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Congratulations Nicabar, you are our 100th user to sign up to our forum.  Our forum has been growing steadily since its June debut and we just hit 100 users today.  This is just a reminder to all our users that we still have 3 fantastic custom login pages to give out for our first three …

In another example of how conventional wisdom about business is being upended, many companies are apparently jettisoning from the traditional function of “marketing”. In today’s New York Times, the results of some recent research by Strategy + Business suggests that “marketing” is being rethought, and recast as innovation: [from Falling Short Of Greatness by Paul …

What a great surprise. Today, Mike and I were on a call with a company that we are planning to integrate with (Pipeline Deals) when we happened across this action packed movie of FreshBooks Version 3.2. Check it out if you have a moment (it runs about 2 minutes). Kudos to Molly (I think that’s …

The FreshBooks user count has surpassed the 70,000 mark and is on a steady climb. It only seems like yesterday, since i’ve updated the user count ribbon. I couldn’t dig up too much on the number “70,000″, but here are some interesting facts on the number “7″ (ya I know, it’s not 70,000 but close enough): 7 …

Last week I posted about a project I have undertaken. What I am aiming to do is find ways that small professional services companies (i.e. web designers and consultants, many of which are home-based) can operate their offices in environmentally friendly ways. Fundamental to this whole process is how you look at this exercise. Relative …

Running through a few of my posts over the last few months I realize that I’m coming across as fairly negative towards PayPal (PayPal Has Dropped the Ball, Is PayPal Dropping the Ball), even though those posts are directed at their operation of the VeriSign payment gateway service, it still sounds as though I hate …

When you work for someone else, you have a manager, and in many cases, a mentor.  When you work for yourself, by default you don’t.  Many entrepreneurs foolishly think they can solve every problem themselves.  I see this differently.  While entrepreneurs are, by and large, intelligent and driven, learning how to solve problems takes time …

I’m currently advising a client and helping get a project off the ground.  It’s not a FreshBooks project, and it does not take much of my time, but I am excited about it. The project is currently in the “design” phase…and really that means we are laying out the pages.  Now laying out the pages intelligently is a …

So I need to make a correction…The RackSpace design critique I posted recently is now out of date.  The design I ripped has been replaced by a much better design. Blogs and web links in general do not always do a good job from a “historical accuracy” perspective because the pages you link to often …