As I approach the end of my remote contract gig (thank goodness), I’ve been starting to ramp up my entrepreneurial activities. This obviously brings a lot of stress and unknowns into my life and I’ve really started to mentally prepare myself for what’s ahead.

I just finished Seth Godin’s Linchpin which got me pumped for what I’m about to set out to do. My main takeaway from that book (and the piece of information that most resonates with me) is the idea of gift giving and giving your art away. It’s really time to put the status quo aside and do things that I really feel passionate about. Ideas that are unique and can be considered gifts from the inner depths of my noggin. As a side note, while the ideas in Seth Godin’s book are simple, his writing style is not the greatest. It’s really repetitive and a lot of the major points are kind of …… “duh”. Regardless sometimes you need that repetition to really drill it in to your daily routine and put it into practice.

I know a lot of mac developers that are really active in the community. Unfortunately for me, being an Apple employee for quite some time now, I’ve had quite the handicap. While this may seem ironic at first, it’s true. The shroud of secrecy I’ve worked under prevented me from furthering my skills in area I was interested in. Now, however, the creative flood gates are open. I’m meeting lots of new people and I’ll even be attending iPadDevCampNYC this weekend which should be a lot of fun.

At this point in my life I have decided to take the leap and now I’ll either drown, float, or grow some fins and gills.