A lot happened this past weekend with the startup! The transformation from the beginning of concept development to now is exactly as the cliche goes - like night and day. We were looking at some old screen shots from the original home page with the dialer, and if the name was not at the top, you would have no idea it was even the same product. In addition to completely re-vamping the site layout and graphics, Butterfinger has been working to implement new features, putting advertisements on the site, and a better FAQ’s section. He has made more positive progress in the past 3 days than the past 3 weeks combined; just goes to show, when you are on a roll you really just need to ride it out and see where it take you.

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August 28th, 2007 | Startup Relationships, The Startup | 2 comments

I was pretty excited yesterday morning. It was a Sunday, I slept in until about 8:30 am or so, and the sky was overcast - they had actually been calling for rain, and maybe even some thunderstorms! I quickly rushed through my shower and subsequent morning ritual because I did not want to miss a minute of the impending precipitation and light show. I checked the radar and forecasts once more, yes, we are going to definitely see some action this morning, maybe the cloud cover will even last all day?! I began working on making sure all of my files were saved and even contemplated shutting down my computer all together; did not want to risk a power surge destroying my new supercomputer setup. Then I heard it, a soft rumbling working in the distance…

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August 27th, 2007 | Natural Disasters | 3 comments