Solo Developer Success

For years I have hosted my own email in one way or another, sometimes in my own office, on a shared hosting server, or on a dedicated hosted server.  My main requirements were to have IMAP and web access so I could easily keep all email in one place and access it from anywhere.  After trying Lotus Notes, Scalix, hMailServer, and a number of other open source options for Windows and Linux, I finally gave up after discovering Google Apps.

With Google Apps, I get all the power of Gmail as if it is my my own domain email server.  Even though it’s Gmail, everything I send is from solodevelopersuccess.com.  The free standard version includes 25 accounts with 8gb of storage each as well as Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Chat and Google Sites.  I can even set Google Sites to be my primary web site, however it’s quite limited so I’m sticking with using a shared server account from A2 Hosting.

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Solo Developer Success is a blog of my personal journey as an employee and application developer who works in a solitary environment.  My goal is to share my experiences in hopes that they may be helpful to others working in the same situation. I also want to encourage contributions either through comments or guest posts describing your experiences, lessons learned, and successes as a solo developer.

Since I am new to blogging and WordPress please bear with me as this site takes shape.