Chris J. Karr, March 27th, 2009

I wanted to post a quick blog entry about what’s going on with the company and its products. It’s been several weeks since my last update, so here goes:

1. General state of the company: Over the last month, the company received its first check from a client, which was a great morale booster. (Several more have come in since then.) I have a couple of clients for whom I’m doing a variety of work and their work is funding the operations at the moment with the occasional contribution from my own personal checking account.

With respect to the online presence, I’m working with a designer to make this page and the rest of the site look cleaner and more professional. I’m proud of what I accomplished several weeks ago, but my best graphical efforts don’t reflect how I want to present the company online.

2. Shion: I’m about a month and a half behind where I wanted to be with the Shion 2.0 release. I spent some time yesterday setting up the license verification code and getting everything properly connected with Kagi. I’m hoping to do some store test runs early next week, with the goal of getting the store up and running by next Friday. I’m not planning any PR pushes until the site is redesigned, but I’ll be happy to sell Shion to any interested early adopters.

3. Moving forward: I have on my plate much more work than I should, which is a good thing in this economic climate. I’ll still be splitting my time between company duties and graduate school until June. (If you’re interested in some of my recent research work, see this link.)

After June, the graduate school obligations will disappear, which will allow me to move forward more quickly with company and client work. I will be in the process of establishing a non-profit to continue my research and that may impact things slightly. However, like the season 1 & 2 Battlestar Galactica Cylons, I do have a plan and I’m looking forward to showing you what I have in mind when I combine the research and commercial aspects of my work.

Thank you for your continued readership and attention.

-Chris