The blog has recently started to look like it was written by programming robots. To show that we are actually real life people with feelings and emotions and organs I figured I would write a little about what we have been up to.
Wednesday was the Emerging Technologies Symposium hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. We all went and got to talk with some cool folks. I got us a booth right across from Microsoft thinking Kevin could wage an all-out war in order to release some of the pent up frustration he has had building since he started working with the Microsoft Sync framework. Unfortunately Microsoft sent a non-Microsoft lackey probably realizing full-well that we were planning on ambushing them. Next time Microsoft! Otherwise I thought it was an excellent way to advertise and spend the day. Especially considering the booth only cost $150 and we all got lunch+$25 gift card from HP.
What We Are Doing Right Now
Peter is finishing up work on the heat mapping software he has been working on for NWB Sensors. If you need the best heat camera+software solution that money can buy contact one of the guys at NWB! Kevin has been working hard on the big office management suite he is making for HCS as well as on a super secret project demo. As I mentioned above some of the office management suite functionality was being done using Microsoft Sync but I'm pretty sure Kevin gave up on that and moved back to Git which is great because we now have office t-shirts that say "Git Forked" and this is just one more reason to wear them. I have been working on a PHP script to download MLS files from a repository and add property listings to a Joomanager database as well as create search functionality for said database. Unfortunately because Joomanager is set up to allow you enter any number of fields you want dealing with the database is a gigantic pain. Fortunately it is a kind of fun challenge and I'm almost done!
What We Will Do In The Future (Probably)
This Friday the 6th is our second LAN party. We will be holding it at the Bozeman public library from 3:00 p.m.-Midnight'ish and the theme is StarCraft II but everyone and all games are welcome. Our official LAN website is: http://www.digitalenginesoftware.com/lan/ . Further out I will be helping to teach classes in rural Montana towns on how to setup and market your small business website. This program is being put on by the Tech Ranch and you can find out more at the Orbit Montana website. Peter will be working on our speculative project which is just getting to the exciting parts and Kevin will be planning his revenge. I'll update more next month!
