In the process of finishing, I've been stripped of a number of heavily subsidized student software licenses, and have been looking into replacing them with full licenses for my new job in the real world.
The consensus among most lean start-ups seems to be that you should spend as little time as possible in meetings reviewing strategies and projections, and you should instead spend that time actually building your company.
I've recently been doing some poking around for statistics about customer relationships manager (CRM) software, particularly the reasons that companies give when CRM software hasn't worked for them.
You may have heard that the Los Angeles Police Department made a $7 million deal with Google to move their email from a Novell system to Google Apps.
Earlier today, I received an email from a friend of mine asking for a copy of my PhD thesis proposal to use as a guide while he writes his own.
Simplicity is one of the most common themes on this blog. We like simple software, and we haven't been afraid to write about it in the past.
Apple's been making a lot of headlines recently over problems related to the antenna of the new iPhone 4. Perhaps bigger than the problems with the phone itself, however, has been the way they've dealt with the problems.
This week I'm writing a three-part series about how you should approach planning and strategy when starting a blog.
Once you've got your content all figured out, it's time to come up with ideas to get people reading your blog.
Establishing your small business online can be a bit of a daunting task, and knowing where to start can be one of the biggest challenges.
In this first post, I'm going to discuss what you should consider when deciding what type of content you want to offer on your blog.
When you run a small business, it can be easy to become insulated. You are so busy dealing with problems specific to your company that you might lose track of what's going on in the outside world.
This blog is all about helping you find the best software possible which is why we spend so much time reviewing and discussing specific products
If you regularly follow new advances in credit card technologies and/or what the founders of Twitter are up to (and really, who doesn't), then you've almost certainly been hearing constantly about Square since its launch earlier this year.
Today I'm going to talk about how that principle can be applied to choosing and changing the software used in your company.
When evaluating software, nothing can replace a thorough test drive, but there are a few red flags you can look for to decide if an option is even worth testing. In my opinion, the biggest indicator of quality is the pricing structure.
We talk quite a bit on this blog about how small businesses can take advantage of their differences from big companies, rather than trying to hide them.
Before reading this post, I want you to stop and think about the last time you tried out new software. What was your first impression like? What kinds of things did you enjoy?
As you probably know, Google released a new social networking feature called Google Buzz. Just like any Google product, some people love it and some people hate it.
In my last post, I talked about how everything can be improved. I didn't make this distinction at the time, but I implied that I was talking about improving existing features as opposed to creating new ones.
Last night I went out to a Thai restaurant with some friends. When the bill came, I saw something that I've never seen before.
I recently had a conversation with someone about what type of people a start-up company should hire.
It recently became clear that I spent the past 20 hours of work designing screens that we won't actually use, and I couldn't be happier.
One of the things that I love most about working at Less Annoying Software is that we don't have any artificial barriers between us and our work.
Regardless of what a company does, every business needs to be good at at least one thing: accepting money.
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