[TriEmbed] TriEmbed Digest, Vol 63, Issue 6

Thu Aug 23 16:23:32 CDT 2018

Pete,

Sorry to hear about your EAGLE frustrations.

As for your question on tools, I would like to suggest you take a look at AirTable (https://airtable.com).  It is a very powerful combination of a CRM tool, a spreadsheet and a database.  I am using it to track my deployed units and the maintenance renewal dates as well as key customer contacts.

Hope this helps,

Chip

Chip McClelland
chip at mcclellands.org
(919) 624-5562
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> 1. congratulations Autodesk (Not!) (Pete Soper)
> 2. biz tools for freelance developers (Pete Soper)
> 3. Re: biz tools for freelance developers (Carl Nobile)
> 4. Re: biz tools for freelance developers (Pete Soper)
> 5. Re: biz tools for freelance developers (Carl Nobile)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2018 12:39:59 -0400
> From: Pete Soper <pete at soper.us>
> To: Triangle Embedded Interest Group <triembed at triembed.org>
> Subject: [TriEmbed] congratulations Autodesk (Not!)
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> I want to the first on this list to congratulate Autodesk for following
> Best Practices of Skuzzy Corporations (tm) by forsaking backward
> compatibility in return for a brighter and better future of scrambling
> the icon positions, changing group operation semantics without proper
> documentation, and keeping secret any "legacy" mechanisms for those who
> want to schedule their UI transitions.
>
> FYI: The reference Eagle files for the Arduino Nano will not open with
> versions 8 or 9, but work OK with 7.7.
>
> -Pete
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 14:36:13 -0400
> From: Pete Soper <pete at soper.us>
> To: Triangle Embedded Computing Discussion <TriEmbed at triembed.org>
> Subject: [TriEmbed] biz tools for freelance developers
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> Guys and Gals,
> ??? I find myself realizing if I don't line up and start using some
> simple tools real soon my accountant is going to tell me to go jump in a
> lake this winter.
>
> ??? What do you use to track your time, generate and manage estimates,
> contracts, invoices, capture expense records, track work time attributed
> to specific projects, travel mileage, etc? Whatever you send me I'll
> compile into a page off the "RESOURCES" web site menu if the guru
> managing the TriEmbed site doesn't insist on doing it.
> ?? Notice "reply" will just to go me: this list doesn't follow the
> relatively recent "reply becomes replay-all" trend. If you do that I
> promise to feed back, while with "reply all" or "reply to list" I'll
> consider myself off the hook as far as specific attribution in a summary
> back to the list (which I'll do independent of the above resources thing).
>
> Best Regards,
> Pete ("back in the harness") Soper
>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 14:38:42 -0400
> From: Carl Nobile <carl.nobile at gmail.com>
> To: Pete Soper <pete at soper.us>
> Cc: TriEmbed <TriEmbed at triembed.org>
> Subject: Re: [TriEmbed] biz tools for freelance developers
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> Well, I guess it depends on how much business one has.
> When I was doing freelance work I just used a spreadsheet and made my own
> invoices.
>
> ~Carl
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 2:36 PM Pete Soper via TriEmbed <
> triembed at triembed.org> wrote:
>
> > Guys and Gals,
> > I find myself realizing if I don't line up and start using some
> > simple tools real soon my accountant is going to tell me to go jump in a
> > lake this winter.
> >
> > What do you use to track your time, generate and manage estimates,
> > contracts, invoices, capture expense records, track work time attributed
> > to specific projects, travel mileage, etc? Whatever you send me I'll
> > compile into a page off the "RESOURCES" web site menu if the guru
> > managing the TriEmbed site doesn't insist on doing it.
> > Notice "reply" will just to go me: this list doesn't follow the
> > relatively recent "reply becomes replay-all" trend. If you do that I
> > promise to feed back, while with "reply all" or "reply to list" I'll
> > consider myself off the hook as far as specific attribution in a summary
> > back to the list (which I'll do independent of the above resources thing).
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Pete ("back in the harness") Soper
> >
> >
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> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 14:41:19 -0400
> From: Pete Soper <pete at soper.us>
> To: Carl Nobile <carl.nobile at gmail.com>
> Cc: TriEmbed <TriEmbed at triembed.org>
> Subject: Re: [TriEmbed] biz tools for freelance developers
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> Which spreadsheet? Available on all your computers, your phone, your
> shaving mirror?
> -Pete
>
> On 08/23/2018 02:38 PM, Carl Nobile wrote:
> > Well, I guess it depends on how much business one has.
> > When I was doing freelance work I just used a spreadsheet and made my
> > own invoices.
> >
> > ~Carl
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 2:36 PM Pete Soper via TriEmbed
> > <triembed at triembed.org <mailto:triembed at triembed.org>> wrote:
> >
> > Guys and Gals,
> > ???? I find myself realizing if I don't line up and start using some
> > simple tools real soon my accountant is going to tell me to go
> > jump in a
> > lake this winter.
> >
> > ???? What do you use to track your time, generate and manage
> > estimates,
> > contracts, invoices, capture expense records, track work time
> > attributed
> > to specific projects, travel mileage, etc? Whatever you send me I'll
> > compile into a page off the "RESOURCES" web site menu if the guru
> > managing the TriEmbed site doesn't insist on doing it.
> > ??? Notice "reply" will just to go me: this list doesn't follow the
> > relatively recent "reply becomes replay-all" trend. If you do that I
> > promise to feed back, while with "reply all" or "reply to list" I'll
> > consider myself off the hook as far as specific attribution in a
> > summary
> > back to the list (which I'll do independent of the above resources
> > thing).
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Pete ("back in the harness") Soper
> >
> >
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> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2018 14:42:45 -0400
> From: Carl Nobile <carl.nobile at gmail.com>
> To: Pete Soper <pete at soper.us>
> Cc: TriEmbed <TriEmbed at triembed.org>
> Subject: Re: [TriEmbed] biz tools for freelance developers
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> I did it in google docs.
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> On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 2:41 PM Pete Soper <pete at soper.us> wrote:
>
> > Which spreadsheet? Available on all your computers, your phone, your
> > shaving mirror?
> > -Pete
> >
> > On 08/23/2018 02:38 PM, Carl Nobile wrote:
> >
> > Well, I guess it depends on how much business one has.
> > When I was doing freelance work I just used a spreadsheet and made my own
> > invoices.
> >
> > ~Carl
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 2:36 PM Pete Soper via TriEmbed <
> > triembed at triembed.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Guys and Gals,
> > > I find myself realizing if I don't line up and start using some
> > > simple tools real soon my accountant is going to tell me to go jump in a
> > > lake this winter.
> > >
> > > What do you use to track your time, generate and manage estimates,
> > > contracts, invoices, capture expense records, track work time attributed
> > > to specific projects, travel mileage, etc? Whatever you send me I'll
> > > compile into a page off the "RESOURCES" web site menu if the guru
> > > managing the TriEmbed site doesn't insist on doing it.
> > > Notice "reply" will just to go me: this list doesn't follow the
> > > relatively recent "reply becomes replay-all" trend. If you do that I
> > > promise to feed back, while with "reply all" or "reply to list" I'll
> > > consider myself off the hook as far as specific attribution in a summary
> > > back to the list (which I'll do independent of the above resources thing).
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > > Pete ("back in the harness") Soper
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
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