"Beast" not corporate enough?

March 12, 2008

A few months ago I was asked to provide a bid to redo the “forum” area of a software company’s website (an old client of mine). The current forum system is 5-year-old custom ASP, rigid, and feature poor.

I put together a barebones quote to redo the forum using Beast as the foundation. I followed up a few times, no news, no big deal, I moved on.

Found out today that when they were discussing the proposal, the CEO found out that the forum software was “Beast” and he “couldn’t possibly” have it be known that they were using software with such a name. Needless to say, the company isn’t the most progressive out there :)

And that’s how I lost that bid. Beast is brave and I’m sure that more people choose Beast for it’s name than reject it. I wouldn’t have the product named anything else; Beast is a great name.

SWSWSWN (Some will, some won’t, so what, next!)

iPhone rocks

March 12, 2008

I bought one last night, dumping my “ancient” Treo 650. The big criticism I’ve heard, and one of the reasons I’ve held back, is that it’s hard to type on due to a lack of tactile feedback.

There is some truth to that, but there are so many positives about it that dwarf that issue. I truly feel, for the first time, that “the Internet is in my pocket” as Steve Jobs professes.

Sandy - my free personal assistant

March 05, 2008

A few nights ago, I was typing an email, addressing it to “Sandy” and my wife looked over to my computer… “Who’s Sandy?”

I replied, “Just a cool little todo list & reminder thing I’m trying out.”

The trial is a success. I’m no power user yet, but I am now using Sandy to manage my todo list and it can be used to send yourself reminders via email and sms. Highly recommended, lots of cool features inside.