Microsoft BizSpark…
Looks like other Micro ISV’s are discovering the amazing resource that is Microsoft BizSpark. I signed up for this myself yesterday. As Scott over at The Recursive ISV said, “…it’s utterly brilliant.” Similarly to Scott, I too was wanting to develop the desktop portions of my ThoughtFiler project in Delphi 2009 but the price of [...]
Pen & Paper time…
Things have been quiet on the blogging front here of late, but busy behind the scenes (including the “minor” distraction of a cyclone). I’ve been doing lots of pen & paper development, sketching out database schemas and UI designs. I’ve now got the initial UI for the ThoughtFiler desktop version worked out and, even though [...]
ThoughtFiler: Reasons to give it a go anyway!
This seems like an appropriate spot to quote a few paragraphs from the NGEDIT site: “I know, I know. I am aware that there are plenty of text editors in the market. One could easily think that there is no need for yet another text editor. “But I don’t share that point of view. “I [...]
ThoughtFiler: Reasons I should not bother…
There are a number of reasons why it could be said to be foolish to pursue the development of ThoughtFiler. One of the biggest reasons is that it’s becoming a trendy area. Many have ideas about it. “Consolidating your stuff to an online service is an exploding area right now – lots of the storage [...]
ThoughtFiler: the idea…
I’ve been blogging now for a couple of months and I suspect some may be curious as to why I set up this ISV. What is my first product? Well, read on for the concept-in-brief…
What my first product is not…
OK, perhaps my previous post was a bit of tease by only revealing the name and all. In this post, I will list what areas ThoughtFiler will not be targetting. What the service is not: Another web mail client. Another search engine. A social networking site. A blogging service. Another portal/personal start page. Solely web-based. [...]
So… what the heck is my first product?
Good question. What is this web service that I’ve been hinting at developing on this blog? Perhaps it is time to up the “transparency levels”, so to speak, and start revealing some more details. Let me start with the name: ThoughtFiler.