FOWA Miami 2009

Well, the pain and suffering I went through to get myself down to the FOWA show in Miami was definitely worth it. I drove down to Miami after dinner on Monday night and stayed at the AWESOME DoubleTree Grand hotel that evening. (Thanks for the carboliscious cookie that was so not on my diet!) More...

Microsoft and Bill Gates in the '80s

One of the benefits of being a minor mover and shaker in the early days of personal computers was that I got to personally meet a number of people now considered legends. My path crossed with Bill Gates of Microsoft fame a number of times. More...

CodePlex and the wandering API

I've started a new section called the CodePlex on the web site. Its up there on the menu at the top of the page, next to the Bazaar. One of the things I wanted to do here was start to share some useful software tidbits when I had them and when the situation under which they were developed allowed for it. So its starts today with the offering of wrapper classes for the FreshBooks.com api. FreshBooks is a great site for outsourcing your invoice preparation, delivery and followup. It is especially useful, I've found, if you have a lot of subscription billing or recurring invoices. More....