(Well, not really. Keep in mind that you’re reading a post by someone who is not rich and works like a dog almost every day.) Here’s an interesting book if you’re curious about how successful technology companies get started: Founders at Work: Stories of Startups’ Early Days by Jessica Livingston. Founders at Work is a collection [...]
Posts Tagged ‘review’
How to get super rich and never have to work again
Saturday, Jul 21st, 2007 by Brandon | 0 Comments
Filed under: Misc, Software & Technology | Tags: business, misv, review
Filed under: Misc, Software & Technology | Tags: business, misv, review
Software Industry Conference 2007 Mini-Review
Wednesday, Jul 18th, 2007 by Brandon | 4 Comments
Filed under: Software & Technology | Tags: business, misv, review
Filed under: Software & Technology | Tags: business, misv, review
Last week, we packed up the family and drove to Denver for SIC 2007. The Software Industry Conference is an annual conference geared towards independent software developers and vendors. As usual, there were some very helpful sessions. Dave Collins and Thomas Wetzel convinced me to give Google AdWords yet another try with their insights. There were several [...]
Delphi 2007 Update 1: CodeGear Delivers
Saturday, Jun 16th, 2007 by Brandon | 0 Comments
Filed under: Software & Technology | Tags: delphi, review
Filed under: Software & Technology | Tags: delphi, review
A while back I blogged about my major disappointments with Delphi 2007. I’m happy to say that the problems D2007 had, which prevented me from using it for project development, seem to have been adequately addressed with CodeGear’s first service pack. To wit, I’ve just used Delphi 2007 Update 1 to compile what I hope [...]
America Alone
Friday, Dec 15th, 2006 by Brandon | 0 Comments
Filed under: Society & Politics | Tags: review, society, utopia
Filed under: Society & Politics | Tags: review, society, utopia
Reading list: America Alone Mark Steyn makes a compelling argument that Europe is already lost to Islamofacism, and the Islamofascists didn’t need to bomb a single pizza parlor to do it. Steyn’s book is all about demographics. His argument is nigh unanswerable: if the folks in your country are reproducing at a rate lower than [...]
Forum Software: vBulletin is better than phpBB
Wednesday, Nov 1st, 2006 by Brandon | 2 Comments
Filed under: Software & Technology | Tags: review, tech
Filed under: Software & Technology | Tags: review, tech
On Forum Software: I like vBulletin. I recently upgraded my SwordSearcher User Forum from phpBB to vBulletin, and I couldn’t be more pleased with the process. My phpBB board was getting hammered by spammers and administrating the board was just a major chore because of the way phpBB is set up. Not so with vBulletin. [...]