Wolf has been releasing videos from last year’s C4 Conference, at which I was a speaker. I have been sort of looking forward to and fearing the release of my speech, Application Acquisition, which just went live. Seeing yourself on video is like the exaggerated version of hearing your own voice on tape. I really […]

At the C4 conference last year, I talked about software acquisition, and about how you might find potential applications that are looking to be taken over by a new owner. Sometimes, it’s as easy as reading a blog post. Lee Falin announces his desire to sell his company, and exit the Mac indie software business. […]

I know this is probably not the best idea for a business blog. I hesitate to express my political beliefs in general, because while I do have strong beliefs of a “liberal” persuasion, I also think that those political beliefs are best kept apart from my business persona. As Red Sweater Software, my job is […]

Fog Creek Software are the makers of the fine FogBugz bug tracking system, which I have started using for managing my own projects. You probably also know one of its founders, Joel Spolsky, as the author of an entertaining and informative blog about programming, and other software business-y stuff. Today, Fog Creek posted an item […]