October 2008

Developing for the iphone?

If only we had a few more hours in the day... We have been using an internal web application to track our studio's work for many years now. We call it the EZHitlist and it is a very simple job and time tracking application that can be used for any type of task or project. What began as a simple spread sheet and is currently a robust PHP application is now looking to become an iphone application. The only problem is that since this is an internal application, it always comes after our client work. Here is a little history:
2000 - Excel Spreadsheet 2002 - Single page web app that writes to a text file 2003 - added ability to track multiple clients 2004 - MySQL database and full php support. Created print versions and ticketing system. 2004 - Ability to add multiple clients and multiusers. 2005 - Added time tracking, invoicing & created client portal. Interface overhaul. 2006 - Added minor reporting features. 2008 - Moved to a live web server (outside of our network). Still in Beta. 2009 - Iphone Web Application Support???

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Blogging Tips from the top

Google's Matt Cutts provides advice for Company Blogs. Matt Cutts is a google software engineer who frequently blogs about many things effecting the many businesses influenced by Google (just about everyone online at this point). Recently he posted Three Tips for Company Blogging on his own blog. While these tips seem to be common sense to many, they are sometimes overlooked and its worth mentioning again. Also bear in mind that although he is speaking to a more corporate audience (as you will see from his first tip), the basic principles apply to small business as well.
  1. First he states not to make open (hard) promises about the future. You never know what will happen as a product or service you are intending to roll out comes near. Outside influences can easily delay or even cancel your plans. There is nothing wrong in using terms like "plan to" or "should".

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