I was thinking about the huge disconnect between people's love for Apple and its products, and the severe restrictions you have in owning an Apple icon like the iPhone.
After a few rounds of beta testing, StatCounter is now ready to roll out version 4 of its web analytics product. There will be no configuration changes required from users of StatCounter as the upgrade will be automatic.
I haven't really followed SourceLabs for a little while now, and yet, strangely enough, they've been doing new and interesting things even without me watching ;-).
The application can be found at www.StrawPollNow.com and is now available to all Twitter users. StrawPoll works with the Twitter API to offer your followers not only the poll question you would...
There's big and seemingly good news for web developers today: Google released the Google App Engine. This invite-only service - you'll be added to a waitlist if you sign up now - aims to bring the benefits of the Google infrastructure to all developers.
I just got a chance to read Simon & Zack's individual replies to my question whether an Adoption-led market was very different from a Shareware market.
I am now blocking all Facebook apps to which I am invited. The reason for this is that I was getting way more invites than I cared to deal with, most of which I was rejecting anyway.
Background... In the early, early days, a large part of whether a startup succeeds comes down to the founders: Do they get along? Are they committed? Are they nimble?
Chances are, that if you've been involved in the creation of software or any kind of product, you've probably heard the advice: "Don't develop in a vacuum".
Background... In the early, early days, a large part of whether a startup succeeds comes down to the founders: Do they get along? Are they committed? Are they nimble?
Facebook applications can be bad enough when they're upfront about their identities; getting tricked into installing them is the last thing (aside from various privacy violations) that any user needs.
