http://misvcrm.pcfworks.com/blog Moving out of the office cubicle. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:13:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I read a news article in the Sydney Morning Herald (www.smh.com.au) about a fitness organisation going to the courts to recover a A$200.00 cancellation fee from a member who had to cancel her membership because she was ill. I could not believe my eyes. Here is a multi-million dollar company ... http://misvcrm.pcfworks.com/blog/2008/08/14/how-to-lose-future-clients-and-possible-current-ones-too/ It has been 12 days since I last posted something relating to my 30-day project misvCRM. I felt I needed a break from it (really...); it started to feel like a heavy task that I must do. So, I put it aside for a while and started tinkering with another ... http://misvcrm.pcfworks.com/blog/2008/08/12/day-73-took-a-break-not-really/ Yesterday, I started working on the help file using Dr. Explain which is a software for making help files. I've mentioned this product in a previous post but this time I want to mention a bit more about it. The great thing about it is that it comes with a sample ... http://misvcrm.pcfworks.com/blog/2008/07/31/day-61-the-help-file/ Today, I've decided to finally (really) stop working on the code and adding little nice-to-haves (hello scope creep) and start focusing on the other aspects of this project namely, the documentation. Here are some the changes that were done on misvCRM in this month of July 2008. Made the field name ... http://misvcrm.pcfworks.com/blog/2008/07/28/day-58-code-freezerc1/ I'm using Delphi 7 to develop misvCRM and I came across a tip the other day on how to make the IDE (integrated development environment) assume the XP theme. Making the IDE themed does not really add anything to the development effort but it is sometimes nice to have a ... http://misvcrm.pcfworks.com/blog/2008/07/23/day-51-a-little-digression/ Yesterday, I decided to rip apart the Sales/Sale Items module of misvCRM because I was not exactly pleased with the process of recording a product sale especially in situations wherein there is more than one item sold e.g. CD backup or software assurance. In essence the Sales/Sale Items module is ... http://misvcrm.pcfworks.com/blog/2008/07/12/day-41-a-hard-decision/ Day 40 and I am still in the midst of getting misvCRM ready for the end of the month release. As I took it through its paces i.e. making sure that it does what it is supposed to do I keep discovering little things that are in themselves possibly trivial ... http://misvcrm.pcfworks.com/blog/2008/07/10/day-40-some-basic-design-guidelines/ Well, here is my first blog entry post 30-day challenge deadline. I had a look at the statistics for yesterday and there was a spike to the number of visitors. I take it as an indicator to the number of people following the progress of the 30 day challenge. One thing ... http://misvcrm.pcfworks.com/blog/2008/07/01/day-31-history-log/ On the 30th day... First of all, I've uploaded a new set of screenshots. These screenshots represent all the windows that one may encounter when using the application. I've also uploaded a new build for download. There is also a new page outlining bug fixes and new features for quick reference. Finally, ... http://misvcrm.pcfworks.com/blog/2008/06/29/day-30-of-30-looking-back-and-forward/ A lot of software developers are very good at cutting code, setting up automated builds, managing version control, automated testing, etc. but when it comes to working with or preparing the documentation in general and the help file in particular there is much to be desired. My take on this ... http://misvcrm.pcfworks.com/blog/2008/06/25/the-dreaded-help-file-dr-explain-to-the-rescue/