Archive for the 'Business' Category

Take Money Or Accept Money?

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

Wil Shipley types extensively about Apple’s attitude trending towards greed. A great article without a great hook. Just force yourself to start reading, you’ll be glad you did. Most of us independent developers spend a lot of time trying to be more Apple-like. The idea is pretty simple. There’s this company, and they produce almost […]

Threadless: The Store Is The Product

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

My wife and I happened to be in Chicago on Monday, September 10, when we accidentally stumbled upon the new Threadless retail store just hours after it had first opened its doors. Threadless has become relatively well-known on the web, for its simple business concept of accepting contributed t-shirt designs, picking the best of the […]

Do You Use This?

Friday, September 14th, 2007

I really like the iUseThis site for Mac software updates. For one thing, the UI is extremely clean and easy to navigate. None of the clutter of some of the more senior update sites. For another thing, the guys who run it are really cool Mac nerds who accept feedback graciously and are honestly striving […]

Rumblings From The Northwest

Friday, September 7th, 2007

I just noticed a new entry on Gus Mueller’s blog that has me very curious. He’s got an interview with a developer, supposedly releasing a new product on Monday. The interview is sort of comically blacked-out in some important areas, I guess to preserve the secrecy of the product until it launches. But little clues […]