Solutions
Posted on November 16, 2007
Filed Under Business and Investing, Cool Technology, Programming |
Do you ever get too entrenched in sales and leads and prospects, and have to empty your brain and have fun with technology? Well I would love to tell you that I have been enjoying a new computer game, but computer games kept me entertained for all of 2 hours. Then the frustration set in; what were the designers thinking,why did the animator not think of "x" obvious fact about human anatomy. Yes, the hell of living in a critical, analytical, INTJ mind.
Clearly all of the above brought me to the point where I needed to implement some software solutions, start some new web sites, sell some newer, more exciting stuff to newer more exciting people, etc. So, first I started playing with Blender again. I am planning to see how far I can get testing the Blender Game Engine. But that would not be exciting enough by itself, would it? No a normal person would be happy with only one current obsession, but not I. So, among my Blender projects is the charter logo designed for www.oeram.org. Oeram is a realm for games of many types that will be licensed under GPL. I will market it a little, and if it takes root I'll let it live. Otherwise I will donate it to cyberspace.
But that's not all! There are 8 or more hours of each day that I spend at the office(s), which means my work ethic will not allow me to play with things non-office-related; so what do I do? First I added WebCalendar to the office web site. From now on I am banning paper calendars. We will be using WebCalendar to manage appointments (and it has built-in email reminders… why was I carrying around a paper calendar), and Sunbird or iCal or palm computers (NO MORE PAPER!) to subscribe to the calendar server. With the next release I will probably start using Sunbird to edit calendar entries. Or maybe, I will just use the calendar in another application that I am about to mention in the paragraph below.
You thought that was enough for one weekend didn't you? But you were wrong; I am evaluating vtiger, and open source, free, customer relations manager (CRM) for use at the insurance agency… and perhaps elsewhere. Take a look at the links, and if you're familiar with the softwares or know of a better (easy to customize and use) solution, post a comment or email it to me.
Have a lovely freezing weekend.
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By the way, I did finish the article for the real estate firm, and will post a copy for my loyal readers after the real estate firm has had a chance to publish the book for their clients. I have it on good authority that it is a most excellent article, both from and insurance point of view and a real estate investment point of view. Total length is around 11 pages, 12pt 8.5×11 single spaced. Look forward to it!