Buying SaaS is like buying toilet paper

You only charge $40/month for your app. But the public still complains. Why can’t it be a one time payment. Why must I pay for your app every month? Your response probably falls into one of these categories (ordered by effectiveness): Without us, your business earnings would be lower by $4000/month You don’t have to hire a full time staff member saving you $6000/month Payments match up with your monthly cashflow better than a large initial outlay We are continually improving the product so the payments support the development We have non-zero costs like hosting that must be paid for somehow You pay more for toilet paper in your office each month Comparing your business to the cost of toilet paper isn’t something you’d say directly to a customer.

Superannuation an excuse to rip us off, or so I thought

I opened a new superannuation account. And was ripped off. It made me angry and I opened up my editor to write this blog post as a warning for others. A government mandated scam I consider myself fairly computer savvy, and read most of the fine print - most of the time, yet here I was the victim of a scam.

Run Grooveshark webapp from the command line with Google Chrome

I use Firefox. My teammates all use Google Chrome, so I reluctantly switched so that our site would get some field testing under at least two browser types. Firefox uses a lot of memory. Even more so when firebug is active. There are times when my browser will lock up and I will have to close and open it again.

The Most Expensive Spreadsheet I’ve Seen

The age of excess. We were at the end of a decade long economic boom. The massive growth was underpinned by gigantic resource contracts. Mining start ups were floated making their owners overnight mining magnates, without having dug anything out of the ground.

Why Should I Pay for Your SaaS Every Month?

The presentation had just finished. I closed the laptop screen and looked over the table. Opposite me, the lead engineer looked puzzled. His manager was writing something down on paper with a frown on his face. Inside I was exstatic, potentially another interesting job to work on.