http://letsmakesoftware.com/blogs Creating your own software has never been easier... Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:29:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Since we started that conversation about releasing ISB as an open source software, lots of things have been happening in the background. And we are very close to launching the new website! The main site structure is in place. I only need to make a couple of small adjustments at the ... http://letsmakesoftware.com/blogs/2007/02/23/close-to-launching-the-new-isb-website/ Article by Maria Winslow Creating a community is a tricky business. Think of it instead as finding and nurturing a community that can naturally exist around your software. First of all, take a hard look at whether your software lends itself to an open source structure. You should be able to ... http://letsmakesoftware.com/blogs/2007/01/12/the-keys-to-a-successful-open-source-project/ I have a question for this community... During the holidays I took some time away from my own websites and investigated some other interesting scripts. I'm very interested in CMS at the moment as it allows a web community to build their own site and manage the content and it's less ... http://letsmakesoftware.com/blogs/2007/01/09/how-about-isb-as-an-open-source-software/ Tonight there will be a Simpleology live learning event around creating and marketing software online. Here's the official announcement: What must you know before getting into the lucrative software development and marketing business? Are there hidden risks that are unique to software development and marketing? How do you hire the right ... http://letsmakesoftware.com/blogs/2006/11/29/free-teleseminar-creating-and-marketing-software-online/ I'm currently implementing a new theme for this blog. Lots of customization is required to get it to look the way I want to, so it may take a while... When I'm not working on this, I will switch the looks back to the current theme. In the mean time I ... http://letsmakesoftware.com/blogs/2006/11/28/blog-under-construction/ As you all know, people can make tons of money selling software. I don't guarantee you will be the next Microsoft, but you should get a lot more sales. I have used these techniques with my software and they do get me downloads even if its not a high-demand software. ... http://letsmakesoftware.com/blogs/2006/10/27/software-marketing-secrets/ This weekend I spent some time upgrading the Lets Make Software forum with new mods (hacks) and services. Here's the change log: Forum category 'WANTED! Beta-testers' added. Post your requests here to get yourself a team of beta testers before releasing your software apps... Anti Spam MOD installed to make it a ... http://letsmakesoftware.com/blogs/2006/10/09/whats-new-at-the-forum/ Ever since Joel Comm released his commercial word cloud in June, shortly followed by the first word cloud script for internet marketers, word clouds have been the topic of many discussions in forums and on blogs. Commercial word clouds are sites with a 'cloud' or group of words and others can ... http://letsmakesoftware.com/blogs/2006/10/06/free-word-clouds-special/ Over the coming weeks I will be working on upgrading this blog to my new standards. Oh, I'm so terribly picky... ;-) I've spent a lot of time on www.thinelectrons.com recently and I apologize for neglecting this site. In addition to this my father-in-law got very ill late August and passed ... http://letsmakesoftware.com/blogs/2006/10/06/blog-is-up-for-a-make-over/ I added a new service today for all members of Programmer Secrets Revealed (membership site for anyone who wants to create software with ISB and MYOS). If you are a member, you can now advertise your software creations for $1 only on this blog! Small links for free members, ... http://letsmakesoftware.com/blogs/2006/08/15/show-off-your-software/