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Preview of My Pet/Hobby ProjectWell, I keep stalling on the release of this project I've been devoting a few hours to a week for the past few months. It definitely still needs some work, but I thought...
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Tripzard LogoOnce again, I can't recommend enough www.logodesigncreation.com's work. They turn around ideas quickly, and make modifications with no hassle. Since Tripzard is my fun hobby, I wanted the...
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It's been a while since posting! A large reason for that is I recently took a job with a very cool tech startup in Pittsburgh. So with all that going on, and getting ready to move from DC, etc... I...
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.NET Download SizeI'm surprised I still hear this as such an issue on the software boards. It is of course not ideal that most Windows PCs are not running the latest version of .NET, and that your 3MB...
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The Great MicroISV Challenge 2007I recently mentioned my move to Pittsburgh to begin a new job. I also recently mentioned that I plan on developing a desktop version of my popular free online budgeting...
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Slight Road BumpThere is a little problem I encountered with my "MicroISV Challenge 2007", my Internet at my new place stopped working. I almost wrote a post about how awesome Verizon is for UPS'ing me...
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Back in ActionWell the Internet is all happy and working again here, so I'll try to post regularly this coming week. As I mentioned in my last post, I've got the basics working in BudgetSimple -...
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How do you design a Windows App?Ever since I was in high school, all I really wanted to know how to do was write the programs I use on my computer (back then it was games). So I went to school for...
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Tools I'm UsingWell the mISV challenge is chugging along. It did get derailed by the Thanksgiving holiday, so I'm a little behind schedule. I still plan on starting the beta test this week.To keep this...
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Micosoft and UI StandardsIn my last post I talked about how school doesn't really teach "How to make a Windows Program". Microsoft has however done extensive usability testing over the years, and has...
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UpdateI've began what I like to call "friends and family beta testing" on the desktop edition of BudgetSimple. That means it's pretty much ready to go to a general audience, but I want to make sure...
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Released!Well, technically I released version 1.0 of BudgetSimple for Windows last Sunday night. But being the bad blogger that I am, I haven't found the time to post about it. I decided to just...
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First Sale!I'm not sure I really expected a sale until after New Years because:a) Version 1.0 doesn't do that muchb) No marketing yet besides some small AdWords tests.c) I just noticed some bugs that...
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VistaI finally upgraded my primary development PC. I decided to get the most expandable PC that would last me quite a while, so I opted for a Dell XPS. The only problem with XPS is that they only come...
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Walking down the cost of AdWordsSo January was my first experiment into the mISV world of advertising through AdWords. Technically I had used these previously for ChimSoft, but clicks for "chimney...
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New House/Corporate HeadquartersOn an un-mISV related note (but hey Real Estate is business), I recently purchased a pretty house in my new home of Pittsburgh A positive for my mISV, this SFH in the...
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Lesson Learned? + New Employee!Ok, so like a year ago, I announced that ChimSoft was finished...but I still left the website up, and heck, I wouldn't turn down someone that wanted it. But I did zero...
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From the "You Gotta Be Able to Take Hate Mail If You're On the Internet Dept"...For some reason this email cracked me up this morning. I get things like this every now and then:So far as I can see,...
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I decided to enter back into the world of Apple yesterday, by purchasing one of the new MacBooks (I was the biggest Mac lover from 1992-2000). It was basically my first time in the Apple store as a...
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New Version, bad dreamsAfter about a month and a half of beta testing, I did a violent switcheroo for users of BudgetSimple on Sunday. I love the new version of the site, and there has been positive...
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