What I’ve Learned from Failed Startups

Posted by on Jan 17, 2012 in Internet Business, Lessons Learned | No Comments

What I’ve learned from failed not so successful startups: Focus on the customer first I originally thought that this simply meant getting a couple low hanging fruit to say yes to an idea. What it really means is that you need to figure out a way to build buzz around what you are doing, before you ...

Get your own app for, you guessed it, $.99!

Posted by on Jan 16, 2012 in Mobile & Apps | No Comments

There are a ton of mobile apps available for iPhone and Android for $0.99.  But there is only one mobile app that you can buy for a dollar that is all about you! Apptize.me is a new service (still in stealth) that claims to give you your own app for only $0.99. From the website: ...

How to Parse a RSS Feed in Java

Posted by on Jan 16, 2012 in Web Development | No Comments

A while back I was required to parse an rss feed on my company’s website.  Having little experience with Java Tag Libraries (.tld), I decided to give one a try.  The following is how I implemented RSS into a JSP page. Import and include the tag library into your project. In this case it is ...

Been awhile

Posted by on Jan 5, 2012 in Random Thoughts | No Comments

I know it has been awhile since I spent any time posting anything of value on my blog.  My new years resolution is to pay more attention to this blog and my other online profiles.  As I discover useful information, instead of emailing it to myself, I am going to post it here, among other ...