Interview with Will Shipley!

There's an interview right here with Will Shipley, founder of Delicious Monster and OmniGroup. These are the two companies I immediately cite when someone tells me "I was not aware there was such a thing as a Mac-only software company" as an example of companies making totally kick-ass software. Highlights from the interview:

• Will Shipley was fired from OmniGroup!
• Regarding entrepreneurship, luck is most useful if you are prepared to take advantage of it.
• Q: Do you have any advice for aspiring developers like me? A: Yes: write code. Write lots of programs. All the time. Do anything, and give it away.

  You’ll be amazed how much excitement even the simplest of programs generates. I built my reputation by writing freeware apps, and I recommend that approach to everyone.

Hack a Mac for $10,000

The argument that Mac's don't have viruses because their market share is less than PCs does not hold water. First of all, the fact that there are zero viruses in the wild, that do not actually require your active, painstaking cooperation to install themselves, should motivate any hacker trying to make a name for himself. In addition to that, you could earn a living from winning prize money for hacking Mac's. Here's another contest for hacking an OS X machine.