Blake Perdue - Website & app reviews, and technology & startup commentary

App Review: SQLEditor

November 16th, 2008 in Apps, Site Review, Web/Tech

An integral part of build any web app is database design. Creating the right tables, fields and relationships you need to store and control the app’s data can be a difficult task. Enter SQLEditor, a database design app for Mac OS. For PC users, I hear MySQL Workbench is quite good.

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Startup Weekend: Lessons Learned

November 10th, 2008 in Startups

Although I helped with logistics and setup, I was also involved in one of the two teams that imploded at Atlanta Startup Weekend 2: Seed Stage Records. We were all disappointed to see a Startup Weekend team fail, but there’s still value to be found in the rubble. As the Seed Stage Records team disbanded Sunday afternoon, each team member noted that the lessons they learned from this failure were well worth the price of admission and the time invested.

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Atlanta Startup Weekend 2

November 8th, 2008 in Startups

Saturday night is coming to a close and the groups are making great progress. Some are further ahead than others, but everyone seems to be having fun and hard at work trying to turn their ideas into products. Here are the ideas that currently have a website.

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App Review: Font Explorer X

November 2nd, 2008 in Design, Reviews

Over the years I’ve built up a large collection of fonts. Having alot of fonts installed at one time can be a serious pain. Apps take longer to load and it makes choosing a font a time-consuming process. In comes Linotype Font Explorer X, a font management, selection and discovery tool for both OS X and Windows.

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