Archive for March 2009

Google Checkout still unfit for business: I got my money, but would you?

After my rant about my Google Checkout fiasco and its subsequent mass exposure, Google has restored my Checkout account. I received two emails: one, a very ‘typical Google’ form letter: And another, later, that was clearly written by hand by a real live person, who thanked me for my feedback. Kind Google employee, I appreciate […]

Google is Evil, Worse than PayPal: Don’t use Google Checkout for your business

The whole saga is worth reading, but just to let you know: here’s the latest. Wanting to offer an alternative to PayPal, we set up a Google Checkout account for people to buy our ebook. The last email we received about our Google Checkout account was “Helpful tips regarding your first Google Checkout orders” on […]

Jelly! Talk Excerpt 1: My Crusade, Twistori, & Elemental Design

This is the first in a series of 2 or 3 posts for the transcript of my Jelly! talk from SXSW. Jelly! talks are put on by Yahoo! and Jelly!, the casual coworking movement. This one was held in the lovely Austin coworking space of Conjunctured. Here’s a link to the video. My name is […]

Jelly! Talk Video from SXSW

While at SXSW, Thomas & I were invited to share a Jelly! talk with Naveen of FourSquare. Jelly! talks are put on by Yahoo! and Jelly!, the casual coworking movement. This one was held in the lovely Austin coworking space of Conjunctured. Here’s a link to the video. The first half is Naveen talking about […]

Things that don’t go as planned

Things that haven’t gone as planned lately: Managing a beta book in PDF/InDesign format. D’oh on that one. It’s taking a lot longer to update the book than I expected, because of the layout issues. And by “issue” I mean “my boneheaded decision to do the book in InDesign, even from the first beta.” I’m […]

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