If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you probably know that I’m pretty excited about what I like to call the “indie software business”. On Windows and other platforms this segment of the market is often referred to as “MicroISV.” Leave it to Mac developers to have a prettier name for it ;) but basically […]

Dan Wood has picked up on something I said in Core Intuition 19, about how running a business and attracting customers can largely be seen as an exercise in extracting as many fish as possible from the proverbial customer sea. Mac Indie Marketing Blog: Fishing For The Big Picture Dan does a good job of […]

One of the beautiful aspects of open source software development is that individual contributors are, generally speaking, under no obligation to contribute their work. People who find time on their hands, and an inspiration to do something great, write some code and share it with the world. End of story. Or at least, that’s the […]

I don’t use Twitter as an official support avenue. It’s simply not possible to conduct effective support when limited to 140 characters per transaction. But it’s great for staying casually in touch with existing and potential customers. To try to stay as connected as possible, I monitor Twitter for mentions of my company name and […]