Eight great reasons why you should (mostly) prefer open source and FOSS applications over commercial SAAS. Case study, Kimai vs Clockify.
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How to see negative reviews on Gumroad
The initial answer is click a lot. But we’ve written a bookmarklet which will do the hard work for you. Enjoy seeing all the star ratings on Gumroad!
Blackmagicdesign forum real names rule: good policy or privacy violated?
It’s hard to run a clean professional public space even without anonymity. People who seek privacy can and should build online personas.
The Cost Imperative: Why Western Software Firms Must Embrace AI in Coding
Programming houses who successfully adopt AI to accelerate their productivity will outpace those who don’t.
How Branding Mistakes Can Slow Down a Brand
Mehmet Gözetlik is a Turkish designer who has published a number of thought provoking articles on minimalist packaging, More minimalist effect in the maximalist market!. One of his more obscure essays covers the Togg rebranding. If you don’t know who Togg is, join the club. Togg is a Turkish automobile manufacturer whose ambitions include cracking […]
Why we moved from 1passwd/1password to Bitwarden
I’m a fan of small software companies who control costs and pass the savings onto their users.
Privatising Journaling: Ray Dalio’s big mistake in Principles: Your Guided Journal
Ray Dalio, famous investor turned non-fiction writer and historian of investment (Dalio’s descriptions of the decades through which he traded will be invaluable source of insight into the market of that half century in as little as fifty years when there will no longer be any living witnesses. He’s decided to share his system for […]
How to hide ZeroHedge Sponsored Posts
Recently (April 2022) ZeroHedge has started to add very irritating sponsored posts to every page of their site. Here’s how to hide them.
What is a Unicorn worth? Comparing startup revenue vs valuation in the USA and Europe
Are unicorns really of a profitable value or is it just a VC-boosted bubble? See how USA and European unicorns compare in valuation and revenue.
What the Epic Games acquisition of Bandcamp means for independent musicians
Bandcamp was acquired by Epic Games. Is it a demise of the last hub for independent musicians? Or perhaps a step toward the metaverse dystopia?
Unicorn Startups outside of the Silicon Valley
Is it possible to start a unicorn companiy outside of the Silicon Valley? Diversification is on the rise along with the emerging tech hubs.
The shortest path to directing major studio motion pictures: Christopher Nolan’s Following 1998
Time spent on story and storyboards will cut costs in half or two-thirds, while making it far more likely people will like the final result.
How to build user-friendly software licensing: The Newsletter Plugin vs FV Player
My biggest motivation reason not to buy software is to avoid the often horrific license maintenance: how to make your licensing simpler.
Cloud Hosting Providers where videos cannot be stored for playback on your website: OneDrive, ADrive, Dropbox
Choosing a Cloud Hosting to store all your videos on and stream them to your website may seem like an easy-to-do thing but the reality is often a totally different story.
Netflix Valuation: A European Perspective
With price to earnings north of 275 and price to sales at 12, Netflix is madly overvalued. The growth potential is not real. Here’s why.
A billion reasons never to buy IBM services
IBM just stole $1 billion from Canada. If this is how IBM treats staff and governments, how would IBM treat your small business?
SoundCloud’s Path to profitability
Better quality streaming and with no ads, I’d sign up even faster. I’m waiting for that listener offer to show up in my SoundCloud account.
How to write an ideal service notification
Editor’s note: Service interruption notifications are the unloved sibling of newsletters and welcome emails. They just don’t get enough love — and for the most part are fairly terrible, anonymous, vague and menacing messages, often from a no-reply address. There is a better way.
While software is our main business now, we have some hosting clients for special services. Every once in a while of course there is either expected or unexpected downtime. We strive to let our clients know about these issues in advanced (planned) and in real time (unplanned). We don’t try the tricky move that many hosts do of just trying to hide downtime. Do not try to be anonymous. Do not use no-reply addresses. Keep your communication personable and open, informative and precise.
WordPress Plugin Pricing
Is $75 too much money for a video plugin or too low or just right? There’s a free FV Player Pro license for the best answer to that question.
Intranet.red of Patagonia paying with a fake credit card
Are Intranet.red using stolen cards or just making false claims?
