smonster, there's a local artist who recycles glass; if the glass bead idea takes off, you might spread this idea.
You might also contact the society of glass bead artists (can't remember their exact name).
Jayne: That's a good idea. Good idea. Tell us where the stuff's at so I can shoot you. Mal: Point of interest? Offering to shoot us might not work so well as an incentive as you might imagine.
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Toddson - Aug 30, 2011 8:23:27 am PDT #385 of 1416
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Jesse - Aug 30, 2011 8:42:14 am PDT #386 of 1416
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I like it that it's a web app (with an iphone app), so I don't worry about which computer is the spreadsheet on; the phone app also works offline and sync up when you get back online, for those times I'm actually not at a computer or don't have internets.
Interesting! I'll check it out.
beekaytee - Aug 30, 2011 8:52:03 am PDT #387 of 1416
Compassionately intolerant
I'm sending it out next Tuesday, smonster, so Thursday would be great!
meara - Aug 30, 2011 10:02:25 am PDT #388 of 1416
Amy that actually sounds super helpful--I tend to be good on timesheets weeks when I'm traveling a lot ("ok, on a plane three hours, at the office seven...") but much more...er...guessing, weeks I'm home more.
amych - Aug 30, 2011 10:32:26 am PDT #389 of 1416
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Srsly - between the lack of schedule structure and the ADD, I can spend entire weeks forgetting everything I ever did... tracking with click to start/stop (as opposed to, oh, trying to remember something later) is a total godsend. And not just for hourly billing; it's also incredibly helpful to keep an eye on what I'm doing on my own (work) time.
Toddson - Aug 30, 2011 11:12:00 am PDT #390 of 1416
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
hey, I don't have ADD and I can forget what I've done
amych - Aug 31, 2011 8:29:15 am PDT #391 of 1416
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Hola, Buffista Chamber of Commerce Delights! It's the last business day of the month, and thus time for the monthly checkin post!
As a reminder, checking in is absolutely not mandatory, ever. Please don't post specifics of clients or money. And your business is your business - no worries about too big, small, new, on-the-side, or whatever to play in the checkin. Mmmkay? So:
- what successes did you have this month?
- what do you have an eye on for the next month?
- any brags, frustrations, brilliant ideas, inspirations?
- didja at least pay the rent? (or whatever your personal bottom line is for "is my business doing okay?")
- how are your psychic wages doing?
Liese S. - Aug 31, 2011 9:32:28 am PDT #392 of 1416
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh, damn, is the month over already? Sheesh. Ok, I'll have to look back and assess.
amych - Aug 31, 2011 9:40:20 am PDT #393 of 1416
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Dude, I know. I'm currently stuck halfway between "what, already?" and "August HAS a 31st?"
NoiseDesign - Aug 31, 2011 9:47:18 am PDT #394 of 1416
Our wings are not tired
I'm in the midst of my crazy busy season, so free time is in short supply, but that means that I've got around 16 people on payroll for the next couple of weeks, and then it drops down to around 10-12 people on payroll until the end of October. This means one of my "Did you pay the rent goals" which is to not just keep myself employed and fed, but also to be keeping other people involved in the arts in Los Angeles employed as often as I can.
We seem to be having a successful start to our Halloween Horror Nights install, so that's good. There are a number of overlapping projects this month so that will be a challenge for staffing, coordination, and design work.
Um, that's the short version.