When we started creating Appingo, we knew that a SaaS environment was the right thing.
We were right.
We picked open-source tools and found libraries that delivered functionality that would have taken a long time and a lot of effort to create.
Our system changed and grew. We added functionality as our users asked for it. We questioned [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Technologies/Tools’
September 22, 2009
Disk Space in the Cloud
August 19, 2009
Power Users — what should we call them?
Every system has “Power Users.” These are users that are more experienced and skilled at using the system than most others. These are people who wield the tool like a In most cases, they probably represent the top 2-3% of all users.
Most systems refer to them as Power Users.
We have an existing group of Appingo [...]
August 18, 2009
Jane Friedman: It takes too long to make a book…
Last week, we blogged about a great interview with Publishing titans Jane Friedman and Larry Kirshbaum. Click on the video to the right to watch it…
There were a lot of great comments and discussions about the publishing world in this interview, but we especially liked the discussion about how long it takes to make a [...]
August 5, 2009
Production Best Practice tip #8
Don’t forget propeller F.
There’s lots to be thankful for, but Wikipeda is definately high on the list. Here’s a little back story on the origin of the ‘Propeller Key‘. Mr. Jobs again leading the way.
The propeller key does so many things in the mac environment, but one of the most useful is ‘Propeller – F’ [...]
August 4, 2009
Is Appingo a Content Management System for publishing?
Content Management Systems. They’re all over this publishing world. 75% of the vendor booths at any publishing conference are occupied by CMS suppliers. It’s all the rage. In publishing, if you are a software provider, there is a very good chance you are a CMS vendor.
We face this all the time. When we talk to [...]
July 31, 2009
Google Juice
Google Juice is fickle stuff.
We’ve been working really hard to attract the ‘Juice’. It’s a little like standing on the golf course in a thunder storm waving a 7 iron, hoping for a strike. You just never know. Well, here’s the good news. Appingo is ranking on the first page of native Google searches in [...]
July 30, 2009
New Feature!
Does your schedule need more tasks? Thanks to the suggestion of a new customer, Appingo has added a new feature! “Add 5 More Tasks”!
When creating a new schedule you can now add an unlimited amount of tasks for your schedule. If you need to add more than the default of 35 tasks, simply click “Add [...]
July 29, 2009
Errors:
Errors, mistakes, bugs. They always happen at the worst possible time.
We were feeling pretty good about ourselves, we had just implemented a change based on a customer’s request. Cool. That’s the beauty of agile development, and web based SaaS delivered software.
But wait! That’s not all you get in this brave new world.
Along with all this [...]
July 13, 2009
Hey Publishers…the Internet can be a cool thing!
Last week, Really Strategies (provider of content management systems to publishers) bought DocZone, a provider of a nimble, light, SaaS-based content management system.
So now Really Strategies is going to be singing the same song that we at Appingo have been singing since launching our SaaS-based project management system for book publishers:
Publishers, meet SaaS. SaaS, meet [...]
July 6, 2009
Entreprenueral Thinking
A friend sent me an article about the way that entrepreneurs think. It sounds so much like me, I guess I’m an entrepreneur.
They believe in a yet-to-be-made future that can substantially be shaped by human action;
They don’t expend a lot of energy trying to predict it.
They focus on understanding and working with the people who [...]
