Find Motive

I’m going to the Mute Math concert tonight at Cains Ballroom in Tulsa, OK.

I doubt anyone who reads this blog is local and will be there, but if you are hit me up! 918-639-6326.

I’d also like to throw in a shameless plug for Indiefy.

For all you emerging (and established) artists out there, check it out and sign up for a beta invite! It will be launching very shortly to artists only and soon after to the public. I wish time would speed up.

I've been using my Lightbox using iFrames hack with some of my current projects, but I was having an issue with flash randomly not rendering with Lightbox in Firefox. So when I searched for an alternative I came across the Prototype Window Class.

The Prototype Window Class works on Safari, Camino, Firefox and IE6. It also features skinnable windows and integration with the script.aculo.us library for effects.

Example

Screenshot

So far I've had no problems with this class and I have found it easier to work with than Lightbox.

Check it out here

Everyone and their dog has a MySpace profile. Even I had one, but that only lasted for a few weeks then I deleted it and never looked back.

MySpace is a cesspool of everything that social interaction brings. Its UGLY and user-friendly is obviously not in the dictionary's over at MySpace, but yet its huge and used by millions. Since everyone and their dog uses it, that means everyone else and their dog will use it.

The same thing goes with popular music these days. Most of the time the music is pure crap, but because its "popular" people listen to it and of course they download the ring tone because they feel they must share their unique choice of music every time someone calls.

Oh...yeah...I use Facebook. Booyah.

"If you ain't got the Bling Bling there aint no Cha-Ching Cha-Ching"

When being a One Man Show you have to wear many hats, infact all of them. This can be a disadvantage if you let your focus slip. The issue I have been encountering lately is getting caught up in the business aspect of my startup and forgetting about my actual product.

The business side of it is a necessary evil, but its only evil if you let it take over. The process includes things such as: Setting up your business entity, getting legal, and etc., this list will grow bigger than you expected if its your first time in a startup. Doing these things right in the first place will save you ALOT of trouble and headaches down the road so don't skimp out, but don't forget about your product. Your product is the whole reason why you are going into business, without the product there would be no need to go through the hassle of setting it all up.

So in my case where I am the developer and the owner(and everything in between), I have to make sure I don't get caught up and forget about my product or even worse, lose focus on what my product actually is. Yes, devote certain days to your business chores, but when its time for development, worry about nothing else. Your product is the life of your company.

To sum it up: Set time apart to set up your business correctly, but when that is done don't forget about your product. Make sure your product has got the Bling Bling, fo sho.

UPDATE FOR: (http://www.findmotive.com/2006/09/27/flash-bug-in-firefox/)

Ok I have created a demo for the Firefox Flash bug Here (http://www.findmotive.com/flashbug).

The expected result is this:

But sometimes the flash will not show and it appears like this:

Usually the first visit to the page in the browser will work, but subsequent visits usually will not or opening the link in a new tab. I have seen this issue in Firefox and Flock.

I have not been able to figure out why this is happening. Anyone's help would be GREATLY appreciated.

Example
http://www.findmotive.com/flashbug