Comments for Brian Dusablon

Comment on It’s Cool To Be Flat (LeeSean Hepnova) by leesean

leesean — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:19:03 +0000

Ignite was awesome. That was my second time giving the talk. I had given an earlier version at a Pecha Kucha event at my university. Five minutes is no time at all when you are up there, it just flies by so fast.

Comment on It’s Cool To Be Flat (LeeSean Hepnova) by Brian

Brian — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:18:11 +0000

Thanks LeeSean – I really enjoyed your presentation – how was the whole Ignite process? It looks like a blast.

Comment on It’s Cool To Be Flat (LeeSean Hepnova) by leesean

leesean — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:33:53 +0000

Hi Brian,
I’m glad you liked my talk. Thanks so much for the props and keep up the good work with your social responsibility message.

Best,

Comment on iPad Thoughts by Tweets that mention iPad Thoughts | Brian Dusablon -- Topsy.com

Tweets that mention iPad Thoughts | Brian Dusablon -- Topsy.com — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:54:22 +0000

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Comment on iPad Thoughts by Brian

Brian — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:50:00 +0000

Andy, you are correct, I should have said, Kindle DX-killer. The less expensive Kindle is still a good product at a much lower price point. However, despite the gloss-screen effect, the multiple functions of the iPad make it much more valuable at close to the same price as the DX.

Comment on iPad Thoughts by Andy

Andy — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:44:54 +0000

I’m finding myself continually peeved when people declare this thing a “Kindle killer.” Make no mistake, with two iMacs, a Macbook, a Macbook Pro, and two iPhones in our house, we’re definitely Apple fans. But anyone who has ever tried to read an entire book on an LCD screen will never seriously consider an iPad over a Kindle. Or if they do, they’ll eventually regret it.

I would never get an iPad instead of a Kindle, but I may just get an iPad instead of a laptop.

Comment on Farewell Freshbooks. It’s Not You, It’s Me. by Dennis

Dennis — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:23:54 +0000

Since Freshbooks is out of the picture how are payments going to work?

Comment on Farewell Freshbooks. It’s Not You, It’s Me. by Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:01:16 +0000

You were the guy who got me in Freshbooks.

If you haven’t seen the Billings iPhone app yet — oh you must. The $14.99 upgrade to the pro version (in-app purchase) is a nice way to get you into the app (it’s free to get from iTunes), but omg it’s so awesome.

It makes me want to bill stuff right now.

Comment on Spanning Sync Review and Discount Code by Sergiy

Sergiy — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:25:25 +0000

Spanning sync promotional discount code TRNNXX

Comment on Publishing to a Single SWF from Captivate by Allyn Baum

Allyn Baum — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:44:15 +0000

Brian I did what you said and if I delete the full motion swfs, my main swf does not display the separate full motion swfs? Do you know what I am doing wrong

Comment on The Giving (and Wasting) Season by Tweets that mention The Giving (and Wasting) Season | Brian Dusablon -- Topsy.com

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:30:06 +0000

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Comment on Photo Op: East End Park by Brian

Brian — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:45:49 +0000

BJ – definitely, man. I take it for granted too often, but when I get out into it, it’s awesome. Think I’ll go for a ride today! Thanks for stopping by.

Comment on Photo Op: East End Park by B.J. Schone

B.J. Schone — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:27:49 +0000

Looks great! You’re lucky to have something like that nearby…

Comment on Repay Your Debt by bdusablon

bdusablon — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:49:05 +0000

Steve, I do agree with you in some cases. If you're in a major bind with the CC companies, then by all means pay them off first. It also depends on the friends/family you owe. Another way to look at is the emotional bind it can put on a relationship. If you owe someone money, there's emotional interest involved as well.

As always, thanks for the insight.
–B

Comment on Repay Your Debt by Steve Howard

Steve Howard — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:49:31 +0000

I know friends and family are important, but US credit card companies are B R U T A L so I'd advise paying them down first and ASAP. Sometimes I think their actual goal is to bankrupt everyone – why else would they bump up someone's interest rate to 38% (like they did to a friend of mine) when they seem to be a high risk. Such a usurious rate basically *guarantees* that the borrower will default.

But I'm not bitter

Comment on Social Responsiblity – Care for Mankind by Do You Love Boobs? : Brian Dusablon

Do You Love Boobs? : Brian Dusablon — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:18:19 +0000

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Comment on My Experience With Ike (sans lame Tina jokes) by One Year After Ike – Brian Dusablon

One Year After Ike – Brian Dusablon — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:40:38 +0000

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Comment on The Office Chair by Brian

Brian — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:01:37 +0000

Thanks for the info, Tim. I know a chair isn’t everything. How I sit is part of my problem. I tried using just an exercise ball for a while. It was a nice alternative, but not something I could do full time. I think I’ll have one in the office to use a couple hours a day, then a nice solid chair for most things. I actually just ordered a cheap chair from Amazon for use in the study in the house, as our current one is broken. I spend so much time in one, I feel like I need to go get fitted for one, like one would for a suit.

Comment on The Office Chair by Tim Martin

Tim Martin — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:47:55 +0000

Here at our office, we got Aeron chairs for everyone, myself included. After a month, I realized that the chair was causing a lot of pain for me… my hips ached, even when I wasn’t in the chair. So I switched back to my old standby (a bit like yours, probably). Everyone else, though. loves the chair. For them, it’s been worth the investment. It just happens that I need a certain kind of, well, “bottom” support.

When this chair wears out, which it appears likely to do soon, I’ll go try out some alternative Herman Miller chairs… I really do like a nice chair. But for now, I wouldn’t give up my ugly chair for the beauty…

(If you want to talk details of body shape and pain points, feel free to email and I’ll be more expressive…)

Comment on Goodbye Wells Fargo – It’s a Shame by Brian

Brian — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:53:57 +0000

I know, Philip. USAA is quite wonderful. I recommend them to everyone who is eligible. I just wish they had business banking.

Comment on Publishing to a Single SWF from Captivate by greg

greg — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:45:47 +0000

Cool.. but I lose the sound. Any ideas Brian? Thanks.

Comment on Goodbye Wells Fargo – It’s a Shame by philip

philip — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:42:01 +0000

my wife and i love USAA as well. it’s such a big improvement over the major banks. being able to deposit checks online (and now with the iphone) is an incredibly satisfying way to do banking.

Comment on Publishing to a Single SWF from Captivate by Brian S

Brian S — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:06:23 +0000

Hi Brian – This solves a big problem for us using captivate 3 and pdf embedding.

Great job!

Comment on Small Business Software Dilemmas by Brian

Brian — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:06:02 +0000

Alicia – I took a quick look at SimplifyThis, but didn’t use it for any length of time. I’m amazed at how many tools are actually out there, independent and as part of a suite, for freelancers and the like. The big question is, is there more value in having it in the cloud, or in saving money and keeping it local on your machine?

Comment on Small Business Software Dilemmas by Online Invoicing Guru

Online Invoicing Guru — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:15:45 +0000

The tools you mentioned for small businesses (and even freelancers) are very important. I have a few friends that use simplifythis.com for their invoicing, appointment management and other things.