Noise from the Basement

Let’s be honest.  Sales of Mini-Compressor have been steady, but what we really want is 4 bazillion people to buy a copy and tell 2 friends.  Then we can have bags with dollar signs on them!  And build our dream garage_*_.

We’ve been working our little brains to think of ways to market our flagship product, on a basement level budget, and this is what we’ve come up_**_

SaturdayMP has been around for a long time.  The concept of a weekend software company is how our friends and acquaintances know us (dreamers).  Sure, we incorporated just over 2 years ago, but the name has been around for longer in our circles.  This past winter, Chris had a few opportunities to see some familiar faces and catch them up on our ‘latest venture’.  Imagine our embarrassment when he had to 1) borrow a pen to 2) write down his contact info on the back of a gas receipt.  Seriously!  Doesn’t this dude have a business card?  That was my next project.

Once upon a time I received an e-mail with some questions about Mini-Compressor.  I answered the fellow’s questions and he seemed happy with my answers.  Unfortunately he didn’t buy a copy of Mini-Compressor and after a bit he faded from memory.

Fast forward several weeks to my phone ringing.  I answer it and it’s the same fellow that e-mailed me - he has a very distinct and easy to remember name.  He asks me if he can buy a copy of Mini-Compressor to which I answer yes, a bit confused.  He then asks how he should pay for it.  Would I prefer a cheque or credit card?

A while ago I got an e-mail from a customer that had just bought Mini-Compressor (which I think is the best image compression software in the world but I’m a bit biased) but was getting warning from Norton when he tried to install it.  The warning he was getting was Suspicious.Cloud.5.D.  This is a low level warning from Norton that a file is suspicious but could also be a false positive.  I quickly double checked that the website had not been compromised.  To be on the safe side I downloaded and scanned Mini-Compressor with both Windows Defender and Malwarebytes.  Neither reported any errors.

I was just talked into and/or talked my friends into purchasing Magicka.  That reminded me I had posted Part 1 of “How the Gold Master was Delayed” and I should look for Part 2. It’s nice to see a humorous look at a very stressful time for both the developer and the client.