Yodeling is "due"

Don't ask me where this thought came from, but in the car today, it occurred to me that yodeling is due to make a comeback.

Another Blogger Mobile Post: future now

It's happening already (see blockbuster online, The Long Tail...)

"Well Hey We're Moving on Up," part II

Who wants it? We're vacating our house in North East Pasadena (Valencia Avenue, New York, Craig Street- 91104 area). Pasadena, home of the Rose Bowl, is a pleasant, quiet area, just outside of the hustle and bustle of downtown Los Angeles, California.

My Architect sister says, "I really love the colors, especially upstairs with the violet in that dormer- it feels like a little hideaway in the sky."

Here is an OK view showing the balcony (great for candle-lit dinners with a view of the mountains) and swimming pool:




Speaking of the view, look what's just down the road, dog-walking distance from our front-door:


Yes, that is wide open, protected, national forest space, right outside of Los Angeles!


For those of you who share the Crock-Town values and priorities, the house has cables pulled from the under-stairs closet to the downstairs office/bedroom, other downstairs office/bedroom) upstairs office/bedroom, and TV area. The closet under the stairs makes a great, discreet server room.

Koreas to make historic train cross of Cold War line

Koreas to make historic train cross of Cold War line
from:
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSSEO21134820070517?feedType=RSS

Wed May 16, 2007 8:55PM EDT
By Jon Herskovitz
SEOUL (Reuters) -
Trains from North and South Korea will pierce their heavily armed border on
Thursday, restoring for the first time an artery severed in their 1950-1953 war
and rekindling dreams of unification.

Well hey we're moving on up! (House for sale in North East Pasadena)

Hey if you have been following my personal life as closely as I have, then you already know that Analisa and I will be moving up to northern California soon. In case you have not been stalking or otherwise studying me, here is what I wanted to share: We will be listing our lovely house (Valencia Avenue, Pasadena, CA) starting next week. It's walking distance from the Eaton Canyon hiking area.

Here is a bird's-eye view from on MSN maps.

The past few weeks have been a blur of spackling, sanding, taping, and painting.

I need a sandwich.

Important book

Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is literally the MOST IMPORTANT BOOK EVER!

And it's as relevant to the information revolution as it is to the industrial.

-Crockett

Leroy vs. Pillow

After a prolonged battle, Leroy wrestles the pillow into submission and sits upon the defeated...

Before moving on to subdue a pile of laundry.

Sometimes it's a little better to travel than to arrive

That's what my audio book said today.
-Crockett

A catastrophic, logical disproof of the general validity of all scientific method

Holy Cow. My ears just perked up as I "read" from my audio book, the following:

A catastrophic, logical disproof of the general validity of all scientific method.

To be cont'd when I get back to the office...

SaaS Journey Continued, or, "The Pretty Web 2.0 Marketing Strategy Really Works On Crockett"

This is a continuation of previous post, here.

OK, here is a quick status update. Software user paradigms changing at light speed around Gold Zeppelin. I tell ya it's been an emotional rollercoaster. The pretty, web 2.0 interfaces for BaseCampHQ and some products claiming to integrate with Basecamp's API are so attractive, but not all products are created equal.

The first thing which rose to the top of my wishlist was email-to-basecamp. I've wasted more than a little time this week cutting and pasting emails to & from clients into the basecamp "messages" area. I mean this gets really tedious and it's just silly. So I looked around and thought that maybe sproutitmail was the answer. Afterall, sproutitmail was featured on the Basecamp site as integrating with the API.

Sproutitmail just didn't do it for me. Gmail still wins.

Instead I discovered HighriseHQ from the same company as BasecampHQ, 37signals. This allows me to email to the system, and slice the data by Person, Task, or Case. And the cases appear to be the answer to my previous misuse of Basecamp Milestones.

I was using milestones for trouble tickets, because I needed a "master" item with which to associate all of the messages and tasks. But the milestones were a bit grandiose of a container for this purpose, especially since few of these trouble ticket items had real, hard deadlines.

Still using QuickBooks desktop edition, planning to evaluate QuickBooks Online Edition. Haven't used Cash Board so cannot yet comment. The long term goal is to have a seamless process for converting estimates to sales orders/purchase orders and project tasks, and then create invoices and bills+payments from completed project tasks.

More later.

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The All-Saas Enterprise, or, "Lookout SAP." Business has really picked up
in Crock-Town, so systems must be automated. Gold Zeppelin is currently
evaluating the following items for project management,
estimates/invoicing/collection, and emails, respectively:http://www.basecamphq.com/http://www.cashboardapp.com/ (I will
also try http://oe.quickbooks.com/)http://www.sproutit.com/The idea is to use
the API to have estimates from cashboard get approved and put into base camp,
with email correspondence from sproutit automatically becoming associated with
the correct project in basecamp.Man, we may be witnessing the beginning of the
end of the strangle-hold/pseudo-monopoly held by big players like SAP.Maybe I'm
old school, but it does seem a little strange to have these apps hosted
elsewhere. Scheduled nightly exports will put my mind at ease. Offline interface
better be coming soon, though.I will follow-up later in the month with my
thoughts on these apps.
Labels: connect, gadgetry

Existential Awesomeness

I don't have anything to post here yet, but the title, "Existential Awesomeness" needed to be written. Something about rich experience being the only measurable meaning and/or purpose in life. I'm heading to the dog park now. Maybe I'll take some pictures to share along with this post.

[3PM, post-dog park]

OK I'm back and we had a grand time, depicted below.

The All-Saas Enterprise, or, "Lookout SAP."

Business has really picked up in Crock-Town, so systems must be automated. Gold Zeppelin is currently evaluating the following items for project management, estimates/invoicing/collection, and emails, respectively:

http://www.basecamphq.com/
http://www.cashboardapp.com/ (I will also try http://oe.quickbooks.com/)
http://www.sproutit.com/

The idea is to use the API to have estimates from cashboard get approved and put into base camp, with email correspondence from sproutit automatically becoming associated with the correct project in basecamp.

Man, we may be witnessing the beginning of the end of the strangle-hold/pseudo-monopoly held by big players like SAP.

Maybe I'm old school, but it does seem a little strange to have these apps hosted elsewhere. Scheduled nightly exports will put my mind at ease. Offline interface better be coming soon, though.

I will follow-up later in the month with my thoughts on these apps.