Archive for February, 2011

Google’s War on Content Farms

Monday, February 28th, 2011

Google has recently declared war on content farms.  This has been weighing on me for the last few days as I’m preparing to launch my automatic blogging software. The problem is that I haven’t yet found a fantastic way to datamine from the internet in order to create unique and valuable content for a blog. [...]

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Software Business

Sunday, February 27th, 2011

The software and technology industry has produced perhaps the most number of self made millionaires (and billionaires) of our generation.  It’s something that happens with every disruptive new industry – a massive redistribution of wealth.  Software is unique in the power it provides and the low cost of distribution. As a result the margins can [...]

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Getting Started with iPhone Development

Friday, February 18th, 2011

In the few days I’ve been handed the job at work of getting an iPhone app ready to demo. The app is similar to the SquareUp app.  It’s a mobile payment processing app that allows users to swipe their credit cards to accept money from anyone on the go.  And I only have 1 week [...]

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Registering My Business

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

As of yesterday.  HalOtis has become a registered Corporation in Calgary Alberta. Doing things as a legitimate business requires more care in terms of the financing than I have been doing in the past.  It’s a sea change in terms of motivation to get things done and out there to a larger audience. The benefits [...]

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