A solo entrepreneur's 1st startup
I'm super stoked to announce that our new website is up!
We've changed Refynr to focus on providing custom filtered Twitter feeds for conferences and events. We already have 2 conferences that have signed up, and more on the way. This type of branded dashboard is a big need, and so we hope to become a go-to source for such services. Here's our first custom dashboard - what do you think?
OpenCF Summit is so inexpensive, it doesn't seem fair. Here's the pricing, hotel and transportation details.
The list of CFML speakers includes Gert Franz (Railo), Peter J. Farrel (Mach-II), Alan Williamson (OpenBD), Matt Woodward, and many more...
It's not too big, so you won't miss one session because you chose a different one. Here's the 3-day schedule. I'm especially looking forward to the Railo training, Unconference, hanging with all the cool kidz, and learning what it means exactly to partake in cf_merriment.
I went last year, and had a blast! See you there...?
Hey ColdFusion friends,
Please help me out and vote for me to meet Kevin Rose (Digg, Milk, Oink, etc.), who can help tremendously in my quest to build a successful ColdFusion-powered startup - Refynr.[UPDATE]
Note that the top 5 vote-getters win the meeting with Kevin, so I don't have to be #1 to win this amazing chance of a lifetime.
It's on Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/102177534078850027729/posts/JxuP7PVYSyi
What do you think about this serialized book being written on Google+?
I'm pumped up!
Adobe offered me a 6-month contract (with possible hire or extension), and it was too good to refuse. I will be joining a team of veteran Adobe ColdFusion developers, and will get to work on the high-traffic downloads area of the site: get.adobe.com. I haven't worked on systems with so many millions of visitors per month before, so it will be a new challenge for me.
We may also work on some AIR-based apps and advanced javascript / jQuery stuff, so that should be fun, too!
I will move to San Jose in about a week, my family will stay in Austin for a while, and we'll decide later if they should move with me or not...
What does this mean for Refynr.com, my startup that _seems_ to be doing well, but isn't actually making money?
It runs pretty well as-is, but with some minor updates it should run better, even with only minimal time from me. I can't spend much time on it for a while, but may be able to spend more money on it. I don't know the future of Refynr yet; only time will tell... ;-)
What do you think of my latest move?
After a few days of creating Circles, I realized that while Google+ was doing a good job of finding people from my GMail contacts that I'd want to connect with, G+ had no idea who my Twitter Followers and Friends were; I searched high and low and couldn't find a tool to find Google+ contacts from my Twitter contacts. Yesterday, I gave up searching and wrote my own tool to do it for you.
You can use Export.ly for free to get a CSV file of your Twitter Friends or Followers, then simply upload them to this tool and you'll get a list of links to peoples' Google Profiles, which very often go to their G+ Profile pages. Follow the instructions carefully.
http://refynr.com/Find_Google_Plus_Accounts_via_Twitter_Contacts.cfm
Keep in mind it's an Alpha product, so there may be bugs, it's a bit slow, and errors are possible. Let me know what you think and how it works for you.
