| |
|
|
|
|
|
Monday, May 01, 2006
Miscellaneous Monday Musings
- OK, so my sense of humor gets a little too subtle
sometimes. The joke was that I was referring to Dreamweaver users as if
they are a foreign culture. But we really do have a Dreamweaver plugin
for Vault coming out with version 3.5. That part wasn't a joke. :-)
- Better late than never: Everybody has already told you
that Bob Walsh's book (Micro-ISV:
From Vision to Reality) is really good. They're right. I've been
reading it lately and am enjoying it. The book is very visually
appealing, and he got some really interesting interviews with software
entrepreneurs. Recommended.
- I did an interview
last week with Chris Pirillo. Talking with Chris brought back fond
memories of Gnomedex 2003, which was the event where we first did the "Not
a Legend" stunt. The life-sized cardboard cutout of me is still hanging
around our office. It has a tendency to show up in unexpected places,
especially when new people are hired.
- On April 23rd, the Champaign newspaper did an
article about my book (note that the article is not posted online). It
was the #3 story in the business section that day, front page, below the
fold. The #2 story was a feature about Redneck
Snack Baskets. I have decided not to draw any conclusions from this.
- I still have a lot to learn about book publishing. The
latest thing to pique my curiosity is Lulu.com.
It's a concept called Print-On-Demand (POD). Send Lulu a PDF file and
they will sell it in book form, printing a copy only when someone orders
one. I just ordered one of their books and sure enough, it's a book. I'm
not saying that POD is going to change the publishing industry overnight,
but I still find it really interesting. Lulu would be a great option for
a low-volume/high-price book. Traditional publishers can't touch things
like that. BTW, the guy behind Lulu is Bob Young, founder of Red Hat.
- My experience with Windows Vista lasted about two weeks.
The machine seemed unhealthy from the beginning and it got sicker and
sicker until the day it died. On the day I installed Vista I bought a
loaf of bread and it lasted longer than the OS did. I know the hardware
is okay because I repaved with Windows XP and it works fine. I'll give Vista another try later. I really liked the "glass" effects.
|
|
|
