ChangeLog – Jon Chase's blog

My goodness. Who would have thought 10 years ago that $57,000,000.00 could be generated in one year from a little search box in the top corner of a browser?
Oh, I guess they did.

Gosh, I hadn’t realized how bad the main SendAlong logo looked until Chris pointed it out to me. After a little reworking, here’s the before and after.

Much better!

I’d consider this an absolute must read for anyone in the microISV business (or anyone else trying to sell something): http://microisvjournal.wordpress.com/2007/10/21/developing-linkbait-for-a-non-technical-audience/

Here’s a nice noninvasive CAPTCHA (the site seems to be down right now, probably because of Digg).
Basically, add a text input to your form, then use CSS to make it hidden. Unsuspecting spam bots will see it and try to fill it in with some value. Your code can simply reject the form [...]

I figured I should try a blog theme other than the Wordpress default. This theme is called Integral and you can get it here.
Perhaps one day I’ll have enough time to make a customized SendAlong theme…but that’s a low priority right now.
BTW, cheers to my four blog subscribers (one of which is me)!

I just stumbled upon Startupping.com, which looks to be a good resource for start up information. They have what appear to be some decent looking forums, a nice wiki, and a large list of start up blogs (in OPML format – can be imported into most RSS feed readers). Not to mention I [...]

I just posted the new version of the Juliesoft home page. Putting this page together, starting with an idea, fleshing it out in Fireworks, coding the HTML in Eclipse, and uploading to the server took a total of about an hour. Not a bad way to spend time while stuck in the back [...]

If you’re not aware, a favicon is the 16×16 pixel image that appears in the URL field of your browser (see it in action right now in your browser’s URL field above). It can be a subtle but effective way of reinforcing the branding of your site to your visitors.
Here’s the one I created [...]

Are you using Google Alerts yet?

As the website (http://www.google.com/alerts) concisely states:
Google Alerts are email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic.
Alerts are great way to keep track of any new mentions of a certain word or phrase on the web.
For example, I have alerts [...]

Starting a business is difficult. Even more so if it’s done in isolation.
But blogs can help. Really.
Although blogs aren’t a substitute for face to face contact with others, they do serve many purposes: they can be inspiring, insightful, educational, and a great way to get in touch with like minded others.
With this is in mind, [...]