Category Archives: Business Side

Mini-Gifting (Tips)

Posted on December 2, 2013 by adacc

Today’s Mini-Compressor Monday has been replaced by tips coinciding with Cyber-Monday and the upcoming Holiday gift-giving season, known as December. Some customers have told us they will recommend Mini-Compressor to someone in the future, or better yet, already have made … Continue reading →

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Get’er Dun

Posted on April 6, 2013 by adacc

Every Tuesday night, my business partner and I have a date.  A working date.  It’s in our calendars for 9:00 to 10:30.  The place is always the same – the basement office – so no babysitter is required.  And there’s … Continue reading →

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Dealing with Microsoft’s SmartScreen Filter Part 2: Getting a Code Signing Certificate

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Chris C

This is part 2 of dealing with Microsoft’s SmartScreen Filter.  You can find the first part here. I figured the best way to deal with SmartScreen filter was to get Mini-Compressor Windows 7 certified.  Windows 8 had just been released … Continue reading →

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Working Together – Part 3

Posted on February 26, 2013 by adacc

Some of you have asked for a little more detail on our physical workspace, as an extension on our series – working with a spouse. This may be taken as a belated February Hallmark Holiday post. Our basement-based office is … Continue reading →

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Dealing with Microsoft’s SmartScreen Filter

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Chris C

If you don’t eat your meat, you can’t have any pudding!  How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat! – Pink Floyd, Another Brick in the Wall Microsoft’s SmartScreen Filter is the bane of small Independent … Continue reading →

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Working Together – Part 2

Posted on November 21, 2012 by adacc

To continue our series on working with a spouse, today we explore how we physically work together and physically live together. Disclaimer: this blog post is not meant to replace marriage counselling. Work space We share a work space, but … Continue reading →

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Working Together – Part 1

Posted on October 30, 2012 by adacc

Some people ask what’s it’s like to work with a spouse. Since we at Saturday Morning Productions are all about full disclosure and basement-basedness, I thought I’d take some time to shed light on the subject. First of all, Chris … Continue reading →

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World vs. Non-World

Posted on September 15, 2012 by adacc

Some of our followers have asked about World vs. Canada sales that our last news post was about. “Why do you track your sales in two ways?” they ask. Well, without revealing our sales figures, we can tell you this … Continue reading →

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What we did this summer (and two discoveries we made)

Posted on September 11, 2012 by adacc

We’re back in the basement and in full form after a relaxing break. (Well, Ada and DD had a nice break. Chris joined us when he could.) Thanks lovely customers for allowing us time away from our email and phones. … Continue reading →

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Holy! Noise from the Basement!

Posted on June 21, 2012 by adacc

Please excuse the hammering and cussing – we’ve been renovating. What do you think of the new blog? Look about the same? Well, we’re hosted by WP-Engine now. And I found a way to add a Saturday Morning Productions logo … Continue reading →

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