Learning how to code online is a brilliant concept. You can track your progress while earning badges (love gamification!)

I test-drove codeacademy.com’s courses and it’s a terrific start. 

Here’s another website, http://teamtreehouse.com/

The US Govt. has also teamed up with codeacademy to create more jobs http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/17/codeacademy-chopra/

IDEA What if there’s a app where you can earn a badge for every little skill you pick up in life from coding, accounting, cooking, sports etc. ?

I’ve experienced another client ask about adding Flash intros and music to their website. As a business owner i can see how you want control over your brand experience but you should know where to draw the line.

Flash can be cool but it has to be used appropriately whether it be web design or business apps. With the advent of html5, css3 and JavaScript frameworks flash has lost its power.

I was encouraged to make my case against flash and I found a few resources below. Here’s my favorite example.

When we have clients who are thinking about Flash splash pages, we tell them to go to their local supermarket and bring a mime with them. Have the mime stand in front of the supermarket, and, as each customer tries to enter, do a little show that lasts two minutes, welcoming them to the supermarket and trying to explain the bread is on aisle six and milk is on sale today. from http://www.seomoz.org/blog/how-to-convince-a-client-they-dont-need-a-splash-page

Here are a few links that make both business and user-experience cases

• http://www.seomoz.org/blog/how-to-convince-a-client-they-dont-need-a-splash-page
• https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=135414536516915

Muftmasti.com was my first entrepreneurial adventure with a couple of friends. Although it failed, I gained quite a bit of experience and knowledge along the way.

It lasted for about a year, Jan 2011 to Dec 2011. I wore the CTO, Sales, Accounting, Developer, Graphics designer among other hats. I learnt quite a bit about team-dynamics, sales, developing an e-commerce website (.net MVC, SQL Server, Authorize.net, Amazon SES). 

Starting a blog! first and foremost, will begin by adding a few things i just started doing this year including building cloud apps using Windows Azure; looks really promising.