A Precarious Balance

July 2005 - Posts

• Kept it simple

  Not only had my wife given me the encouragement necessary to start a new venture, she led me to my first doable product. Chronologically, this was in the 1995 to 1996 timeframe. We lived in St. Louis, in a small brick house that was built in the 1920s. Read More... Posted Sunday, July 31, 2005 3:43 PM by Sean Winstead | 0 Comments Filed under: ISV

• The power of another's belief

  In the previous post , I described how I wanted to work for myself instead of others. The idea of writing and distributing software using a marketing method named shareware , combined with a development tool named Borland Delphi, gave me the hope of doing Read More... Posted Sunday, July 24, 2005 10:00 PM by Sean Winstead | 3 Comments Filed under: Life, ISV

• The first spark

  It didn't take me long to realize that I wanted something more than a day job working for a big company. My first employer after college was McDonnell Douglas, an aerospace company based in St. Louis. I was a software engineer and, among other things, Read More... Posted Thursday, July 21, 2005 11:22 PM by Sean Winstead | 1 Comments Filed under: ISV

• Shifting the burden

  There's a lot to be said for using your mind. In the past, I prided myself in being able to remember everything that needed doing. Whether it was a meeting at work or a chore at home, I could keep it straight in my head. I wasn't a gadget guy. A Palm Read More... Posted Monday, July 18, 2005 6:00 AM by Sean Winstead | 0 Comments Filed under: Life

• An egg comes out of its shell

  Sometimes I imagine I'm like the mythical cowboy or a lone wolf. You know, able to take on the daily trials with inner strength and cunning. But when I look back, rare is the time I've stood alone. That is especially true when it comes to blogging. Over Read More... Posted Friday, July 15, 2005 8:26 AM by Sean Winstead | 0 Comments Filed under: Life