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Hello. I am Joel Marcey, author of this personal blog.
Check out my joint venture with acclaimed programming language instructor, Rex Jaeschke, called Programming Classroom
I am also owner of Twin Roots, a consulting and software development company.
Monthly Archives: October 2007
This Is What An Exit Interview Should Be
http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=213207 A little long, and not orthodox, but if you watch it, notice the questions asked. The interviewer (Charles Torre) did not berate the reasons as to why Robert Scoble left. It was professional and the questions were very good: … Continue reading
Goodbye Tiger, Hello Leopard
Today at 6 PM, where ever you are in the world, Apple lets yet another big cat out of its cage. Leopard, the next major Mac operating system update from Apple, will be delivered, bought and/or installed on many a Mac … Continue reading
Disabling Reply-All in Microsoft Outlook
Tip for the day from Scott Hanselman. I know I have wanted to do this at times, in addition to disabling forwarding of messages as well (which I am assuming can be done with a similar macro). Now this doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Microsoft, Miscellaneous, Technology
Tagged Custom Functionality, Email, Outlook
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Taking a Hammer to Poor Customer Service
A 75 year old woman had enough, and she was not going to take it anymore. She literally took a hammer to poor customer service. Comcast (and other companies) better be careful who they let stand out in the hot sun for … Continue reading
The Essentials For Starting A Business
I am trying to come up with a list of essentials that I need in order to officially start my business. I need to keep in mind that I will be doing “as-desired” consulting in addition to producing my own … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Entrepreneurship
Tagged Business Essentials, Entrepreneurship, starting a business
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My Manifesto
While I am not religiously following StartupNation’s 10 Steps to Open For Business anymore, one thing I did take away from it was coming up with a Life Plan. And one part of the Life Plan was to come up … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Career, Personal
Tagged Life Plan, Manifesto, Personal, Starting A Buisness
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Apple Will Allow 3rd Party Applications for the iPhone
This is good news! Why? Well, 2 reasons: Customers and developers alike have demanded this functionality, and Apple has seen the light. Applications that just run in the iPhone version of Safari was not going to cut it. My new business … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Development, Micro ISV, Technology
Tagged Apple, Development, iPhone, Programming
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Changing Tactics On My Approach To Starting My Business
I wrote this post yesterday. I then posted this question on the Business of Software Forum soon after. I am now changing my business planning a little bit. Initially, I was very surprised at the responses about how one should … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Career, Entrepreneurship, Microsoft
Tagged Business of Software, Micro ISV, Steps To Open For Business
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The 10 Steps To Open For Business
I am using StartupNation’s 10 Steps To Open For Business to get my business started. Here are the 10 steps: Create a Life Plan Choosing a Business Model Create a Business Plan Select a Business Structure Create Key Business Assets … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Entrepreneurship
Tagged Entrepreneurship, Micro ISV, Software Businesses, starting a business
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Feeling Small in the Blogosphere
Ok, maybe being happy with my 1000th visitor was not such a big deal after all. I was reading Robert Scoble’s blog today and he, coincidentally, advertised his current statistics. When your (0,0) coordinate on your stats graph is 6000, … Continue reading