by Scott Kane
on April 17, 2010
in 30Dayers, General ISV Issues, Starting an mISV, User Interface Design, bootstrap isv
his post is the first one for this blog running under SliceHost. It’s been quite a month. I’m fed up – frankly – with webhosts!!
Now, it’s no secret that shared hosting is a busted ass for anybody getting more than 5 visitors a week and a couple of HTML pages. But it seems to have gotten worse. Indeed I’d argue at this point that the vast majority of the hosting industry is an enormous joke perpetrated in a manner to create endless sign-ups of new fodder – but not designed for anybody to stick around.
by Scott Kane
on November 23, 2009
in .net, 30Dayers, Audio Software, BizSpark, C#, Featured Articles, General ISV Issues, ISV Marketing, ISV Software Design, Microsoft, Starting an mISV, Uncategorized, User Interface Design, VB.Net, VisualStudio, Windows, Windows 7, bootstrap isv
A few weeks ago however a new service was launched from the people who brought the world Bits du Jour. That service is BoomerApp. While Bits du Jour hands our full licences daily BoomerApp is instead a rebate system where-by the customer purchases in the normal way and recieves a rebate form which they return to FastSpring Ecommerce or a local representive who…
by Scott Kane
on November 8, 2009
in .net, 30Dayers, Audio Software, BizSpark, C#, General ISV Issues, Google, ISV Marketing, ISV Software Design, Starting an mISV, Uncategorized, User Interface Design, VB.Net, VisualStudio, Windows, Windows 7, bootstrap isv
Across on his blog Andy Bryce has written some very good reasons for why he won’t be bothering with the round of Windows 7 logos marketing Microsoft has launched. First I should point out that there is a difference between the “Compatible with Windows 7 logo” and associated marketing materials and the “Certified For” program run by Microsoft. The latter, I’m in full agreement with Andy. I saw no benefit in the Vista version and see no beneift in the Windows 7 version.
Rather we’re talking about the logo to the left of this article.
by Scott Kane
on May 7, 2009
in .net, 30Dayers, Audio Software, ISV Marketing, ISV Software Design, Micro ISV, Starting an mISV, User Interface Design, VisualStudio, Windows
It’s multi room audio. Basically aimed towards reception and convention centres, hotels, pubs, basically anywhere you need to be able to manage different audio into different rooms with the convenience and cost savings of using one computer as the source or “player”. To do it you need more than one soundcard (up to four supported) or a dedicated multi room soundcard.
by Scott Kane
on April 20, 2009
in Books, General ISV Issues, ISV Marketing, Micro ISV, Micro ISV Books, Starting an mISV, Steph Grenier, User Interface Design
It’s an easy read, it really is, providing your local area doesn’t get hit by 47 degrees Centigrade heat-waves and 5,000 sq kilometre fire-storms you’ll finish it in a few days. 
You’ll come to understand why content truly is king, in case you’re one of those mISV’s who’s still resisting this reality, and some of the ways you can carve out a piece of that kingdom for your own Micro, or not so Micro, ISV.
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