Category: Micro ISV
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Apple Hot Pick: Bullfrog
Apple picked up and listed my game, Bullfrog on their site. Here are all the spots Apple lists Bullfrog as of (Aug 16, 2006): Apple Games: Kids & Learning: Featured Download Games: Featured Games Mac OS X Downloads: Hot Picks Bullfrog’s very own Apple page I didn’t even submit it to them. Can you tell…
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Bullfrog Listed on MacGameFiles.com
Finally, I’ve gotten around to actually submitting Bullfrog to some of the download sites. The first site I’ve submitted to is MacGameFiles.com. I’ve decided to spread the submissions out a bit to both make sure my server can handle the additional load and to get a feel as to which sites bring the most traffic.…
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Apple Design Awards 2006
Apple has posted the winners of their annual Apple Design Awards contest. Congratulations to all the winners and runners-up.
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Flying Blind
Last year I successfully developed and released the first version of my game, Bullfrog. Looking back, I believe the two big factors in the success of that project were creating a project plan prior to having anything more than a rough idea of what the game was about and being limited to a hard deadline…
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Organization of Independent Software Vendors
ISVs unite! The OISV looks like a great idea. It offers a central place for independent software vendors to share knowledge and experience and to learn from others. The OISV is a co-operative of software developers, marketers, distributors, and retailers that combine their thoughts and ideas to create better software and practices for everyone. The…
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MyMicroISV: Selecting a Product Idea
My MicroISV has published a nice brief article on how to choose your product idea. Of most interest to me was the point: Make sure that you start with a large pool (50+) of product ideas. The quality of your final product selection is directly proportional to your starting number of ideas. This makes good…
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Outer Level featured on MakulaMedia Logo Portfolio
Mike Rohde has put together a design portfolio of some of the business logos the he and his company MakulaMedia have designed. Outer Level‘s logo is prominently featured along with some other very nice Micro-ISV logos.
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10 Stupid Small Business Mistakes
Steve Pavlina on 10 Stupid Mistakes Made by the Newly Self-Employed: 1. Selling to the wrong people. I’ve done this. Boy, does this hurt the bottom line. A few years ago, I tried to enter the Web Hosting business. Since I host all Outer Level owned sites on a dedicated server with plenty of Bandwidth…
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Entrepreneurial Proverbs
I found this very well written list of Entrepreneurial Proverbs over on O’Reilly Radar this morning. There are some terrific tidbits of advice. I’ve read similar lists elsewhere, but this seems like one of the best I’ve seen in a while. My list of favorites: Momentum builds on itself Jump when you are more excited…
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Picking your micro-ISV niche
Bob Walsh of Safari Software and author of Micro-ISV has a great article up on his My Micro-ISV blog mentioning some basic tips on selecting your business niche and product. His two main points: “Get off the Hype Cycle” and “Don’t write a product for programmers” both seem to be very smart things to keep…