Ye Ole Linux Box
I'm playing with the old linux box tonight. It's a 7-year-old MacBook that couldn't run OSX anymore. It seems to handle Ubuntu well enough. Upgrading to 13.04 right now. We'll see if it ever boots up again after the install....…
Thoughts on NewsBlur
After the Google Reader demise announcement came out, I switched to NewsBlur, and I am glad I did for two reasons. First, it gives me greater insight into how each feed is working. I see which ones are dead every time I open the page, which lets me find where…
Demo is UP!
Woo hoo! The sowedu demo site is up. Go here: http://demo.sowedu.com/ It needs an amazing amount of work. However, now the fun can begin of tweaking and adding features. The base capability is ready.…
MVP Progress
Making some good progress on sowedu's MVP this weekend thanks to a couple long nights coding. Should have something presentable by tomorrow afternoon. In the process, I'm learning a lot about Ruby and Rails. My code is a nightmare at this point, but it's…
sowedu's Blog
Interested in following the corporate blog for my startup? If so, go here [http://blog.sowedu.com/]. Of course, it is using Fargo.…
Finding my Company's Value
Sean Ellis has an interesting post [http://www.startup-marketing.com/chasing-problems/] about finding the problems worth solving in your startup. This is something I struggled with with past week when evaluating my progress with one of my mentors. We found that I was not identifying the true value I could…
Long Day Becomes Long Night
I'm heading in from the garage soon to catch up on some other work and wanted to make a quick post before signing off of the non-Booz laptop. The next development update newsletter goes out today (in 4 hours to be exact). If you want some insight into…
Merry Christmas in July
The one thing I miss about working at a summer camp is the Christmas in July celebration. I still try to observe it each year.…