Daily Entries

I met with a representative from Paychex this morning, and the experience was extremely pleasant. I’ve known for a while that I would need to outsource my payroll needs. You might think that it’s just a matter of writing yourself a check every week, but it’s a bit more complicated than that. In fact, it’s…

There’s something about the lack of attention to details that irks me sometimes. I realize that I myself am guilty of this on occasion, but I do my best to stay on top of things. And if, for example, it’s your job to move boxes from one place to another without destroying their contents or…

As time goes on, software should get better right? I always thought this to be the case. Enter Firefox v1.5 to prove me wrong. These are screenshots that were spliced together and show the memory and CPU usage of Firefox when I was downloading a bunch of icon packages that I bought from VirtualLNK this past…

This past week, I was visiting my parents in upstate New York for Thanksgiving day. There, I noticed an article in the newspaper which caught my attention. It had nothing to do with software, business, or even world news. It was about the Philadelphia Eagles and their arbitration settlement with former wide receiver Terrell Owens.…

“An advantage of consulting, as a way to develop a product, is that you know you’re making something at least one customer wants. But if you have what it takes to start a startup you should have sufficient vision not to need this crutch.” -Paul Graham I think that Paul has written a great article,…

This morning, I went to Harvard in Cambridge, MA and attended the free Startup School that was put together by Y Combinator. It was interesting to say the least. Right now, it doesn’t fit into my personal business goals, but it was definately worth attending for a little while at least. My biggest problem with…

Perhaps the celebrations may be a bit premature, but Moon River Software now has its first full time employee. Me! I have the income to support the business full time and will officially start working for Moon River Software on Monday, October 24th. Exciting news, but I still have a lot of work to do.

Well, it would seem that I haven’t made nearly the number of updates here as I would have liked. Given that Moon River’s first product is a project management tool, you’d think that this would have been easier to keep up with. But alas, anyone who owns a house will know that you often do…

Finding great software developers to work for you can be a full time job, and in many companies, it is. Hiring managers are constantly on the lookout for any great developer they can find because even if they can’t land him as an employee, that developer will most certainly have colleagues he can recommend. After…

The web site still isn’t done yet. I’ve got a partial implementation at this point, but a large piece of the web site is missing, mainly because it depends heavily on my software being available and ready to integrate into the web site. This integration will involve allowing anyone to set up a trial account…