The Well and the Cathedral

I’ve been having a great time working with Jim Cunningham of Circuit fame. At work we’ve been doing a WordPress installation with lots of custom back-end work. Looking forward to releasing it. I’ve also been organizing monthly educational meetups about WordPress. Jim wrote about these meetups in the March 25th issue of the Cincinnati Business Courier. I am very excited about this; community and education are very important aspects of my company and the headline of the article is just about the best headline I could have asked for: “Connect with community to juice tech life career.”

CincyVeg.com was covered in CincyChic. I did most of the website construction while Liz Wu is really bringing the community aspect of the project together with regular events– kudos to Liz!

August marked one year of full-time business building. It had been a rocky year. I must admit there were times when I wondered if I really understood what I was getting myself into.

Then things started to take off. I have to preface this next statement because every day I am reminded of something I can do better, some way I can be safer, healthier, a better business person, a better partner, etc. but sometimes one concept sticks. This one came from Seth Godin’s Linchpin. I just had a problem shipping. So shipping has been my big project for the last several months. I successfully fundraised for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation and ran a half-marathon in June. I continued to set smaller, more achievable goals in my business and am continuing to meet them. Last month I launched a major project that I thought might never come to fruition.

Without further adieu, I present The Backburner Project that Actually Happened: cincyveg.com

It was a collaboration with a lot of different fantastic people around town who are doing fantastic things. I was very happy to finish this project with them.

My company, Watercourse Technology, is moving forward. This is in large part due to the actions of several talented contractors and now employees. We’ve achieved a few small business milestones and are looking towards the stability a sustainably growing company can provide. We’ve upgraded software and hardware offerings, our capacity for getting things done is greatly increased, and everyone is having fun. Check out our recently refreshed website and leave some feedback if you get a chance.

Next year I’ll be shipping a marathon, some academic achievement and my wedding. Mazol tov!