Saturday, June 09, 2007

Pudding Launched, Thank You

I first announced the idea for what has become Pudding on October 19, 2005. Yes, I said 2005. :)

It was a long journey to launch, and there are several people I'd like to thank for helping in some capacity.
  • Ian Landsman, for inspiring me to start blogging and being a continual microISV inspiration.
  • David Heinemeier Hansson, for creating the super-productive Ruby on Rails framework.
  • Steve McConnell, for writing Code Complete - a book that helped me move from programmer to programmer-who-now-knows-how-bad-the-code-he's-writing-is. ;)
  • Maxim Porges and Brian LeGros, for teaching me a ton about writing software and their feedback during the Pudding beta.
  • Joel Spolsky and Eric Sink, for writing countless articles on how to run a software company.
  • Jason Muscarella, for helping me with the graphics on ProjectPudding.com.
  • Christopher Scalici for creating some graphical elements in Pudding.
Last but not least, my wife, Amy Sica. We've sacrificed a lot of time together so I can pursue the dream of creating my own software company and launching my first product. Amy, I love you and thank you!

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Blogger Maxim Porges said...

Congratulations! I hope none of the mindless drivel I've been spouting all these years made its way into your software.

Now all you need is Bill Cosby as a sponsor, and you'll be driving a Bentley in no time. I still want my damn Ferrari, though. :)

- max

Saturday, June 09, 2007 8:42:00 PM  
Anonymous Ian said...

Congrats man! Good luck with it. You're already 75% of the way there.

Saturday, June 09, 2007 9:43:00 PM  
Blogger Michael Sica said...

Thanks guys!

Saturday, June 09, 2007 10:52:00 PM  
Anonymous kris said...

Congrats and good luck! Just launching has to be a great feeling after all the hard work. I wish you success!

Sunday, June 10, 2007 11:42:00 AM  
Blogger Michael Sica said...

Thanks Kris!

Sunday, June 10, 2007 8:08:00 PM  
Blogger ryanprice said...

Are you really from Florida? Your blog and your website don't seem to mention that - I think you should be proud that you've got such a great tech startup in a part of the country only associated with theme parks and military engineering.

I say so because I organize the Florida Creatives Happy Hour. You should come on July 16th!

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 4:49:00 PM  
Blogger Michael Sica said...

Hi Ryan,

Thanks for stopping by. Yep! I'm located in Orlando, Florida. I just came across the Florida Creatives Happy Hour site today. It looks interesting. I'll try to make it out to the next get-together. I'll see if I can drag along one of my designer friends so I can bring some talent to the room. :)

-michael.

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 8:10:00 PM  

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