All Things (v8)

Back and Shipping In

Anthony — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:37:18 +0000

Return from the abyss. In today’s video blog I talk about where I’ve been and give you some thoughts about what I’ll be presenting in my next video blog entries. Oh, and I mention DNSimple of course.

Also available on YouTube.

Ship It! DNSimple.com Is Launched

Anthony — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 03:01:32 +0000

The last couple of weeks I’ve been working hard on putting the finishing touches on DNSimple, a new hosted domain name management service for small businesses and entrepreneurs. After working on domain services for more than 10 years, both as a domain registrar back in the late ’90s and through operating a domain registry and registrar for several years, it’s time for me to put together a DNS service that caters to the needs of other entrepreneurs like me.

What are the specifics? For $10/month you can to manage up to 50 domains using DNSimple. Each domain can have as many records as you need. Our DNS servers are updated almost instantly as you add records to your domain. We support TTL times as low as 1 minute. Repetitive changes can be set up as templates and we already include a default template for setting up Google MX records for domains that host their mail at Google.

I look forward to getting feedback on what you think of the service, what could be improved and what if anything would keep you from adopting it. You can either contact me via email or send me a message on Twitter. Thanks!

Company Organization

Anthony — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:26:46 +0000

Tonight I talk about defining a company organizational structure. Even if you’re going to do all the jobs at the beginning, you’ll be better off knowing what you’re getting into.

And on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51xTFOpQNcs

Motivation

Anthony — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:20:26 +0000

Today’s video blog entry is a quick one on motivation, presented to you as a means to get myself motivated.

And on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5JGEWjYycQ

Keep Costs Low

Anthony — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 06:39:22 +0000

In this video blog entry I talk about how to keep your costs down by using free software, low cost services and by learning instead of paying someone else to the job.

As always, find it on YouTube as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL0mUtVOqf0

Know Your Customer

Anthony — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:12:12 +0000

Today I talk about knowing your customer by writing down and answering two questions: what does my customer want? and how do I give them what they want?

You can also see the video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnlv5ii9ySY

Beliefs and Personal Goals – And Revenue

Anthony — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:16:19 +0000

Today’s video blog entry is all about beliefs and goals.

If you are on an iPad you can see the video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBjRyNdZH7w

First Video Blog Entry

Anthony — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:16:00 +0000

I’m trying a new experiment…well, actually several at the same time. First, I’m trying my hand at video blogging. The topic of the video blog is about my attempts to develop and operate a business. Let’s have some fun…

Posting to Wordpress from my iPad

Anthony — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:04:17 +0000

I don’t blog much, that’s no secret, however with the iPad and specifically the Wordpress app on the iPad I might change that. Time will tell how well this works out.

Stubbing Before Everything with RSpec

Anthony — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 09:13:15 +0000

Let’s say I want to always stub some external service client before every model and controller spec. For example, if I want to stub RSpreedly (a nice client interface to the Spreedly recurring payment processor), I put the following in spec/support/stubs.rb:

Now RSpreedly::Subscriber instances will always be stubbed. Simple and sweet.