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I'm a Programmer and a Genealogist.

I am the developer of the Genealogy Software: Behold

I operate the GenSoftReviews site

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There's a new Genealogy and Family History Q&A site on Stack Exchange. It is currently in public beta. If you are interested in genealogy, you will be interested in this: http://genealogy.stackexchange.com/

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Nov
28
comment Giving away a free copy of software to entice people to leave their email
Thanks for the tip on the book "Start Small, Stay Small". Reviews of it are very good. I've now ordered it from Amazon.
Nov
28
answered Giving away a free copy of software to entice people to leave their email
Nov
25
answered How bad is it to have an unfortunate acronym?
Nov
14
awarded  Yearling
Nov
3
answered Are weak ideas worth executing?
Nov
2
awarded  Revival
Oct
28
comment In your opinion, what's the best, easiest, and cheapest blog platform for blogging?
See my comment to Justin's answer.
Oct
28
comment In your opinion, what's the best, easiest, and cheapest blog platform for blogging?
@Alex: Wordpress.com is where you can go to get a Wordpress blog that will be hosted for you and everything will be set up for you. Wordpress.org is where the wordpress program itself is, and where you go if you want to download it and host it on your own website.
Oct
21
comment Is there a service I can use for cheque mailing?
Would be a possibility. Unfortunately, its only US to US and I'm in Canada and have international customers.
Oct
19
comment Is there a service I can use for cheque mailing?
Moneybookers www.moneybookers.com is a British service that seems similar to HyperWallet. It still requires the recipient create an account. It seems worthwhile to compare the two and see if there are others.
Oct
19
comment Is there a service I can use for cheque mailing?
Also found this SO question: stackoverflow.com/questions/1559808/…
Oct
19
comment Is there a service I can use for cheque mailing?
The other problem with International cheques, is that there is often a large charge (several dollars) to the recipient to cash them.
Oct
19
comment Is there a service I can use for cheque mailing?
@Tauren: I voted to reopen your SO question. Add your vote and you'll need 3 more. Modify the question so that it emphasizes the API part more and it might get reopened and have some worthwhile solutions. That said, Hyperwallet does have an API as well. But I've taken off my accepted answer (due to your comment - thanks for it) and will research further.
Oct
19
comment Is there a service I can use for cheque mailing?
@Tauren. Yes, you are correct that the recipient has to create a wallet. I didn't realize it and that's not readily made clear by them. So I will research a little more. But, unlike PayPal, you do not need a credit card or bank account to sign up with, so at least its a little bit less abhorent that way. Although you'll probably have to specify the bank account you'll want to withdraw the funds to. I'll have to check further to see how easy or difficult this would be for international customers.
Oct
18
answered If you were knowingly buying a product or service from a start-up, what would convince you to buy it?
Oct
17
revised Reasonable growth rate for a Q&A startup
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17
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Oct
17
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Oct
17
answered Reasonable growth rate for a Q&A startup
Oct
17
awarded  Cleanup