Side Projects

Here's the accompanying video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53RoB1fhrlU

I usually present my projects, but I just have too many now. So instead I made this meta-presentation about side projects in general.

What makes for a good side project idea? How do you execute on it? And why should you even start one? Watch the slides to find out.

Sites Mentioned:
http://sachagreif.com
http://patternify.com
http://thetoolbox.cc
http://folyo.me
http://sidebar.io
http://blisscontrol.com
http://cssarrowplease.com
http://everytimezone.com
http://spacebox.io
http://domai.nr
http://sleepyti.me

Other relevant links:
The Side-Project Project: http://sachagreif.com/the-side-project-project/
The Toolbox, from idea to launch in 10 hours: http://sachagreif.com/the-toolbox-from-idea-to-launch-in-10-hours/
More side project examples: http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=4658362
Twitter: http://twitter.com/SachaGreif

Transcript

1. by @SacGif photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mtneer_man/354596067/in/photostream/
2. why shld y lt  me?
3. My blog
4. Ce & expt pix ptns, ~15 twts
5. A coec  fe ols  sg-page as, ~20 twts
6. Hpg sttups fi g signs
7. T 5 bt sign lks, evy day
8. why uh a si project?
9. build a product n someg new get yr name t 
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
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
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
13. wt mak f a gd si project ia?
14. simp spefic speal
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
16. Get lks  co acs  soal netwks
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
18. get  co f C rows
19. simp spefic speal ve fun  try  st t!
20. a buful me ze cvt
21. w do I fi  me?
22. d’t me me
23. sca down comprome purpe
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
25. sca down comprome purpe sacrifice exse, luh,  sep f e wk  fi yr 10 hrs
26. sca down comprome purpe take someg y’ alady dog yway  “si project-ify” 
27. how do y get stt?
28. d’t gs
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
31. A sg-page a built  5 days
32. gs y might k y , but y probably
33. us as sv-si co a dabe
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.
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)
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!)
37. Ptns e st   URL, which  n sht wh Bly
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
39. just say
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
41. wt e some gd ps f uhg?
42. get a doma tl a sty capalize
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!)
44. Use Domar  fi cl doma name i
45. get a doma tl a sty capalize expg why y c yr project mak  si f peop  te  
46. “I wn’t sepg wl, so I built mysf a sep me calcur”
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.
48. ir paid a
49. …now go build someg!
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