two in review.

Professionally, I’ve been trying to up my game and dig more into research and analysis of our marketing efforts and how I can help them be better. This starts with our email campaigns, which I’ve started to design responsively, catering to the 50% or so of readers who open emails on their iPhone or Android device. It’s pretty crazy to think of how mobile devices have changed the way we get and digest information. It’s so rapid these days, no one takes time to actually read an email. It’s just – give me the main points and let’s move on.

All of the time at work spent on various technologies brings me to the real question of this blog post. How many different technologies is TOO many to focus on? I certainly don’t want to be seen as stretched too thin amongst various skills, but when I look at the vast array of stuff to learn on Treehouse (my favorite) and Lynda.com (my go to when Treehouse doesn’t have it), I’m always curious – how much is too much?

Is it reasonable to try and learn HTML, CSS, JavaScript as well as PHP or Ruby or iOS or anything else? I’d love to hear your feedback in the comments, but if nothing else, chime in on the poll.

Thanks!

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A few weeks back, my wife and I were discussing starting our own business. Owning a company is something that has been on my bucket list pretty much my entire life, as I’m always trying to think of the next best thing and ways to start and run a company.

After pitching our idea to a couple of key strategists (my parents) over a business breakfast (at Disney World), we decided to go for it.

Jump Start Athletes was born a few days after that.

Jump Start Athletes simplifies the complex world of collegiate athletic recruiting. Founded by former NCAA Division I athletes, Jump Start will help you navigate the waters of the NCAA Clearinghouse, rules and regulations, marketing yourself and making connections with coaches across the country.

I built the website using my new favorite framework, Bootstrap, from Twitter.

Head on over to the site and check it out, and give me some feedback on it. We still have some improvements to make on it, and it’ll continue to grow and evolve.

So far we’ve gotten a few contacts from it and some potential clients. Hopefully, we’ll start to see some good business from it!

I think everyone and their mom has talked about how awesome Bootstrap, from Twitter is. It’s such an awesome package of code put together to rapidly develop and deploy sites and web apps.

I’m working on creating a WordPress theme that implements Bootstrap to create a framework that’s easy to use, simple to set up and a blast to work with.

I’m even considering funding the creation of it on Kickstarter.

Thoughts?

Chris Coyier just tweeted a link to this font and I’m already loving the look of it. On my resources page, I have two web fonts that I’ve used in my work before, but I will certainly be adding this to the list.

You can download the font from Font Squirrel.

Read more about the font by clicking here - Modern Pictograms – The Design Office.