Big privacy changes at SmugMug
I told you we’d listen. After Philipp brought the issue up, we carefully listened to both our current customers and our potential would-be customers. Our current customers were a mixed bag. Luckily,...
View ArticleTripit totally rocks.
photo by: Steven Le Vourc’h I’ve been telling everyone I know just how great Tripit is, but realized I hadn’t told all of my readers. It’s the most useful web service I’ve seen in years. It’s...
View ArticleMy conference schedule for the rest of 2008
A few of you have been asking when/where I’ll be this year, conference-wise. Since Audrey was born, I’ve tried to keep my travel and speaking gigs to a bare minimum so I could help with my three kids...
View ArticleFreetards ruining the web?
photo by: Kirk Tanner Hardly. Hank Williams over at Silicon Alley Insider has a guest post up about how VCs are ruining the online tech economy by fueling free services, wrecking it for small and/or...
View ArticleThoughts on Google App Engine
First: Very cool. Next: I think it’s interesting that Google has basically taken a sniper scope out and aimed it at a specific cloud computing target. App Engine is only for web applications. No...
View ArticleSpeaking at Web 2.0 Expo today
I’m on a panel called ‘Small Business Hacks’ at the Web2Open part of the Web 2.0 Expo today at 1:30pm. Swing by if you’re interested in building a successful business on the cheap. More details here....
View ArticleDelta Airlines has terrible customer service
photo by: Local Sports Online My poor little sister just got totally destroyed by awful Delta employees. She was trying to fly cross-country for the first time with her 4 month old baby. Disaster...
View ArticleNow is the time to build
Big Cats by micalngelo “Every startup CEO is at least thinking about the need to cut back right now” – Michael Arrington “We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only...
View ArticleNominations open for The Crunchies 2008
SmugMug wins Best Design at The Crunchies 2007 by Luca Filigheddu Photography I loved the idea behind The Crunchies even before we won for Best Design last year so I’m glad to see their triumphant...
View ArticleWhy ‘Be Passionate’ is Awesome Advice
Inc has a article entitled Why ‘Be Passionate’ is Awful Advice where they baldly state that companies built on passion are fairy tales. They’re wrong. SmugMug is living proof. Here’s what it was like...
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