One of my least favorite aspects of our business is dealing with contract paperwork. I once worked for a large, incredibly sophisticated software company that required me to get a signature from clients faxed in old school style. Now I run a company comprised of 4 people who all work … Continue Reading
I’ll attempt to demystify some misconceptions and answer common questions about SSL, and hopefully you’ll walk away with a better understanding of SSL in general.
The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a creative mind to spot wrong questions. This is particularly important because of the nature of many corporation proposal-type documents. I have both written and received a fair number of these myself, and I know that the real skill in … Continue Reading
We recently met with a potential partner who is admittedly clueless about Magento development and has a project that keeps dragging on. He asked us to step in to help. Being the sales guy that I am, I was ready to jump right in. Being the responsible developer that he … Continue Reading
If you can’t understand users, however, you should either learn how or find a co-founder who can. That is the single most important issue for technology startups, and the rock that sinks more of them than anything else. – Paul Graham, How to Start a Startup
If you can’t understand users, however, you should either learn how or find a co-founder who can. That is the single most important issue for technology startups, and the rock that sinks more of them than anything else. – Paul Graham, How to Start a Startup
I recently spend some time integrating an existing Flash FLV video, from a third party, into an existing application using the JQuery “Mac-Style Lighbox” plugin, FancyBox. Within FancyBox, the existing FLV/JavaScript code provided to us worked properly on all browsers that I tested, with the usual exception, IE6. Upon further … Continue Reading
I recently spend some time integrating an existing Flash FLV video, from a third party, into an existing application using the JQuery “Mac-Style Lighbox” plugin, FancyBox. Within FancyBox, the existing FLV/JavaScript code provided to us worked properly on all browsers that I tested, with the usual exception, IE6. Upon further … Continue Reading
I watched a 37signals video yesterday that challenged my thinking a bit. Jason spoke on the benefits of sharing knowledge and experience in order to create an audience who will buy your stuff. He likened this concept to the food network, where chefs show you how they cook and even … Continue Reading
Open Source is infiltrating the Enterprise marketplace. O’Reilly radar featured an interview today with Jeffrey Hammond of Forrester Research on the topic. We have been bumping into more enterprise clients in Magento-land here at Elias and were recently approached about writing a Magento-for-enterprise book. This leads me to believe that … Continue Reading