I have been working on http://idek.net for a little while now (it’s a url shortener with great stats, useful for twitter). It’s something I’ve been doing on the side because I love to create apps. Like many friends I have who are programmers I have had many side projects that never made it. So why did idek.net get launched?
Well, the answer is easy, I aimed small. I took a good bit of one cloudy weekend and wrote a useable app and launched it. Once it was live I slowly started adding to it. It now has most of the features of the competitors, and a few more great ones planned.
I was able to gain momentum and keep it by not taking on any huge tasks that would get stuck in the mud.
Don’t want to take my word for it? Here’s some one who went into a bit more detail on why shooting for attainable goals builds momentum.
Of course, if I could follow that philosophy more closely then I’d probably post here more often!
