I spoke to the user group in Sacramento last night (flight delays meant that I was cutting it close, but I did make it, and on time too). Another great presentation, and once again I did not get through all of my content because there were so many questions and comments. Some folks drove 200+ miles...
I should have been in Sacramento by now, but nope, I am in PDX (the airport in Portland). First a cancelled flight, then a mechanical delay, and now just waiting. Not very good data connections here, thankfully I have my GPRS card (although GSM/GPRS coverage here is rather weak). I have 4 1/2...
BMW and Apple have partnered so that you may "iPod Your BMW" (see http://www.ipodyourbmw.com/). Full pages ads in USA Today and elsewhere are heralding this marriage as "total driving control meets total tune control", and lots of folks are mega-excited over it. I may be missing something here, but...
I presented Blackstone to the user group in Portland, OR, this evening. It's been quite a while since I was last in Portland, I don't remember it being so hot here! I had to make lots of last minute demo changes because I installed a new product build and stuff changed (I like living dangerously)....
No tie for me. And no socks. And no tools, either. My kids have been well trained, they gave me Lego (3 planes, the Sopwith Camel, the Red Baron, and the Wright Flyer). Sweet! :-)
Last week I asked for feedback on the necessity for Blackstone reporting to support RTF (a file format primarily used with Microsoft Word). There were over 40 responses to that entry (and some even agreed with each other). To summarize the responses ... Those that want RTF support do so primarily...
Lots of you have been asking for a print output to Excel (this has come up in discussions at user groups, in e-mail threads, and in the comments to my blog entry regarding RTF files). I've been giving this one some thought, and honestly, I don't believe that Excel makes sense as a "print" format. I...
I am home, recuperating from week 3 of my Summer 2004 User Group Tour. My last stop this week was Denver, which has always boasted a strong and enthusiastic membership, and this event reflected that. Unfortunately, I once again forgot to take pictures, so if you have any to share please send them...
I just arrived in Denver, a pleasant 55 degrees, far more agreeable than 101 degrees in Phoenix! Last night's session (in Phoenix) was intense. About 50 attendees in a very nice room in a community college library. We got into a long discussion about RTF and XLS files, the formalization of...
I have now demonstrated Blackstone's ability to generate printable pages to 12 user groups, lots of corporate customers, and many hundreds of users. While we have publicly committed to Blackstone supporting the creation of printable documents, we have not publicly committed to any specific output...