Posts Tagged ‘Basecamp’

How did I ever live before Software as a Service?

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Now that I’m working on freelance projects again, the first administrative tasks that came up were setting up new Basecamp and Freshbooks accounts. I guess that I always knew I relied on these two applications, but it’s funny how central they are to any project work I contemplate.  So how did I live before SaaS?  As I recall — and it’s been a few years — there used to be a lot of email attachments and reminding team members which version of which project plan / requirements / invoice was current.

Let customers plan your path

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

You know those dirt paths worn through public green spaces? The ones that mark the passage of countless people who were too lazy to stick to the sidewalk? I love those dirt paths. I can even mathematically prove they save lots of steps (thank-you Pythagoras).  To me, those saved steps and all that dead grass means somebody missed what people really want.

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