One of the early questions any startup asks is “where should we host our new startup, and what plan should we get?” While there are a variety of answers, I want to give you some tips for making the right decision early, while keeping costs low and preparing for future growth. Startup Hosting Tip #1: [...]
Javascript is a technology that, until recently, has been reserved for simple browser tricks and catching mouse or browser events. It recently has been adopted, through the use of frameworks such as Prototype, jQuery, and others, as a valid language for creating rich browser applications. Whether you are a founder, architect, or developer for a [...]
Oh, it seems innocent enough. A page view here, a page view there. Pretty soon you are hooked on competitor websites and can’t make a decision without first looking at their site. As simple as it seems, it is often overlooked as the first sign that a startup may be losing focus. Here is how [...]
If you are struggling with trying to find a term for your website copy or functionality that covers a variety of user types or concepts, it is typically a sign of too much generalization. Consider trying to find the terms that best focus your effort, not broadens it, so that you find the perfect customer [...]
From a recent Techdirt article titled Blaming MP3s And iPods For Ruining Music: “to put the whole thing in perspective: songs compressed to mp3 level certainly do lose some quality at the margin, but there’s only a small group of audiophiles who really care or will notice on a regular basis” The reason I even [...]
If you want to follow my notes from the Lone Star Ruby Conference 2007, you can subscribe to my Pownce page. For those at the conference, I’m seated against the wall stage left, near the middle set of double doors. Feel free to stop and chat! [tags]LSRC2007, Lone Star Ruby Conference 2007[/tags]
I’ll be at the Lone Star Ruby Conference on Fri Sept 7th and Sat Sept 8th, so if you will be there, drop me a comment or note and let me know so that we can meet up. [tags]Lone Star Ruby Conference, LSRC[/tags]
I met my good friend Ryan Heneise over lunch Monday, during which we were discussing what sort of FUD we get from startups regarding Ruby on Rails. Rather than go through the volumes of past debates about why Rails is better or worse than XYZ, I’ve decided simply to document why I recommend Ruby and [...]
As an architect and developer, you may think that all of my time helping startups get from idea to revenue is spent writing and managing the code, but I find that it first should be spent keeping them focused. Common things that cause startups to get off track Realizing that the money they are spending [...]
I have been learning about audio level compression (sometimes called DRC) to understand why some music has little dynamic range (highs and lows seem soft or muffled). Keep in mind that I’m not talking about mp3 data compression, but rather the audio range of the music. It is amazing, once you start paying close attention, [...]
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