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Launch a Business, Not a Side Project
I think we have a serious problem in our industry. I believe it generally started when Basecamp became quite successful and 37signals started to talk about their theories on the subject. Their basic mantra was “Don’t quit your day job to build a web app. Build it in your free time and use your day job [...]
Continue reading...15 Tips for Freelancers Starting Their Own Business
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
So you’re a skilled developer or design freelancer who has established a handful of customers who pay your bills and provide you with an income. That’s great. You may wish to keep things just the way they are or you might want to build on this and build up your own small business. If you’re [...]
Continue reading...I Can Haz Community?
Monday, January 5, 2009
Ben Huh from I Can Has Cheeseburger gives you 15 top tips on how to take your community to the next level, one user at a time. 1. Convert Casual Users into Fans The number one rule of creating a great community is to enable people to share the positive experience that they’ve had on [...]
Continue reading...Designers and Developers, Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Thursday, December 4, 2008
At The Future of Web Design in New York, the final session of the day was a panel discussion on the frictions and misunderstandings that often arise between designers and developers working together. The panel was chaired by Liz Danzico, while putting across the the developers’ point of view we had Joe Stump and Chris [...]
Continue reading...The Future of Social News
Thursday, November 20, 2008
In this video of Kevin’s presentation at the Future of Web App Expo London 2008, Kevin talks about the future of social news and digg. There are lots of interesting nuggets of information in this presentation. The Future of Web Apps returns to Miami, February 23-24 2009, with speakers including Michael Arrington, Daniel Burka, Jason Fried, [...]
Continue reading...Add Undo and Redo to Your Web Application With Cappuccino
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Undo and redo are two of the most essential features in any real rich application experience. In many cases, your user has already turned these commands into reflexes, automatically hitting the proper keys and expecting the right thing to happen. Unfortunately, this is often left unimplemented by developers when making the transition from the desktop [...]
Continue reading...Getting Through The Tough Times
Friday, October 31, 2008
At the Future of Web Apps Expo 2008, Tim Bray was the keynote speaker on the second day. Unlike many keynotes (which generally tend to be upbeat), Tim spoke about the economic tough times ahead, and what you can do to get though them. There’s some very solid advice in this presentation. The Future of Web [...]
Continue reading...Sell Your Web App: Lessons I Learned From Selling DropSend
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
We just sold DropSend, a little web application that we built some three years ago. Basically, the app enables users to send large files easily, rather than emailing them. It’s been profitable from the start, but I decided to sell it to concentrate our resources on other areas of our business. I learned a few [...]
Continue reading...How To Grow and Nurture Your Community
Thursday, October 23, 2008
At Future of Web Apps Expo 2008 in London, Kathy Sierra spoke about making products that make your users feel like they’re kicking ass: the secret behind many of the greatest products. The Future of Web Apps returns to Miami, February 22-24 2009, with speakers including Michael Arrington, Daniel Burka, Jason Fried, Joel Spolsky, and [...]
Continue reading...Fireside chat with Mark Zuckerberg
Thursday, October 16, 2008
At The Future of Web Apps Expo London 2008, Ryan Carson interviewed Mark Zuckerberg on stage. They chatted about Facebook, Facebook Connect and the Facebook Platform in particular, the company’s mission, what it’s like to grow and run a company as successful and large as Facebook in such a short amount of time, and what [...]
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