March 2012 Blog Posts

Lessons from the Task Zebra Beta

There’s nothing like getting real people to use your product for the first time. What didn’t work Task Zebra was supposed to be a to-do list/invoice tracker hybrid – a single place you go to and get a list of the task you should do today + a list of invoices you should do something about (send friendly reminders, collect payments, etc.). After looking at feedback and usage patterns from the beta I see this was a stupid idea – this makes the product lack focus and makes explaining what it is (and so all the marketing...

Convert SVG to XAML

I have an SVG to XAML convertor I wrote for an old project that was canceled and I was wondering if anyone needs to convert SVG graphics to WPF XAML. If you need something like that leave a comment on this post (or, if you don’t want to comment in public use the contact form), if I see activity here I’ll polish the converter a bit and release it as a product. If no one cares the convertor will remain forgotten on my hard disk until at some point in the future it will be accidently deleted (probably...

Task Zebra now open to everyone

The private beta phase of Task Zebra is now officially over and anyone who wants to try it can just start a free trial on the Task Zebra web site.

mystery time management product (for FREE)

I’m preparing for a new time management related product and I’m going to give it away for FREE (yes, that’s right, for nothing) in exchange for your feedback, if you’re interested go to http://eepurl.com/jPVwP and enter your e-mail address. I will only make this product if enough people show interest, so register now or the new product will never be made. Also, this offer is open to everyone so by getting friends that need time management help to register you can increase the chance that the product will be made. Here’s the link again: http://eepurl.com/jPVwP The...