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Daylite touch/Daylite 3.9 workshop

Jarrod Skeggs — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:00:27 +0000

We’re at it again. We’ve scheduled our next Daylite touch/Daylite 3.9 workshop. This workshop will take place at the Apple Store, North Point at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 14 ,2009. Come and see Daylite touch in action. You will be excited and amazed. Daylite touch takes productivity to the next level with your iPhone.

With the Daylite touch application you can manage your business on the go without the bulk of carrying a notebook computer. Some of the features of Daylite touch include:

Multi-user Calendar management
Contact management
Opportunity management
Project management
Task management and delegation

We hope you’ll come out and join us as we demonstrate how Daylite 3.9 and Daylite touch compliment one another.

Twitter as a productivity tool

Jarrod Skeggs — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:57:39 +0000

I know, I know…before all you folks who think Twitter is a waste of time start bashing me, hear me out for a moment. I was reflecting a little this morning and remembered that I used to have a Sales Manager that wanted me to keep track of what I was doing all day long in 15 minute increments. “Write it down”, he said, “I want to see it every week”. I didn’t do it of course cause I’m a renegade and it wasn’t my idea. In principle however, this was supposed to help me and my Sales Manager get a perspective on how much time was spent driving business versus wasting time.

It occurred to me while I was reflecting on this that what he wanted me to do, back in 1997, was to Twitter. Only, there was no such thing as Twitter in 1997. In fact, I recall, that in our office we had one, (yes 1), computer that had internet access via a 56K modem.

Fast-forward nearly 12 years and suddenly, I like the idea. I’m able to go back to my Twitter or Facebook account and review my status updates and analyze my activities. I know that neither service is intended to be utilized in this way, but when I take a look back over my recent status updates, it’s easy to see activities and time intervals that could have been more productive.

So there, now you can tell your boss, friends, and family that Twitter is a productivity tool.

What’s coming in Daylite?

Jarrod Skeggs — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:22:24 +0000

This time last week we were officially introduced to Daylite 3.9 and Daylite touch, the companion application that enables iPhone/iPod touch users to access their Daylite database in true mobile fashion. During last week’s meeting we learned about some major changes that are taking place, including some “under the hood” adjustments that will be made. As of now, we are free to discuss some of the great things that are ahead. Here is a brief summary…

Goodbye OpenBase, Hello Postgres – Through Daylite version 3.8, the back end database engine that the application runs on is OpenBase. In its prime, OpenBase was an excellent back end. At this point however, it is rapidly approaching antique status and is honestly very problematic from a support and reliability standpoint. Postgres on the other hand is also open source and standards based. It is used by many businesses from the Enterprise level down. There are two big benefits to the Postgres migration. First and foremost, is drastically improved stability and synchronization. Second is much better performance for the Daylite application overall.
Daylite touch – Of course the big news is the Daylite touch application which offers the ability to be truly mobile and access your database over any wifi, 3G, or EDGE connection. Offline databases will still be supported but will likely become a thing of the past as the adoption of the iPhone and iPod touch becomes more prevalent.
With the release of Daylite 3.9 the structure will change a good bit. As depicted below, there will now be Daylite Server, Touch Server, and the Postgres database. Standard Daylite licenses will stay at the same great price and the Touch Server license will likely weigh in at just under $100 for a license.

If you have any specific questions you’d like to ask, feel free to email us and we’ll be glad to schedule some time to discuss them with you.