tzMartin - Design, Development and Entrepreneurship

It’s rare to get a glimpse at the financial numbers behind tech start-ups; especially, if they are VC-funded with a total $25m raised over the past few years.
Evernote’s CEO Phil Libin exchanged an email dialogue with Tod Sattersten, in a recent interview, which provides a peek at their math and subscriber base.

I know we occasionally get the question here, “I don’t have a mac, but want to build iPhone apps.” I was poking around the net and found these two solutions.  The first actually mentions that it works with PhoneGap.  I don’t think this will get you beyond the “You need a Mac to build/publish/test in [...]

In an exclusive relationship with SAC Inc., owner and operator of the Official NASCAR Members Club, BrandAdventure is helping automotive aftermarket companies market directly to a database of 3.8 million NASCAR fans, including 1.5 million with deliverable e-mail addresses.

LAVAL, Quebec — Canadian firm NetCom has launched a new electronic catalog system covering all of the major auto parts brands sold in North America.
NetCom Chronos is actually the third generation of an electronic catalog system exclusively dedicated to auto parts. New system upgrades are the result of recommendations submitted by users over the past [...]

Wordpress is a great product. I have been using WP for well over 5 years now since the 1+ days. As of today, the current release is 2.9.1 and I’m impressed with the growth of the community and the maturation of the product. Furthermore, I think Wordpress MU is an excellent framework [...]

I’m interested in CitySourced’s San Jose 311 mobile app as a good example of how to approach a vertical market with a subscription model / license fee per geographic area. The basic idea: build the centralized infrastructure that can facilitate geo-spatial services that help solve real problems.
From a tech standpoint, this can be developed to [...]

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Here’s a small video of my WP-CRM app.  I made this local search + CRM app in 2007 as a Wordpress plugin for small businesses.
Contact me if you’re interested in acquiring or developing this app.
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“Myebook, which helps users self-publish books online, is flexible with the definition of “book,” allowing text to be mashed up with video and applications. “
Hybrid eBooks will change storytelling via interactive media and “choose your own” adventure.
Comment posted on As books go beyond printed page to multisensory experience, what about reading? – washingtonpost.com at www.washingtonpost.com [...]

When it comes to sending / receiving faxes online, there’s a disconnect. As much as VOIP has exploded in the past few years, surprisingly fax capabilities haven’t achieved much innovation. I haven’t heard much talk around faxing in the cloud. So far this is what I use to accomplish this…