December 13, 2006 in Learn
Plan to grow
Sheesh kebab! We are reaping a whirlwind of pain for not having a proper dev environment setup for FOWA. Here’s the problem: when we launched the site, it was just Gill (my wife and co-Director of Carson Systems) and I…
December 11, 2006 in Learn
Points are better than priorities
I recently ran across Dave Seah’s Printable CEO and I love it. It gave me a great idea for my to-do list. Instead of prioritizing my to-dos for the day, I give them a point value of ten, five or…
December 10, 2006 in Learn
Testing Heaven
If you’re in the business of building or designing web sites and web apps, you need to be using my current setup. A brash thing to say? Not once you see it. New Parallels Beta changes everything I switched from…
December 8, 2006 in Learn
A simple tip for managing the RSS madness
I’ve got a really simple tip that will help you with your RSS feeds. Here is the problem: none of us have time to read all of our feeds. I’m subscribed to around 60 RSS feeds and I rarely have…
December 7, 2006 in Learn
I just subscribed to a print magazine, in an age of RSS
I’m definitely an early adopter. I get all my news through my RSS reader, well, almost all my news. I’ve just subscribed to the print editions of Forbes and Business Week. Why? I need an editor I enjoy picking up…
December 6, 2006 in Learn
SlickEdit v11
Aimed at developers, SlickEdit is a multi-platform, multi-language editor that promises to enable you to get more done in less time. Rachel Andrew installed it to find out…
December 5, 2006 in Learn
Do you need to spend money on advertising your web app?
Now that we’ve built two web apps, we’ve got a good perspective on what it takes to make them succeed. This is my conclusion: You’ve got to be prepared to spend cash to advertise your web app. I’ve been spending…
November 30, 2006 in Learn
GTD Tips Video
I’m a huge fan of David Allen’s Getting Things Done methodology. I’m also an obsessive reader of Merlin Mann’s 43 Folders (the best blog in the world for productivity obsessed Mac owners). I’m pretty proud of my GTD setup and…
November 30, 2006 in Learn
Things potential buyers are asking about DropSend
In case you missed it over on Bare Naked App, we’re in the process of selling DropSend. I’ve decided to move the discussion over here at Carsonified. I thought it would be useful to share some of the questions we’re…
November 30, 2006 in Learn
Our SXSW panel got approved!
We’re really excited over here at Carson Systems headquarters! Our SXSW panel idea “Barenaked App – the Figures Behind the Top Web Apps” just got approved and will be on March 12th from 10:00 – 11:00am. Hope you’ll join us!…
November 29, 2006 in Learn
Checking the cashflow
Today I checked our bank balance, updated our cash flow Excel sheet and had a financial meeting with Gill (my wife and the other Director of Carson Systems). Always being pessimistic One thing that I continually have to remind myself…
November 28, 2006 in Learn
Marketing web apps is time consuming
So we’ve finished Amigo … and now the fricken hard work has begun! I’ve decided to devote 25% of my time (one day a week) fully concentrating on Amigo. That may not sound like much to you, but when you’ve…