Author: jtrainer
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Bullfrog in the News
(Originally Published on Make Mac Games) Bullfrog has received some press over the past few weeks from a couple of French websites: January 14, 2006 – Mac à l’école (Mac at School) Original French Text: Des jeux intéressants à utiliser en classe issus du concours idevgames 2005… Encore plus de choix cette année (36 logiciels),…
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New micro-ISV Site
Bob Walsh, blogger, micro-ISV owner, and author of the recently released book Micro-ISV: From Vision to Reality has launched a new website focussed on the needs of the micro-ISV or the startup software company: My Micro-ISV. He’s promising a Question & Answers section or FAQ, interviews, and resources along with a new blog. Looks very…
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WordPress 2.0 and MarsEdit 1.1
Posts now brought to you by WordPress 2.0 and Ranchero/NewsGator’s MarsEdit 1.1.
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Will Leopard be Intel Only?
I wonder… now that Apple has announced the Intel-based MacBook and iMac and plan to have the rest of their machines switched over by the end of 2006; will the next version of Mac OS X (Leopard) be an Intel only release? It certainly would be one way of pushing people to upgrade their hardware.…
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Lessons Learned in 2005
CodeSnipers has up a list of 14 lessons learned in 2005 for starting and running a micro ISV. I’m still a bit new to the micro ISV side of my business, but I did learn a few things over the second half of the year: Time is your most precious and valuable resource. Money is…
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Wil Shipley on CocoaRadio
CocoaRadio has an interesting interview with Wil Shipley of Delicious Monster, formerly of Omni Group. Some great stories and discussion about NeXT, WebObjects, Web Apps, CoreData, SpotLight, Memory Management, Microsoft, and the future of Delicious Library.
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Small Business 101
37 Signals has a nice series of articles posted on how to start a small business. If you haven’t seen them, they are worth reading. How To Get Started Cash Flow Basics No One Starts With a Masterpiece Tips For Increasing Sales
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Happy New Year!
2005 was an interesting year. I’m not going to list all the things that happened around the world that caught my eye, far too many have already published their own lists. For me, 2005 was a turning point. Is a year too big to be a point in time? I don’t know, but looking back…
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Erik Sink and the micro-ISV
Erik Sink coined the term “micro-ISV” back in September of 2004 when he decided to write about “Exploring Micro-ISVs” and his experiment with a shareware game called “Winnable Solitaire”. Erik inspired tons of entrepreneurs to launch small businesses to pursue their dreams of success as micro-ISVs (including me). His article was so popular that the…
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Gus On Indie Success in 1068 Days
Gus Mueller, owner of Flying Meat and maker of Vodoo Pad and FlySketch fame has taken the time to share his story of becoming a successful indie shareware developer in this article: How to become an independent programmer in just 1068 days He’s included a terrific list of seven and a half lessons learned, a…