Projects
Learn about the side projects I have built and launched.
November 8, 2022
Building an app for virtual phone numbers
A couple years ago we set out to build a service to send an online fax half jokingly as a way to launch a micro SaaS and play with the Stripe API and the Twilio API. It has since seen a number of...
ReadFebruary 10, 2021
Building An Online Fax Service
A goal I had in 2020 was to build and launch a micro SaaS product. What is a micro SaaS? Well, it's essentially a software as a service product but smaller in scope. A micro SaaS product is often...
ReadJanuary 23, 2019
Weekly Agtech Email Newsletter
Today I launched a new project for 2019 - an Agtech focused email newsletter. The goal is to give the audience the best information over the last week. I read a lot, rip out all the PR, add some...
ReadJanuary 19, 2019
How I Migrated WordPress to a Static Website
My first project of 2019 was to migrate this 10+ year old WordPress website to a static website. For various reasons, the stack I chose is as follows... Static Website Generator: Jigsaw CSS...
ReadDecember 15, 2016
Building a Referral System with Laravel
I recently launched a small product for Amazon Affiliates built with Laravel. At the heart of the application is a referral system. Users get bonus credits when they refer another user while getting...
ReadOctober 24, 2016
That Time I Tricked Google With Its Own Data
Once upon a time SEO was easy... Exact match keyword domain? Boom. Pages for every keyword? Done. Ridiculous internal link building? Easy. Paid link building? Cheap. Link Pyramids? Get me more shared...
ReadJune 28, 2016
Building Public Slack Communities - Slackvite Launch
I had the urge to build and ship something since I gave Hey Kramer to the world. Something ... useful. Since I was already elbows deep in the Slack API, I decided to build a thing that lets you...
ReadMarch 24, 2016
Building A Slack Bot With Node.js And WordPress REST API
Some of my first experiments in the world of building a slack bot was to develop a basic Slash command using the WordPress REST API as a backend. If you or your team are the only users that intend...
ReadMarch 11, 2016
Slack Slash Command With WordPress REST API Backend
I've spent the last several weeks building Slack bots and other custom integrations. One of the simplest types of Slack integration to build is the Slash Command - which can be a way for a...
ReadApril 22, 2015
Style Disqus Comments in Twenty Fifteen Theme
I've recently moved several of my content based WordPress sites over to the Twenty Fifteen theme. It's just so clean and neat ... and focuses on content rather than features. Paired with Jetpack you...
ReadApril 21, 2015
Zendesk Helpdesk Widget in WordPress Admin
When managing dozens of WordPress sites for dozens of different users, streamlining the support process using an excellent help desk system quickly becomes a priority. If you are not familiar with...
ReadApril 15, 2015
Add Terms and Conditions to Restrict Content Pro
TL;DR - I wrote a WordPress plugin to add Terms and Conditions to the registration form when using the Restrict Content Pro plugin . I just recently built a WordPress membership site using the...
ReadFebruary 13, 2013
WordPress Bootstrap Theme
When time permits I've been working on another WordPress starter theme based on Bootstrap, the super awesome CSS and JS framework originally released by Twitter. I use it on everything so it was...
ReadAugust 8, 2011
LaunchChimp - Weekend Project
I've designed a ton of landing pages over the last couple years … From landing page templates for WordPress sites to simple launch pages. Almost all of them have been integrated with MailChimp for...
ReadFebruary 20, 2011
Light Bulb To Launch In A Weekend
Those of you that work with me know I'm obsessed with internet business models. I love the scalability, the science of a conversion, and meticulously tracking funnel metrics. That being said I'm...
ReadJanuary 26, 2011
hashDSM - Des Moines In Real Time
A couple nights ago we launched one of our fun side projects we dubbed hashDSM (or #dsm). Naturally, we built the site on WordPress but the concept is to monitor commonly used Twitter hashtags in Des...
ReadActive Projects
Here are some of the projects I am currently working on. Some are side projects, some are client projects, and some are just for fun. I like to build things and I like to share what I learn along the way. If you have any questions about any of these projects, feel free to reach out.
📦 Flow Export
Export Salesforce Flow to Miro to collaborate with your team. Read more about the launch of Flow Export on the Salesforce AppExchange.
🤖 Make Storytime
Personalized children's stories generated by AI. This is an app I am building with my kids.
📠 Fax Online
Yea, I know. But there is a long tail for everything and believe it or not there was an underserved market for people that need to send a fax online. Some people (like me!) just need to send a one time fax.
Read more about this micro Saas project in a blog post about building an online fax service.
📱 Cloud Number
Cloud Number is a virtual phone app that helps you protect your privacy online. Use it to receive SMS online and keep your phone number private. It's also a great service for a freelancer or entrepreneur that wants to have a separate phone for their business for SMS and voicemail.
🥑 Free URL Indexer
Free URL Indexer is a free tool to help you index your backlinks and get them into Google faster. It's a simple tool that I built to help me with my own SEO efforts and I decided to share it with the world. It's a free tool and I don't even ask for your email address. Just paste in your URL and click the button.
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