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Last week the PhoneGap team released version 1.0.  I’m a big fan of the PhoneGap platform because it lets me build amazing apps for mobile devices and keep my client side web skills sharp.  No need to re-learn java or Objective-C.  I’m happy to say that the code that comes with the OneDayApp training series [...]

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Like a lot of entrepreneurs I have a love/hate relationship with google.  But I’m just going to come out and say they suck at UX.  I know that’s not a popular opinion. Everyone praises them for their fast and simple looking UI.  The latest example of this suckage can be seen if you happen to [...]

Today I wasn’t able to figure out exactly what to do for about 30 minutes.  It was the first time in a while I’d found myself at a complete loss.  I published the announcement blog post and should have walked away for the next half hour.  What is KickoffLabs? All new businesses are experiments that [...]

Most days I’m thrilled if GoodDay buys me coffee, but there are some days I get an even better feeling… the one you get from helping people achieve their goals.  Here are some recent reviews and customer quotes that people have left about GoodDay. Goodday is a great app. Has huge potential. Very useful for [...]

I agree with Amy Hoy – “Niches don’t work – But worldviews do”.  If someone that’s part of your “audience” likes one of your products they are likely to also like (or at least recommend) another.  I don’t just agree with her, I have proof: On the free version of GoodDay I run house ads [...]

I recently completed a cross country drive with a great friend that included a lot of culture/people watching that you don’t get to see if you live in Seattle, Silicon Valley, New York, etc. In no particular order here are some of my thoughts… In the great depression the government invested in serious forward looking [...]

If you need to create a menu with some dropdowns there are hundreds, if not thousands, of examples out there.  But I’ve bookmarked my favorite here: http://davidwalsh.name/twitter-dropdown-jquery One of those simple touches is the "Login" dropdown on their homepage. I’ve taken some time to duplicate that functionality with jQuery. It’s simple, lets you embed whatever [...]

A personal mission of mine has been to avoid the use of stock art or photography in my latest projects.  You’ll notice on the KickoffLabs blog that the photos are mostly pictures that I’ve taken or images I’ve drawn.  No one else may like or notice, but I get a personal sense of satisfaction knowing [...]