Daniel Watrous

One of the books I’m currently reading is a biography on George Washington (His Excellency). In it, the author points out something that I think captured a pure, unfiltered glimpse into humanity. I always pause when I see that glimmer of raw humanity because it almost always applies to more of life than the small [...]

Cool looking actor #1: “It’s the pentagon. Do you think we can just walk right in and take whatever documents we want?” Geeky looking actor #2: “Watch me turn this wrigley’s gum wrapper, a AAA battery and some titanium shavings from my laptop case into an instant bypass of this multi-million dollar security system”. Don’t [...]

Last year I attended a two day event in Salt Lake City with Joshua Boswell presenting as part of a Perry Marshall sponsored event.  The first day we covered a lot of general material, but one of the most interesting to me at the time was the method both Joshua and Perry used to survey [...]

I did several live internet broadcasts at the beginning of the year for one of my membership sites. It’s been about two years since I did my first broadcast and these went off a lot better than my original broadcast. Since I have the technology stack worked out fairly well at this point I wanted [...]

Comments are a really great way to facilitate conversation on a blog. I actually love the comments I get on my sites, when they’re real. The problem is that sometimes it can be difficult to tell when something is worthwhile and when it’s not. The spammers are getting better at making you wonder whether or [...]

In the spring of 2000 I cut my teeth in web “programming” when I built intel.com. At the time I was working for a prestigious ad agency in Salt Lake City (DSW or EURO RSCG DSW Partners). I began working under another developer since it was the first time I had ever written any software [...]

I occasionally take on new clients that want membership websites setup. Many people want a membership website because of the appeal of continuity income or just as a mechanism to deliver all of their digital content securely. The problem is that few people have a firm grasp on how membership websites work or how they [...]

Hello Ed Dale, Since you are so into the good old USA, I wanted to sing you the National Anthem. I really hope you like it. I’m looking forward to talking with you on the phone soon. Daniel

Some tools fall under the category of utility for me. By that I mean that they aren’t cool, they don’t provide anything novel and so long as they work reliably then I never really notice that they’re there or not. It’s sort of like electricity and natural gas. You don’t really think of them as [...]

I’ve found myself growing weary of our benevolent big brother Google recently. Certainly one of the most compelling warnings that I remember recently came from Paul Meyers of TalkBiz fame. He effectively pointed out that Google’s mantra “do no evil” was wearing a bit thin when they decided to setup camp right on my Internet [...]