Commentary from web developer, entrepreneur-ling, and open source software evangelist Kevin Whinnery.Tumblr (3.0; @whinnery)http://kevinwhinnery.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3ghshNob91qzr1ayo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>An excellent piece of start-up wisdom, in graphical form - note that LTV on the right must exceed CAC on the left, or your business dies.</p> <p>I would maybe repurpose CAC to “cost to acquire and retain a customer” - ongoing support and relationship management likewise detract from the lifetime value of a customer.</p>http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/660956308http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/660956308Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:48:00 -0500Here’s my presentation from this weekend’s MinneBar conference: Titanium @...http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/628368542http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/628368542Mon, 24 May 2010 10:01:11 -0500One of the last lingering things I thought Flex had on HTML/CSS was a proper horizontal and vertical...http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/617278154http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/617278154Thu, 20 May 2010 17:21:00 -0500“No company — no matter how big or how creative — should dictate what you can create, how you...http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/595523503http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/595523503Thu, 13 May 2010 11:03:00 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1i4o6maUM1qz4u07o1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://topherchris.com/post/551530253" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">topherchris</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>(Re: <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5524843/police-seize-jason-chens-computers" target="_blank">Police Seize Jason Chen’s Computers</a>)</p></blockquote>http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/551592565http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/551592565Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:23:27 -0500On the heels of the Titanium 1.x release, I’ll be on the road at two training events in April....http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/484331583http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/484331583Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:06:00 -0500“I’ve always found that courage comes from remembering that we fight for something and...http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/454751491http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/454751491Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:28:10 -0500<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10050056&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10050056&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10050056&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Titanium 1.0 just dropped - here’s the getting started video I released alongside it (the preceding two lessons are available now as well).</p>http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/441313613http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/441313613Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:19:52 -0600Save images to the local filesystem in Titanium Mobile: Quick example I whipped up to show how this...http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/346248492http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/346248492Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:21:21 -0600“Maven builds are an infinite cycle of despair that will slowly drag you into the deepest,...http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/318205273http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/318205273Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:20:53 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktfln0o3yk1qzr1ayo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Need to learn this song on the piano. Kendra’s folks had this sheet music in a pile of antiques and I thought it too classic to pass up.</p>http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/251248955http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/251248955Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:37:48 -0600Here’s an answer to question I get a lot, which is how to post a tweet using Titanium. ...http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/241708342http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/241708342Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:11:00 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt0cukMONg1qzr1ayo1_250.png"/><br/><br/>http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/241660800http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/241660800Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:03:56 -0600“Treat the JavaScript global window scope like a public toilet. You can’t avoid going...http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/241525983http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/241525983Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:59:36 -0600Great article on how JBoss built their sales organization: Full Article » Excerpt ...http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/239224616http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/239224616Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:50:02 -0600<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksnqudCRMO1qzr1ayo1_250.png"/><br/><br/>http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/234294958http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/234294958Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:37:25 -0600“If you ask me, it’s best to steer away from naming anything ever. I never had these...http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/227089026http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/227089026Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:30:42 -0500Distributing Titanium iPhone apps for test: A very quick and dirty guide to distributing iPhone apps...http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/223931763http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/223931763Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:21:00 -0500“The dumber the customers, the more effort you expend on the process of selling things to them...http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/223889833http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/223889833Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:22:07 -0500“On Wave, every misspelling, half-formed sentence, and ill-advised stab at sarcasm is...http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/220051632http://kevinwhinnery.com/post/220051632Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:26:55 -0500