Last Friday, Keith got to brush up on his juggling skills while volunteering at a Birmingham Barrons baseball game.  It was a hot one, and a storm was brewing, so the game was called on account of rain… but not before some money was raised for KidOne, an organization that provides transportation for expectant mothers and children to medical appointments.
Nice!
Keith: Representing Splasm Software at Pitch One for Kid One 6/18/10
I wonder how hot it is in that suit!
Things are buzzing over here…We’ve created a short screencast to show you the new features added in CheckBook 2.1 & CheckBook Pro 2.1 🙂
It’s great to see these smart, intuitive programs continue to get sharper and even easier to use. (I can say that about our products, without blushing, because I am neither the engineer nor the designer).
The majority of the features added were requested by users.
Thanks for the feedback! Enjoy!
“How do I delete entries from the To/From drop down list?”
“I recently switched from Microsoft Money to Quicken essentials. I am now looking for something else because QE does not allow me to know my true balance.Can I do this with CheckBook?”
“Hello, I am a new user with some basic questions.”
“I don’t know what to do with this folder. Am I on the right track?”
These are just a few (tiny fraction really) of the questions and comments posted on our forum.
If you’re not already using the forum, I highly recommend it 🙂
What shirt did you decide to wear today? Do you shower in the morning or at night? What radio station will you listen to in your car? Did you pack a lunch for work or will you go out and grab a bite?
Each day we are flooded with freedoms that seem insignificant.
Imagine how it would feel to have those choices taken away. Imagine you are almost ready to head out the door, wearing your favorite
t-shirt and you get stopped by a stranger, moving about your home…as if it were their own. The stranger tells you that you have to change, because your shirt doesn’t match. The stranger also tells you that you have to take a shower at night, even though you are always up early and would rather take one in the morning.
Sometimes there are two strangers, in your house, and they talk to each other (as though you weren’t even there). When your ride comes, to take you to work, the music seems to pulse inside your brain. Once you arrive, your supervisor tells you that there isn’t any work today. So, you put your head down and cry. Two of your other supervisors approach you, at the same time, and tell you to stop crying.
The meaning behind experiences sometimes gets clearer the farther away one gets. I find myself thinking, now, of the years I worked with adults with developmental disabilities. I am astounded by how kind the clients were to me despite the struggles they were facing (that I didn’t even know about or understand).
On a more work related note: Checkbook Pro was recently reviewed on Softpedia
Hope everyone is having a fantastic day! Terra
Watching, Sunday Morning, last week I found Ben Stein’s commentary amusing. Addressing high school seniors on the topic of college acceptance/rejection letters, he cited famous and influential people who didn’t graduate from ivy league schools. He made the case that getting into the “right” school wasn’t as big of a deal as it seemed.
Great advice. Not only for those just starting out in the world, but for all of us as we go through different stages of life.
Frequently, there are turning points when everything seems to hinge on this big decision or that great event. The job interview, the city to buy a house in, whether or not to have a family. Moments when we ponder, weigh the consequences, and obsess about the outcomes. Sometimes, even after a decision has long since come and gone, we continue to wonder “What if?”
In his commentary, Stein points out that although getting into a good college may help you get a leg up, “…it helps a lot more to have good work habits, make a minute-by-minute effort to get along with the people you work with, and (most of all) to harmonize your goals with your talents.”
Rather than worrying about long-term success, in your career or personal life, ask yourself what you did today, yesterday, this week that was in line with your values.
The truth is that the little things we do every day are what truly make us who we are.
According to The New York Times, Facebook’s privacy policy, now five times longer than its original 1,004 words, has surpassed the length of the U.S. Constitution. With more than 400 million users, who reportedly spend 500 billion minutes per month on Facebook, one has to wonder how many people are sharing more than they realize.
The social networking phenomenon has grown exponentially in the past five years. Some might want to keep in touch with family members that have moved across the country. Others may want to look at wedding pictures of high school acquaintances and see how their own lives compare. Perhaps people are trying to reconnect with a sense of belonging. Maybe, we all hunger for community. Being from a small town, I can say that there are pros and cons related to communities in general. Gossip is inevitable when everyone knows everyone. But those spreading rumors are the same people who mow their neighbor’s lawn while he is in the hospital or show up with a casserole (or if you’re from the midwest a “hotdish”) after a family member has been lost.
Privacy, as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is “the quailty or state of being apart from company or observation.” or “freedom from unauthorized intrusion.” Rather than trying to decide if Facebook is friend or foe, think about how you personally feel about privacy. We all need some connection to others, but how much is too much? Also, when is “intrusion unauthorized”? If all the information is included in the privacy policy, then do we enter personal information at our own risk? Or should the settings be made more simple and straight forward, so the user can decide, with more ease, the amount of personal information he or she chooses to share?
