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Here's a dude who took a year "off" with his family and cranked out an iPhone app.

http://www.npr.org/2013/05/20/183910777/seeing-the-northern-...

Thanks for this link! I've been reading a lot of blogs lately, but haven't seen this article. I've seen the TED talk mentioned in the article, and it was an inspiration to my idea, along with the Four Hour Work Week of course.

Quite a few people seem to be able to make a living as indie developers. But I wonder how many fail, without making their story public. People like to read about success stories, but not about failures.

I've also read Ferriss. Interesting ideas but I'm not sure how applicable it'd be. I like the idea of work hard for 10 yrs and take "off" a year or two better. :-)

If you ever want to meet up and chat, feel free to ping me. I've been doing indie development for ~3 yrs.

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