I’d been putting off building an abstracted search query library for a while because I knew it was a big concept with a lot of options and was going to be hard to get it organized right. When I finally built it, I ended up taking an approach I hadn’t used before, and I’m really…
December, 2009
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The web was slow this week – which is a good thing. Hopefully people were away from computers and spending time doing worthwhile things with family and friends. I know I was. New in WordPress 2.9: Post Thumbnail Images – Mark on WordPress – Useful write-up. is TechStars really all that? – great to see…
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If you’re interested in applying to TechStars Boston for 2010 – make sure to get your application in by the January 11, 2010 deadline. This will be the second year of TechStars in Boston, and the first year of TechStars in Seattle. If you have a startup idea that you want to succeed, you’ll be…
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I’m declaring the first annual Crowd Favorite cookie exchange a smashing success. Everyone presented their cookies and shared anecdotes about their creation – there were some pretty good stories. Shawn posted a photo of his haul here.
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WordPress 2.9 has been released – time to upgrade! There are some pretty nice new features in this release. I’m glad to be able to retire a few plugins now that the post thumbnail feature is built in and we’re going to wear out the comment meta feature in our custom implementations. I’ve got a…
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Bit.ly Responds to Goo.gl and Fb.me With Custom URL Service – Interesting. toffee insanity! – Not sure I could take this on, but it’s tempting to try for our office cookie exchange. Rands In Repose: Gaming the System – a must-read, as usual. Daring Fireball: PastryKit – I’m looking forward to playing with some of…
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It’s very simple. Consumer products are sold by convincing the person using the device/software that they want to use it. Enterprise products are sold by convincing someone with purchasing power that their job will be easier (reports, etc.) if their people use it.
Having worked in both spaces, I much prefer building for consumers.
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The iPhone App Store has a lot of (well documented) problems, but on the flip side it has a very simple model that works like you expect it to. The BlackBerry App World is trying to provide a similar service for BlackBerry users, however BlackBerry developers are also able to distribute and/or sell their apps…
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When I signed up for a MobileMe account, I used a different password than my Apple account. This seemed to have confused my iPhone mightily, and I had this experience when trying to enter my password in order to download updates from the App Store: Ultimately I went in and changed my password on Apple.com…
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John Gary Maxwell: Health reform from my side of the surgery table | StarNewsOnline.com – (thanks Shawn) So Then. Why WordPress? 21 of the WordPress Community Answer | WPShout.com – My response is a little ways down the page. Suggestion: WordPress Option Namespacing – This sounds like a good idea to me, but I’m not…
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You create APIs because you want people to build to them. When people build to your APIs, they need to continue working – even if/when the APIs need to evolve over time. The best way to do this is to build API versioning right into the API URLs themselves. Yes: api.example.com/1.0/command No: api.example.com/command Assuming your…
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The Crowd Favorite crew received netbooks at our holiday party last night. They were well received. I’m pleased with how the metal logo piece came out.
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Shawn helpfully pointed out that I could save a few bucks buy purchasing my MobileMe subscription through Amazon instead of directly from Apple. The only complication with this is that I got the info on Monday and my free trial was expiring on Tuesday. If I bought MobileMe from Amazon on Monday, I wouldn’t receive…
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We’ve restructured WordPress HelpCenter a little bit, and it is now fully run by Crowd Favorite and staffed by Crowd Favorite developers. This change is due to how the business has evolved as it’s grown, and what we believe will allow it to flourish going forward. We have a: new phone number1: (303) 395-1346 and…
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The Illusion of Smart – Fantastic piece by Ethan. I agree with much of this, but also place a huge emphasis on raw speed in getting to data/accomplishing tasks on my mobile devices. I should write more on this. Dolphin Browser Gives Droid the Multitouch It Should’ve Had From the Start [Android Apps] – Great…