I’ve been working furiously on the back end logic for Fwd:Vault for the past few weeks, specifically the logic that processes incoming messages/attachments, archiving them in the system, or returning stored data per user request. As I got into the final nitty gritty, I confronted a serious design issue: should the system use one email [...]
Read More business support, customer service, fwdvault, startups, usabilityAnyone who knows me knows that starting and running my own business has been a lifelong goal of mine. Since I was 12, I would routinely generate ideas for new ventures and play them out in my head. Inevitably, I found fatal flaws most of the time that would prohibit the idea from ever taking [...]
Read More business support, for fun, fwdvault, startupsThere are a lot of loud voices out there—Jason Fried and the team at 37 Signals, Jeff Atwood, and Joel Spolsky all come to mind—proclaiming that one of the biggest problems with software today is complex user interfaces. I think its evident that the message is finally getting through to the design teams and programmers. [...]
Read More business support, startups, usability, user interfacesAs developers, most of us are always mulling over ideas for potential new services to bring to the world. Who wouldn’t want to say they came up with something Digg, Wikipedia, eBay, etc? And every day, many developers take the plunge on their ideas. Good for them! However, sometimes I look at new ideas, and [...]
Read More software development, startupsFor the twelve people who subscribe to my feed, you may have noticed that it had gone bye-bye while I migrated the site. We’re back on track now, and I apologize for the downtime. If you unsubscribed, please don’t hate me and give me another chance. I’m a huge follower of the Signals vs. Noise [...]
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