What I'm Working On Now

Ever get asked, "So what are you up to now?" Yea me too. So this page answers that question. Inspired by Derek Sivers /now page movement.

Nicaragua #

I'm still here in Nicaragua and loving it. No real update here but feel free to read my post about my love affair with Nicaragua.

Daughters #

My oldest is still happy in Europe about 3 after moving there. She's seen a ton of cool places and I'm pretty jealous of all her travels. She's currently in the process of getting her legal residency there so be able to live there permanently.

My youngest is studying full time, working full time, and also always grinding on her side projects. She loves fashion and hopes to move into that world when finished with her studies (if not sooner).

Travel #

It's been a light travel year but I did go to Colombia for bit for my bachelor party...

Relationship #

Oh yea, I got married! On July 19th, my GF of 6 years and I got married. It was a small civil ceremony and dinner. We'll have a bigger party once my older daughter is able to travel out of Europe.

Business #

Quick updates on my current businesses:

  • California Wax Bar Every month is better than the previous in terms of revenue. Things are going pretty well however the San Juan del Sur location just didn't stick. It just didn't make enough to pay for itself so after a year we closed the location. Managua is thriving however.
  • Netlandish Still fairly slow but projects come and go. Been working on a new strategy to build up revenues and also offset the feast or famine nature of the consultancy business.
  • HelpYouFind.Me While it's user base is growing, it's growing very slowly. We're re-thinking our target market and strategy at the moment.
  • AnyHow We've basically stopped marketing this and just keep it up for ourselves and the few paying customers it has.
  • Insight Miners After may pivots and even a patent (pending) we've decided that we should shut this down and return what remaining money was left to investors. This business is essentially dead.
  • Colonial San Martin The road from OchoMogo is done and the new "PCH" style road called the Costa Nera has paved a lot of the area near CSM. As such, you can get from Managua to the project in 90 minutes! Previously it was about 2.5 hours. So this is a huge boost for us.

Programming #

Still doing coding when I can. Mostly in Go. I even open sourced a new platform we built called LinkTaco. You can view all of our open source projects here and here.

Reading #

I'm currently on my 10th book of the year. I'm currently reading "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Here are the books I read in 2023 along with some thoughts on each.

Podcasts #

I listen to a few podcasts. They can change at times but for now, these are the ones I'm currently listening to:

  • My First Million - I LOVE this podcast. I just found it this year. The title sounds cheesy but the pod is not at all. This is probably the best podcast I've found in terms of actionable business advice and talk that's spoken in a natural way. Almost like I'm just talking shop with my friends.
  • Swindled - Never gets old. Such a good podcast.
  • Heart Starts Pounding - Great story telling. True crime mixed with eerie events.
  • How I Built This - Great show but I usually skip half the guests just based on my interest in the company itself that's being covered.
  • Tim Ferris (I actually skip majority of the episodes but sometimes there's a guest I'm interested in).
  • Business Wars - Cool podcasts about companies fighting against each other.
  • Business Movers - Podcast that tells the stories of how companies went from one phase/stage to the next. Interesting because it covers very large brands and usually their humble origins.

Last updated November 15th, 2024.