Ian Landsman is founder, programmer, chief marketing officer, evangelist and bookkeeper for his 1-man software company, UserScape. (Actually, I’m not sure he does the bookkeeping anymore…) UserScape currently has one product — HelpSpot, which Ian describes as user centered help desk software.
I’ve admired Ian’s work for years – he’s active in the software development community and outspoken on how he believes software companies should be built to succeed.
I hope you’ll all find the interview interesting. We jump around quite a bit – from software development to marketing to entrepreneurship. For those of you developing software applications, this is going to …read more

Alex Kjerulf should be called Mr. Happy. In fact, I might refer to him as that from now on.
Mr. Happy is a happiness consultant. He’s also an author, Chief Happiness Officer, blogger and a host of other things. Mr. Happy is a busy man.
Please go read Alex’s blog – The Chief Happiness Officer. It’s fun, entertaining and inspirational. You’ll definitely learn something too.
Perhaps the best line in his brief profile on the blog is this, “He has been unemployable ever since he first tried being an entrepreneur.” Makes me laugh.
Alex’s mantra is simple — You can be happy at work. …read more