SQLvue in the Mac App Store
Imagine my happy surprise when I opened the Mac App Store this morning to see that SQLVue is now the #2 “Top Paid” app in the Developer Tools category (behind only Xcode). Even better, it’s #3 in the “Top Grossing” list! This is very exciting! And as of right now, SQLVue is #93 in the “Top Paid” list of all apps in the Mac App Store (it’s #87 in...
Read MoreLeaving the Day Job: One Year Later
A little over 1 year ago, I wrote about my decision to leave the full-time corporate world and start working for myself. It proved to be one of my most popular posts, so I thought it would be good to have a one-year follow-up. After one year, I can absolutely say that I really should have done this a lot sooner. Working for myself, at home has been a lot of work, but it has been incredibly fun....
Read MoreWhen Websites Attack!
On Tuesday morning, I awoke to find that two of my web sites had been hacked. They had some malicious JavaScript embedded into the HTML on several pages. At first I thought it was due to a security hole in WordPress and spent the rest of the day cleaning up the mess and upgrading to WordPress 2.7. Alas, that wasn’t the problem. Yesterday my hosting company (FatCow) posted a notice that...
Read More2009 Web Site Changes
Now that it’s 2009, I’ve taken a little bit of time to update my web site slightly. It really hasn’t changed all that much: Updated copyright to 2009 Updated services page to include more testimonials and reworked some of the text for the various services Added a new page for Pharmacaid, which warrants a separate post all its own Used RapidWeaver 4.2.1 Tweaked the style...
Read MoreBlog Blazers: My Interview
Not that I was worthy, but had I been included in Stephane Grenier’s Blog Blazers book, this would have been my interview: What makes a blog successful according to you? Is it traffic, reach, revenue, etc.? If you write regularly for your blog, then I think you can consider it successful. After all, most blogs die on the vine. When did you decide you finally reached success with your...
Read MoretechMaine 2008 Conference
This year’s techMaine conference was held at the Clarion Hotel on outer Congress Street in Portland, Maine. It’s always fun to go to this inexpensive one day conference to catch up with old colleagues and meet new folks. The keynote this year was by Douglas Banks, editor of MHT: the Journal of New England Technology. He gave an interesting talk on technology trends in New England,...
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