And while I'm pretty sure not even a dead soul will be reading this anytime soon -- not that it ever did but here it goes...

The other day I realized the true reason for not writing, or at least the major one. Excitement, or rather a lack of it. I believe I hadn't written anything because, well, there wasn't much that happened in my life that excited me to even think of sharing it with the world, or you, probably my sole reader.

That has all changed now. It started with my participation in a contest of writing business plans at my college. That had me excited for quite some time. I realized it's been a long time that I have been so much excited about something for so long. Well, not counting the amazing Palm Pre-mania lately.

This all excitement got me to plan two business projects, and think about a dozen of them. While some of the initial ones are pretty much dead now, I'm not sorry - because I'm still pursuing one, one about which I will be sharing more later. Basically, it should make me rich... hehe... ;)

So let's take things in order...

The Business Plan Contest

This is probably the culprit for all the excitement. And I have my friend Dominik to thank for talking me into applying for the contest. And it was literally 5 minutes to midnight on the deadline day that I have applied.

At first I was reluctant to apply because I didn't have any idea that was obsessing me at that time from which I could be making a business plan for the contest.

Even though I usually have many ideas in my head, what general ideas (think innovation), what business ideas which I store in my Ideas Journal , at that point I was just not in the right state of mind, obviously.

Next thing I know, after applying for the contest, without a clue as to what I'll be writing about, the ideas just came pouring in.

The excitement started.

First thing I had to was open my Ideas Journal to store some of the ideas because I couldn't do them all at once and I had to choose one to go with. I didn't know with which plan I will be contending until the very last moment when I just didn't have any more time to think.

Now, as it turns out, after the final versions of business plans were in, I actually wasn't even in the contest. Yeah, it's embarrassing to admit but I was too late to bring my plan in due to my mistake. Had to make it perfect or not do it at all. The clock was ticking and I was running late so I couldn't pull it off in time.

Embarrassing as that was, it didn't - it couldn't - put me off the tracks. Of course the prize would be nice but in the end, the execution of the plan is what I'm after, not the contest prize.

Palm Pre

Even though I said the excitement was initiated by applying for the Business Plan Contest, the Pre has got me a bit excited all the way back from the start of the year ( Yes! That long! ).

That sheer excitement about a consumer device that came almost to the point of obsession (never have I been even remotely excited about a consumer device before, except when I'd wait something I bought ;)) certainly has a part in the reason I'm mentioning it. Ever since the CES in January, I've been reading, watching, commenting and thinking about this device. Crazy, crazy world!

However, part of the reason I mention Palm Pre here has to do with my current business plan that I intend to carry out in the very near future. (And given that I'm nearly obsessed with the freaking thing, I plan to write much more specifically about it... but now's not the time...)

Palm Pre has not only brought some major advancements in the mobile world, especially the smartphone world, after the IMHO not-so-much-a-smartphone, Apple's iPhone, who nevertheless brought big advancements in the mobile industry and become a worldwide hit. But as a long time Palm (of both devices and the Palm OS) user and fan, it got me excited because this is very likely going to be the next phone I'll get (I use a Palm Treo 680 at the moment). But it got me excited even more because I should be able to develop applications for it.

It's really exciting because I've never even thought of writing apps for the PalmOS but now that Palm has made it easier for even web developers to develop applications for their system by using HTML/CSS/JavaScript, I'll just have to give it a try. I just have to brush up my JavaScript skills until they publicly release the SDK .

Startup

If you didn't get a clue, writing Palm Pre applications will be the basis of my business plan.

So the plan is simple: ;)

• 1. develop free applications in demand (paid apps not out of the option)
• 2. let third parties advertise their products/services through banners/text ads
• 3. develop more applications in demand and bring in more advertisers
• 4. eventually make an advertising agency which will match those advertisers with other application developers
• 5. get (the business) bought by Google.

What else do I need? There's even a how-to article for that last goal . :D

I can't say this wasn't heavily influenced by the iPhone App Store gold rush. Sure it was. And while I don't think I have an idea for an application that could make me "rich" quickly, having a company that produces software has long been one of my dreams. I decided that I just can't miss an opportunity like that, to learn how to develop and pull this whole thing off, since it was never easier for a guy like me (with only a poor background in web technologies) to develop for something that I truly believe will become the biggest mobile platform in years to come.

P.S. I will be writing more about my excitement about the Palm Pre, my plans for the startup, how I cope with development of apps and also how I'm learning to develop in this altogether... so stick around, subscribe to the feed or bookmark the site...

Best Selling Author

While I have no desire to become a best-selling author, at least not yet, you may want to take this opportunity. Head over to his website to get more information. He's got this blueprint for becoming a best-selling Amazon author that made him do it 4 times so far.

But if you're like me and have no interest in writing a book soon and becoming a best-selling author, then by all means hurry up to at least snatch this free eBook he's giving away as part of the promotion (I'm not sure but he may pull it off once the new course is released today, on 26th of February PM Eastern time).

I apologize for such a short notice but I wanted to at least read the eBook to see of what value it is, and as you probably know how it goes: so many things to do, yet so little time to do it...

In this book, The Rise of The Author , he not only talks about the author but he talks about the these Technology Binds and gives (at least he gave me) another interesting view on for example Microsoft's success, and it's probable doom by Google, all explained through these Technology Binds .

Some truly revealing information in there...

Since I don't have time to write more about it at the moment I recommend you read that eBook yourself ASAP, even if you don't come from a publishing world.

I'm talking about people like me who are in a situation where they're having problems paying for their day to day bills.

And how do I get fast money in - at least just to cover for my absolute bare minimum monthly costs?

I take action. D'uh!

I knew that... but... what?

Look, even though I don't know you, I would bet you have some skills, some assets, something you could use to generate you a quick cash-flow in.

I myself, own a bunch of literature explaining certain business models, mostly internet based, a whole bunch of courses and workbooks on how to do something, some of which I have already mastered - meaning I DO HAVE knowledge. And everybody says knowledge is power. WRONG! In practiced knowledge lies power.

Why then don't I just use any of this to generate some quick cash and get me out of this situation?
Well, maybe because I didn't have somebody to tell me how to do it so quickly that you wouldn't believe it's possible.

Only 7 days is needed to do a complete turnaround in your business or life.

Are you expecting me to give you a product that will teach you how to do it once and for all?

Good, because I know one.

Do you have a small fortune to cash out on such a great and needed product?

Sure, I didn't even think so, neither do I - I said I'm in a trouble.

Do you think I'll ask you for just pennies on the dollar to give you this practical information?

No, Mark Joyner will do it without even a single penny - he'll do it completely free, that is if you hurry.

Mark is so convinced in his just released 7 Days Business Turnaround Simpleology program that he wants you to try it, completely free of charge.

You better hurry if you're serious about this because he might not hold this offer for long - just ask yourself who gives away stuff for free?

In Mark's own words:

“It's a risky move from a business perspective, but I have faith.

If there's one thing true about sales it's this: if you you
have a revolutionary product - let your customer experience it
first hand.

A good product should sell itself on its own merits.

So, none of you - no one reading this letter - will pay a single
thin dime until your 7 day business turnaround is complete.”

So if you still haven't picked up the free trial of his 7 Day Business Turnaround Kit , you should.

Especially if you need a quick cash injection to get the life flowing back in your business veins:

http://www.simpleology.com/p/bta/uncover/mjletter

They are offering a 7 day trial of it - at no cost - right now, and rumor is that the trial (and the rare chance to work directly with Mark) are both going away at midnight tonight.

I hope you don't miss out!

Shoot, this happened just as I've been finishing the guide I promised on Solucija Forum for the Additional Article Position Options mod I've done for 1.5 RC1, so I'll have to revise the whole article I was about to post - but there shouldn't be any changes because only bugs were fixed in this latest release.
Anyway, it's my fault, being too slow with this, champs at Solucija.com are doing a great job!

This should be the latest release candidate so I guess if no new bugs are found, we should soon have a stable release.