I have to thank 'Anonymous' commenter who left this very direct and very true comment on my last post: Lot's of I's. I this , I that, ... Why not use the readers of this blog for a pre-launch and ask *them* for instance if the obvious flaws are acceptable or not. bottomline, ask for
Its been a long time since we started developing my site... many many months. It is a relatively complex application, and I have the extra challenge of financing it with my own savings, and using a (brilliant) team of developers in Europe, whilst I sit here in Sydney... so its not too terrible that its
Apologies again for my lax communication. Its just that the message has not changed overly. I'm still almost there, but not quite ready for public consumption. Sometimes I think its just that I'm terribly pedantic and proud, but there are some pretty major bugs in it still, which are getting worked on, but just not
This is the frustrating part. My site, my darling site, that has taken almost a year to coax into being, that is almost ready, is still not launched! Its almost ready, but some major issues are holding off its full launch. The Homepage is the main thing - a designer friend has kindly offered to
A little while ago, I was sent a tantalising email. Two of my friends in London had challenged themselves to list their top 10 favourite books of all time. Once they had responded to each other, in their thirst for discovery, they emailed me in Sydney to ask my opinion. I reveled in responding. I
The challenge with starting a business using your own savings, is you have to try to achieve elegance while being stingy. A few of my challenges at the moment: I need a legal opinion on my site so I can get public indemnity insurance. Just to get the Terms of Use document written is $4000.
A massive apology to those kind souls who have been supportive and interested in my burgeoning business. I have been terribly recalcitrant in keeping this blog up to date, instead distracted by the ever demanding nature of work and late nights. I have lots of good news though to finally impart. Although not yet launched,
Apologies for my scarcity of entries lately. Life has been tough and busy lately. My day job has gotten hugely demanding, and I'm on the verge of launching my business. Life has become all about work at the moment, and my sleep levels, social life and exercise regime have suffered. I keep thinking surely this
For the last few days I have been in issue logging mode. Days and days of testing, describing issues, thinking analytically about flow and logic and aesthetics. Now, my beleaguered developers have an avalanche of issues to deal with (bless them, they are getting through them valiantly), and I can turn my attention to all
I finally caught up on all my sleep this weekend, so I am ready for the onslaught of the next fortnight. We are in the final stages of development before user testing begins, so its when I need to be more actively involved than I have been to date. This means I have to do
