| February 29th, 2008
One of the most memorable cinematic moments of my childhood was the planet Hoth battle scene in The Empire Strikes Back. The Empire has finally found the hidden Rebel base and has launched an offensive with their mighty AT-ATs. The Rebels launch their small fleet of snow speeders in response. Watching the movie in that […]
| February 28th, 2008
Check out our entry, as well as other entries, for The Bellwether Effect, a local upcoming exhibition at our Contemporary Arts Forum. An exhibition open to all types of designers living or working within Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo counties and is intended to illuminate the diverse array of innovative, imaginative designs created […]
| February 28th, 2008
Today we launched a series of minor improvements to Intervals. Two worth mentioning are: Executive Email Notifications on Task Comments The executive user in Intervals has evolved over time. Initially this user level was meant to view reports and the budgetary status of projects and submit work requests. We have received requests to make this […]
| February 27th, 2008
We all know that we need to track our time more efficiently at work. Doing so will increase revenues and help us focus more on the important tasks. Tracking our time and tasks in the workplace makes us a better worker. However, there are plenty of other reasons, having nothing to do with your job, […]
| February 26th, 2008
The Internet is a great boon to small business productivity efforts, but it is also a distraction. The Internet leaks as much of our time, if not more, than television. This distraction negatively affects small businesses who track their time and charge by the hour, meaning they lose money to procrastination and decrease their free […]
| February 25th, 2008
Wednesday, March 5, Brooklyn-based “punk-rock orchestra” The World/Inferno Friendship Society will be playing at La Casa de la Raza (corner of Calle Cesar Chavez and Montecito St.) with a couple local bands. KCSB 91.9 FM and Telegraph Brewing are sponsoring the event, which will feature a beer garden, performance art, and a riding demonstration by […]
| February 25th, 2008
Estimating and tracking time is a learned discipline that does not come easy to most, including ourselves. One practice we found useful was to implement a ’round up’ feature in Intervals, to round up our timers to the nearest one-eighth (.125) of an hour. Why one-eighth? Because it’s a nice, neat number and is usually […]
| February 22nd, 2008
Here are a few links of interest that have recently registered on the Pelago radar. Tour of California Stage 6: Santa Barbara to Santa Clarita Head down to east beach Saturday, February 23rd, for the start of stage 6, a 105 mile ride to Santa Clarita. If you can, ride your bike or walk down, […]
