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That is awesome. I'm hoping for a similar post in 6 months! Congrats on living the dream!

Don't let that be an excuse (I'm trying not to :-) ). There are plenty of travel bloggers out there with kids. They've all found ways to make it work.

http://unstoppablefamily.com/ is one example

Wow this brings back memories (and really dates me).

I remember when I finally saved up enough lawn-cutting money to buy an AppleCat modem (for a Franklin Ace 1200) for my board "The Pirate Cove" (nothing to do with stealing software, I just thought it was a cool name)

I miss BoardWatch magazine :-)

I agree with the previous response. As long as you create a company around the work (Even if it is just a good name and not a real entity, it still sounds better than "self-employed").

Get some apps (or GitHub contributions) out there during this time and you'll be fine.

If I saw something like this on a candidates resume, I'd be impressed (and jealous), and would probably spend most of the interview talking about these projects and your motivation behind them. My only concern would be that you'd leave in 6 months to go play with some new shiny technology our company was not currently using. So you'd need to frame your answers to satisfy that concern.

HTHs!

I like the concept, but $7/Month for the base plan seems like another subscription I just don't want to deal with (and a bit more than I would be willing to pay)

You should consider an annual pricing plan, and a lower rate. (I pay $45/year for evernote, and it solves a lot more pain points for me)

Again, like the concept, so please take this as the constrictive feedback it is meant to be.

I'm using number garage for this. It is $9.99 a month, but I would love to find a cheaper alternative since I get just a call or two a month on the number. http://www.numbergarage.com/