Comments for Blogitosis.com http://blogitosis.com Just another WordPress site Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:15:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on CFWheels Coldfusion Framework by Chris Peters http://blogitosis.com/2010/06/22/cfwheels-coldfusion-framework/#comment-8 Chris Peters Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:15:14 +0000 http://www.blogitosis.com/?p=480#comment-8 I just now ran across this post. I believe that what you're looking for to do the "query object that's available throughout the controller" is to set up a before filter. Here is more info on filters: http://cfwheels.org/docs/chapter/filters I just now ran across this post. I believe that what you’re looking for to do the “query object that’s available throughout the controller” is to set up a before filter.

Here is more info on filters:
http://cfwheels.org/docs/chapter/filters

]]> Comment on A Brief Look at Some Online Invoicing Services by Sean http://blogitosis.com/2010/08/06/a-brief-look-at-some-online-invoicing-services/#comment-12 Sean Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:23:52 +0000 http://www.blogitosis.com/?p=519#comment-12 I'm trying to figure out the best one for myself. I have signed up for freshbooks, harvest, and blinksale. Blinksale is nice and just does invoicing. Harvest has projects and timesheet which is nice. I’m trying to figure out the best one for myself. I have signed up for freshbooks, harvest, and blinksale.

Blinksale is nice and just does invoicing. Harvest has projects and timesheet which is nice.

]]> Comment on A Brief Look at Some Online Invoicing Services by gtaylor http://blogitosis.com/2010/08/06/a-brief-look-at-some-online-invoicing-services/#comment-11 gtaylor Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:08:12 +0000 http://www.blogitosis.com/?p=519#comment-11 @Jim: I will say that my twitter questions to blinksale have been responded to quickly, so I think they've gotten the hint that they now have a bad reputation in terms of support that must be dealt with. @Jim: I will say that my twitter questions to blinksale have been responded to quickly, so I think they’ve gotten the hint that they now have a bad reputation in terms of support that must be dealt with.

]]> Comment on A Brief Look at Some Online Invoicing Services by Jim Cannys http://blogitosis.com/2010/08/06/a-brief-look-at-some-online-invoicing-services/#comment-10 Jim Cannys Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:27:35 +0000 http://www.blogitosis.com/?p=519#comment-10 Great analysis and a timely one coz I've been considering an online invoicing service which can accept payments online over my quickbooks setup for awhile. I have used Freshbooks and Blinksale before settling with quickbooks. Fresbooks was fairly expensive for me as they charged close to $20/month, so I went on to try Blinksale for awhile which was quite decent. However Blinksale keep moving from hand to hand for few times now and they don't have the real passionate team those who created it initially. Their support is terrible and the new owners don't know the answers to most of the questions, which is really sad. I am curious to try the other apps you have mentioned and really haven't comes across them before. Harvest and Curdbee looks promising for me, will keep you posted if I settle with one of them :-) Great analysis and a timely one coz I’ve been considering an online invoicing service which can accept payments online over my quickbooks setup for awhile.

I have used Freshbooks and Blinksale before settling with quickbooks. Fresbooks was fairly expensive for me as they charged close to $20/month, so I went on to try Blinksale for awhile which was quite decent. However Blinksale keep moving from hand to hand for few times now and they don’t have the real passionate team those who created it initially. Their support is terrible and the new owners don’t know the answers to most of the questions, which is really sad.

I am curious to try the other apps you have mentioned and really haven’t comes across them before. Harvest and Curdbee looks promising for me, will keep you posted if I settle with one of them :-)

]]> Comment on A Brief Look at Some Online Invoicing Services by Robert http://blogitosis.com/2010/08/06/a-brief-look-at-some-online-invoicing-services/#comment-9 Robert Sat, 07 Aug 2010 12:22:42 +0000 http://www.blogitosis.com/?p=519#comment-9 My scenario was very similar to yours. I normally have to send 10-20 invoices for a month, along with occasional estimates. I checked Ballpark, Facebook, Blinksale and CurdBee. Freshbooks solo package would cost me $20 (way too much!) for this and Blinksale's Silver package allows me to send 50 invoices for the cost of $12. With Ballpark I can send exactly 10 invoices for $6, but if I have to send additional I would have to pay $24 per month (even expensive than Freshbooks). Then I tried CurdBee with Pro version, which allowed me to send any number of invoices for just $5 per month. That sounded awesome! As you pointed out, problem with CurdBee was they charge separate $5 for using Estimates and Recurring Billing. But I found that we can enable the modules only when we need them. I normally do not have to send estimates every month. So I ended up only enabling Recurring Billing module and decided to enable estimates only when I need. So now I only got to pay $10 per month for CurdBee and occasionally $15 for month, when I need to send estimates. I guess this plan is the most cost effective. My scenario was very similar to yours. I normally have to send 10-20 invoices for a month, along with occasional estimates. I checked Ballpark, Facebook, Blinksale and CurdBee.

Freshbooks solo package would cost me $20 (way too much!) for this and Blinksale’s Silver package allows me to send 50 invoices for the cost of $12. With Ballpark I can send exactly 10 invoices for $6, but if I have to send additional I would have to pay $24 per month (even expensive than Freshbooks). Then I tried CurdBee with Pro version, which allowed me to send any number of invoices for just $5 per month. That sounded awesome!

As you pointed out, problem with CurdBee was they charge separate $5 for using Estimates and Recurring Billing. But I found that we can enable the modules only when we need them. I normally do not have to send estimates every month. So I ended up only enabling Recurring Billing module and decided to enable estimates only when I need.

So now I only got to pay $10 per month for CurdBee and occasionally $15 for month, when I need to send estimates. I guess this plan is the most cost effective.

]]> Comment on My New Yeti ASR 5 Mountain Bike by Breckenridge Ride in the books | Blogitosis.com http://blogitosis.com/2010/06/18/my-new-yeti-asr-5-mountain-bike/#comment-7 Breckenridge Ride in the books | Blogitosis.com Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:19:24 +0000 http://www.blogitosis.com/?p=458#comment-7 [...] new Yeti ASR 5 did it’s job nicely, albeit with a new layer of dust and plenty of little creaks that [...] [...] new Yeti ASR 5 did it’s job nicely, albeit with a new layer of dust and plenty of little creaks that [...]

]]> Comment on Washington Mutual iPhone Web App shows us why Web Apps are still cool by gtaylor http://blogitosis.com/2008/12/08/washington-mutual-iphone-web-app/#comment-4 gtaylor Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:48:10 +0000 http://www.blogitosis.com/?p=309#comment-4 Actually, I believe this post was related to the iPhone Web App for WAMU, not a native application. However, they did release a WAMU native application which has since been pulled presumably because of the merge with Chase. Actually, I believe this post was related to the iPhone Web App for WAMU, not a native application. However, they did release a WAMU native application which has since been pulled presumably because of the merge with Chase.

]]> Comment on Washington Mutual iPhone Web App shows us why Web Apps are still cool by Zinfandel http://blogitosis.com/2008/12/08/washington-mutual-iphone-web-app/#comment-3 Zinfandel Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:12:33 +0000 http://www.blogitosis.com/?p=309#comment-3 There is no app for Wamu, I believe. My access code doesn't work with Chase either. I use safari to access my account There is no app for Wamu, I believe. My access code doesn’t work with Chase either. I use safari to access my account

]]> Comment on Washington Mutual iPhone Web App shows us why Web Apps are still cool by Mashelle http://blogitosis.com/2008/12/08/washington-mutual-iphone-web-app/#comment-2 Mashelle Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:23:09 +0000 http://www.blogitosis.com/?p=309#comment-2 How do you get this application for WAMU, I cannot seem to find it....please advise (June 7, 2009) How do you get this application for WAMU, I cannot seem to find it….please advise (June 7, 2009)

]]> Comment on CodeIgniter – The PHP framework for the rest of us by Kris Jordan http://blogitosis.com/2009/01/03/codeigniter-the-php-framework-for-the-rest-of-us/#comment-6 Kris Jordan Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:26:33 +0000 http://www.blogitosis.com/?p=393#comment-6 CodeIgniter has set itself apart from other frameworks like Cake and Symfony. If you're into minimal frameworks that help you just "get the job done" I wanted to pass along news of an emerging PHP framework called Recess that I'm a lead developer of. Check it out at http://www.recessframework.org CodeIgniter has set itself apart from other frameworks like Cake and Symfony. If you’re into minimal frameworks that help you just “get the job done” I wanted to pass along news of an emerging PHP framework called Recess that I’m a lead developer of. Check it out at http://www.recessframework.org

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