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Nostradamus Bell strikes again….

28 Tuesday Sep 2010

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appstore, mobile

If you were sat in the mobile panel session at Showcase Conference a few weeks ago, you may remember that I asked the “what if” question about Amazon opening an app store?Well it looks like Amazon have been busy behind the scenes.http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/27/amazon-android-app-store/

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The pros and cons of video conferencing.

20 Wednesday Jan 2010

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code4pizzacollator, digitalcircle, mobile, opensource

Tonight was the night for a code4pizza meeting in Belfast.  Now I’m fairly settled with the idea that I’m in the minority when it comes to location.  So Matt and I tried Skype video from my house to Core Belfast.The ProsWell I was certainly there and I could say hello to folk.  I got the majority of the conversations which is the main point of the night.  I didn’t have to stay there all night, I could break off into a group of one if I wanted to but it wouldn’t have been much fun.

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The ConsLaptop microphones are the main issue as they are designed for one to one conversations and not a public forum.  I kept a chat window open just in case I needed to type something.  Luckily the good folk in Belfast gave me space to speak when I needed to.The only other real drag was that I couldn’t have pizza.  I’ll have to go back to the drawing board on that one.

Belfast Telegraph article on location based applications.

15 Tuesday Dec 2009

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belfasttelegraph, mobile, socialnetworking, softwaredevelopment, startups

It’s my turn for the Belfast Telegraph web watch column, this month it’s on location base applications.  If you want to have a read you can visit the BT site here.

The Bootstrap Diaries – Part 1.

16 Monday Nov 2009

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bootstrapdiaries, business, datamining, investment, iphone, ipod, java, mobile, softwaredevelopment, startups

There are just days when you have to go it alone.  For those who don’t know I’m bootstrapping a company from scratch.  I thought it might be a good idea to chip in some blog posts along the now that I can talk about some of these things.Since my last job finished at the end of June I’ve been wondering the best way to take things forward.  Ask anyone who really knows me and I can have a list of ideas that are ready to be coded.  The most interesting thing for me is that this is first start up where I’ve been asking a lot of opinion of the product I’m doing (it’s still in stealth, there’s only a chosen few who know).  So here we go, the bold pointed things to keep in mind.Writing it down on a one pager – It’s vitally important to write down on one page what your product is going to do, who the target market(s) are and what the total size of the market is.  From there you’ve got focus and what you think it’s all worth.  Ignore this step at your peril.Blag, steal, borrow and blag again – If you design, get a good back end coder.  If you code then get a designer.  This also goes for business advice.  Some of the people I hold in high regard are willing to chip in and keep me on the right path.  Finally, don’t forget a polite thank you goes a long way.  Crap code is fine – Product first, coding refactoring later.  There’s no point going over the finer detail of SCRUM or Agile methods if it’s not generating revenue. Market share or revenue? – In the initial stages it’s all about generating revenue (especially if you are a service company).  If you’re hellbent on creating a brand or a world changing-everyone-has-to-have-this iPhone app then market share is your aim.What time do you realistically have? – If you are already working then it’s extra hours. I know some that are up at 5am and work through ’til 9am. I know some who do the late shift.  There are times I do both and within time I suffer for it.  Also, if you have family they will only put up with your Branson like enthusiasm for so long.Learn to do a basic cash flow forecast – Yeah it’s boring but I bet if I asked you now you wouldn’t have a notion what your costs are for the next 12 months.  A simple spreadsheet is fine.  There are a loads of good cashflow templates out there on the internet.Get an advisory board of people you trust – Ultra important this one.  I have three people that I bounce stuff off in various parts of the world.  I also have a number of industry contacts who I bounce ideas off.  I have one friend who I can just cyberly puke on when I’m having a bad day (and they with me if needed).  Don’t over do the networking while you are developing the idea – Any networking event the obvious question is, “what do you do?”.  When you are just about to beta test fair enough.  From day dot without a single jot of code, forget it.  You could be using your time on better things.  One thing I’ve noticed over the last five months is that there are an awful lot of people who can talk the talk but when you really press them…. you pretty much know it will come to nothing.Some of the above I actually covered in my talk at Barcamp Derry in October but they still ring true whatever the time of year.

JTwitter free download, last day today.

03 Friday Jul 2009

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avaclient, mobile, twitter

Just got a tweet from Anton Hutton at EyespyFX, their Twitter client for J2ME is available for free today. Point your mobile to http://www.jtwitter.com/wap and you can download it from there.

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