Blogstuff Category

Comments Change - Using Disqus!

In: Blogstuff, SEO, YCombinator

Just a short note to let folks know that I’ve switched my commenting system over to Disqus.
Disqus is a hosted commenting system (free) that offers a few clear benefits:

2 way communication with people who comment. This is the one I care about. Very often, someone leaves an interesting comment on my blog that […]

Widgets!

In: Blogstuff, Marketing, RescueTime, lifehacking

RescueTime will never be a purveyor of widgets (as a primary business), but there’s no denying that widgets are a damn good way to spread the word about your product, assuming that anyone actually wants to install them.
A widget that displays exactly how you spend your computer time may be creepy to some. As […]

I’ve been running WordPress for this blog since the beginning. It’s a great platform. I’ve officially been drinking the Kool-Aid. I tell my friends about it. I heard Matt Mullenweg speak (at SXSW last year) and I rave about that.
So when it made sense for us to spin up a little […]

RescueTime Blog

In: Blogstuff, My Life, RescueTime, Software Dev, Startups

Brief note to let my dear readers know that we’ve set up a blog for RescueTime. Right not it’s not that active, but will eventually contain lots of interesting things that we can learn from our anonymous users. By asking them a few questions, we’ll be able to look at how productivity differs […]

The Power of Thanks

In: Blogstuff, Startups

(Would it be cynical to have titled this post “Links are Currency… You should always say thanks when someone hands you a 5 dollar bill”?)
I’ve been struck by the power of saying “thank you” twice in the last 24 hours.
The first was when I was reading my fearless leader’s blog. He was writing about […]

Professional Stuff
  • Currently co-founder of RescueTime
  • Built and sold a web startup in 2006 in the recruiting space.
  • Built and sold a 15ish-person web development consultancy

Other Tony Trivia
  • Does not smoke a pipe.
  • Currently bouncing around between Silicon Valley and Seattle, WA.
  • Lived in Alaska for 8 years.
  • Can fly a plane.
  • Grew up racing sailboats.
  • Played pen and paper RPGs, but won't admit it in public.
  • Has killed and eaten a moose.
  • Has never voted for anyone named Bush.
  • Loves to cook and has made his own sausage

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