Management Induced Technology Constraints (6)

It’s been eleven years since I started developing professional software. My first experience with turning code into cash came in 1996 when I wrote and sold a shareware application named HotBar. HotBar was a time saving utility for Windows that allowed the user to launch their favorite applications from a bar that hid itself along the top or sides of the screen. The Mac OS X Dock and Window’s Quick Launch have long since replaced the need for HotBar, but back in the day strangers were very willing to mail me $15 to make the nag screen on my software go away.

I was fifteen years old and the Internet was my oyster. Continue Reading »