WordPress + Small Business + Online Community
Hobby projects are a good thing. They give you an opportunity to do something different without the pressures of employment.
When you start involving other people in your endeavour, though, you’re turning it into something much more than a hobby project.
You could be building websites for friends, painting for an art show, volunteering with an organization – whatever.
As soon as other people are relying on you to do something, expectations are set, and your credibility+reputation is at stake.
I like to start things. Many things. I get new ideas, my excitement level reaches a fevered pitch, and I obsess over the project for weeks. But then I lose focus, or something new comes along, and I get distracted. At the time of writing this post (November 30, 2011), I have five projects in the works. With all these obligations, there isn’t enough time in the evenings and weekends to do anything properly. So, effective immediately, I’m not taking on any new website projects.
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I’ve wanted to tend to my blog for the last couple of weeks, but I just haven’t had the time! 
That said, here’s what I’ve been working on lately:
WordCamp Toronto 2011, happening this weekend. I’m behind the mailing list, website updates, social media updates, schedule planning, feedback surveys and other fun communication-type stuff.
GTAV.net, which shot up my priority list with the recently-released trailer for GTAV.
NPAO, a non-profit organization for Nurse Practitioners in Ontario. Built entirely in WordPress, the new site was developed in partnership with Weave Communications earlier this year. Weave handled design, IA, and project management. I handled WordPress theme development, plugins, configuration, and other technical tasks.
Quartet Service, another website I’ve built on WordPress. I’ve been doing a lot of work with custom post types, Gravity Forms and analytics integration on this project.
