I am a co-founder of Synap Software, LLC. We develop web apps for small business including PlaybookIQ and Affiliapp. We also offer freelance Rails development. This is a blog about professional development, personal development, Ruby on Rails, business, marketing, sales, and entrepreneurship in general.
I’m excited to announce that AffilApp has been awarded the exhibition category “Ready to Earn” prize in the RailsRumble. This exhibition category prize is sponsored by and the winner is selected by Spreedly. It recognizes the entry that has
a clear business model,
an application that offers real value, and
a working Spreedly integration
Full details are on the [...]
The Rails Rumble finalists have been announced. These 22 applications have been selected by the Rails Rumble organizers and an expert panel from among 159 qualifying and will continue onto the public voting round. Unfortunately, AffiliApp was not one of the finalist. But that does not mean the end for it. This is just the beginning! Read [...]
Showing revenue and commission tracking in AffiliApp.com. When you set up your Spreedly API token in AffiliApp, transactions are automatically identified and applied to the referring affiliate. This works even with automated recurring transactions. If you do not use Spreedly, you can still track referrals and subscribers and they too will be [...]
2009 Rails Rumble Reflections
Note: if you are looking for the screen casts, you can find them here: http://screenr.com/user/smeade
That 48 hours went fast! After producing BidBuildBill.com last year and finishing a respectful #22 on the leaderboard, I aimed this year’s entry at web application developers with AffiliApp, the easiest way to add an affiliate program to your web [...]
The Kitchen Sink
When you try to build this:
photo credit: avidtile
you too often end up with this:
photo credit: DieselDemon
when this would have been just great:
photo credit: Mr. T in DC
It should be as quick and simple as possible for judges to get to the core of your app.
Stick to the Essentials
I’m continuing my [...]
I’m continuing the walk through Getting Real, the very unofficial guide to Rails Rumble development. The Rumble is a natural fit for the tenants of chapter 2, The Starting Line, and chapter 3, Stay Lean. I will Build Less, Fund Myself, Fix Time and Budget while Flexing Scope, and Embrace Constraints. The rules and structure of the Rumble [...]
For this year’s Rails Rumble I decided to give 37signals’ Getting Real approach a try. It’s a natural fit for the Rumble. After all, the first dozen essays include ‘Build Less’, ’Fix Time and Budget, Flex Scope’, and ‘Embrace Constraints’.
With Rails Rumble 2009 coming up this weekend, I’ve been thinking about why I like the competition and why it’s so rewarding and productive. In thinking through the attraction of the Rumble, I realized there is similarity to the recently wrapped Boulder TechStars session and other events in which smart developers participate (like Startup Weekend, [...]
