A question came up in the Mac small business list and I’ve seen it asked several times over the years. I’ve had this question myself: do you have to charge sales tax for downloaded software like WebnoteHappy? The short answer: it depends.
From what I’ve read (and I’m no tax attorney either but […]
About two years ago, my family and I put up a bird feeder so we could watch birds in our backyard. At first we had no birds. Zip. Nada. We hoped and prayed and did a little marketing by putting seeds all around it on the ground with aluminum foil. […]
One of the things that’s a reality is that business is risky. But one of the ways to reduce that risk is to form an LLC, a Limited Liability Company. Yes, that’s right - it basically means Reduce Your Risk Company. It is especially helpful if you have any type of assets. […]
I just released WebnoteHappy Lite 1.0 this week and what is interesting is that, at least for me, the post-release activity is more exhausting than the programming aspect.
I still haven’t put up my listing on VersionTracker because I’ve been answering a lot of emails and checking out the coverage WebnoteHappy Lite has gotten. I’m […]
The WebnoteHappy Lite 1.0 release is starting to feel… official.
WebnoteHappy Lite on HyperJeff’s OS X Apps. Ease of adding: really easy, but that’s because I know Jeff personally and sent him an IM. :)
WebnoteHappy Lite on MacUpdate. Ease of adding: Pretty easy actually. Wasn’t quite sure what to put in some areas, […]
I finally released WebnoteHappy Lite 1.0! It’s been a long, hard road but it’s been worth it. Please check it out and tell me what you think.
Now I get to do marketing, which is probably my weakest point right now. But I’ve found its good to work on your weaknesses. :) […]
Gus - who I met at WWDC last year - has a great post on his blog titled How to Become an Independent Programmer in just 1068 days where he explains how he’s become a full-time Mac Indie gradually over the past few years.
I think it is great that the Mac community supports independent software […]
Or more generally, Dave Taylor, Mac / UNIX / Web Guru, asks How quickly should companies respond to customer email?.
I’ve gotten quite a bit of email in the past several days and I’m currently trying to answer within 24 hours. This will probably get longer over time. However, I just got an email […]
You might have noticed that this blog is hosted on happyapps.com. So what is that? What is Happy Apps?
I’ve been thinking about writing a manifesto, but maybe this impromptu chat session with my buddy Shep will explain it better:
1:13:57 AM louielouie: so you think i should have a big manifesto or just a […]
Welcome to my new blog, titled MacHappy!
What’s MacHappy you say? Well… its the state of mind when you’re sort of obsessed with Macs, but… in a positive way.
I’ll be blogging about design, focusing in on Mac application design, but also considering other sorts of design. I’ll also be blogging about business, especially the […]