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Marketing Software with Daniel Jalkut and Dan Wood

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

I’ve been following a relatively new blog about marketing indie Mac software, written by Dan Wood of Karelia Software (Sandvox). If you’re a software developer, you should definitely check it out. It’s filled with all kinds of experience backed advice.
Dan’s latest post is an interview with a good friend of mine, Daniel Jalkut of Red [...]

Happy 9th Birthday Outer Level

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Today, I realized that I’ve been in business for myself for nine years. It took a minute for that to sink in.
Roughly nine years ago I quit my last full-time permanent job and went out on my own to do consulting. This was a decision based more on unhappiness with my situation than any [...]

Starting up with a Friend

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Daniel Tenner shares some great advice for starting a business with a friend (or anyone else for that matter).

What could possibly go wrong?
It seems like a fool-proof plan: start up with a close friend. You’ll get along (obviously), and you’ll get to share the exciting, fantastic, scary experience of starting up with someone you care [...]

The App Store Effect

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

Paul Kafasis (Rogue Amoeba) writes about The App Store Effect on iPhone software pricing.

If developers could charge a price lower than 99 cents, there’s no doubt that some would, and the price curve would shift even lower.

Update (Dec. 28, 2008):
Daniel Jalkut (Red Sweater Software) ads his take in Touch and Go Pricing.

iPhone applications are too [...]

The Village Toy Maker

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Brent Simmons: Advice for Indies

You have to work every day. You have to sit in the chair and stay seated. And sleep and come back to the chair. You need to wear out that chair and then buy a new one and then wear out that one.

I shouldn’t even have to say it, but I [...]