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Bear with me a minute

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I’ve been quite busy with work related items for the last couple of weeks. I realized this weekend that my hosting provider had upgraded some of the software that this site runs on, and in the process, they broke everything.  I logged in yesterday, and fixed the problem, but then also realized that I was sick of what the site looked like, and hadn’t updated it in forever.

I am starting fresh with a new theme that I should be able take to places the other one was equipped to go. For a bit, this is going to be a work in progress.

 

My Quick Take: Vesper, Adieu

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What went wrong was very simple. We never made enough money.

Source: Vesper, Adieu

 

I really like(d) Vesper, but it never stuck for me. I was a day one user, mainly because I am huge fan of all three of these guys, and also consider their QA lead an internet friend.

I don’t know what they could have done differently, especially with only three of them, I do think that, for their core audience, there are three platforms that matter:

  1. mobile/iOS
  2. Desktop Mac
  3. Web

I think to be successful in the market segment they were in, you need to have solutions for all three. Other solutions, like Apple’s Notes app and SimpleNote, while they might not be as elegant as Vesper, win based on the utility on multiple platforms. That’s why Vesper never stuck for me. Having said that, even Evernote, which appeared to be a juggernaut in this market, are having their own issues with a subscription business model.

Only Brent, Dave and John know for sure, but from my outsider’s view, this was a part time job for all three of them. I suspect that if even one of them had made this more of a full time job, it might have generated perspective and possibly drive to succeed. Just guessing on that bit, and I could be completely wrong.

I’m currently using Apple Notes as my primary phone/tablet/desktop text tool. iCloud sync has worked great for me.

ELEAGUE Season 1 in the Books

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ESPN: What ELeague got right, wrong in Season 1

I don’t often post about work related things to my site. I’m averse to getting in trouble for expressing work related opinions on my personal publishing, and I have a lot more to lose than gain in that department.

ELEAGUE has been a very interesting ride for me, particularly because I was literally the first person working full time on esports at Turner.  I may be able to write more about that ride at some point, but I have to say that I’m really proud of what we accomplished right out of the gate. We’re not perfect, but we’re constantly learning, and will be better each time we do this.

Here’s an infographic with some of the consumption numbers:

 

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TextExpander goes Subscription Model

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TextExpander from Smile Software is one of those indie apps that feels like it’s been around forever. TextExpander has saved customers countless hours of typing by letting them define short abbreviations that it expands into longer snippets of text. Today, Smile released TextExpander 6 for Mac, TextExpander 4 for iOS, and even an all-new Windows […]

Source: TextExpander Updates Focus on New Service – MacStories

 

Trying to not overreact to this. Not sure this is worth $60/year to me. Going to look into alternatives.