Free Children’s eBooks – How we accidentally created a literacy resource for teachers, school librarians, and parents.
Building our children’s ebook service, A Story Before Bed, has been an educational process to say the least. One of the coolest things about it is the role that accidents play in our modest leaps forward. One of my favorite is the creation of our library of free children’s ebooks read by authors and illustrators. […]
Should you care if our small business succeeds? (or Ten things you can do to help if you love A Story Before Bed.)
Jenny, Walter, and I founded our little company back in late 2006. After some time trying other possibilities, we finally found our first major product when we decided to build A Story Before Bed in late 2008. In November of 2009 we were the first and only service on the internet that let you record […]
A one year wedding anniversary gift, looking back on our unique wedding video guestbook
Exactly one year ago, Adrian and I were married here in Seattle :) There were a lot of different things that made that day so special: the setting (we were tucked away in the beautiful Dunn Gardens), the surprise Lion Dance that kicked off our reception, the unique cake centerpieces at each table… I even […]
How I almost ignored our single best source for customer feedback.
Back in mid-2009 when we were building A Story Before Bed a children’s books online service for its eventual launch in the fall of 2009 we had a talk about how to support our eventual customers. I remember reading a blog post (which I can’t find now – please post in the comments if you […]
What I think it means to be a “true software designer”.
I’ve had this blog post kicking around for awhile. And now, since I’ve been recklessly pontificating about the definition of the term “software designer” I might as well give some background on what I think in detail. If you’ve spent any time following Jackson Fish Market, you may have noticed that we’re somewhat unconventional as […]