Preston Lee's Blog

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  • Running A Small Business, In Three Words

    Relentless. Dehabilitating. Stress.

  • Captain Preston McAwesome Lee

    Right now, in an alternate quantum reality, I’m laughing my ass off…

  • 10 Woes Of Small Business Ownership

    You work more than anyone else. You cannot take time off at leisure. You carry constant stress. You get paid less. You get paid last. You pay for other peoples taxes and benefits. You always deal with the “problem” cases, not the fun ones. You are asked for more-more-more, often by those who already have…

  • Presenting At Phoenix Ruby Monday, February 9th

    I’ll be giving a technical presentation to the Phoenix Ruby User Group on Monday, February 9th at 6:30pm. The topic will be using logical programming Prolog concepts within the object-oriented Ruby programming language using the ruby_prolog gem. Attendance is free and open!

  • Book Review: slide:ology

    I recently received a review copy of slide:ology – The art and science of creating great presentations by Nancy Duarte, published by O’Reilly Media. I’m consciously making an effort to increase my frequency of speaking engagements, so I was thrilled to see a modern text on visual aids from a heavy usability-oriented angle. I’ve read the…

  • Ben The Snowman Picture

    OpenRain’s heater when out recently, and it got cold. Property management figured out how to hack the unit into a working state again, but only after some badgering. Ben dropped some not-so-subtle hints 🙂  

  • 2008 Year-End OpenRain Reflections

    A couple weeks ago OpenRain had a private dinner party for staff and significant others to get to know each other better. Amidst each new wine bottle we talked about friends, family, etc… and discovered that our graphic designer becomes exceedingly funny with each glass of Pino. Beforehand, though, we had an internal meeting to note…

  • Free Cross-Browser Testing

    If you’re a web designer or developer, definitely check out browsershots.org. It’s a free, easy tool for grabbing screenshots across browsers and platforms. Let’s hope the site stays supported!

  • Better Business Bureau Racketeering

    I received a cold-call this week from a glowing BBB saleswoman representative excited to inform me that not only has my company been invited to join the BBB, but the 45 second Q&A at the beginning of our call qualified us for membership. And we can have the blessing and support of the BBB for the…

  • Last Day For Voter Registration!

    “Arizonans who want to vote in the Nov. 4 general election must register before Tuesday”, reports 12 News. So don’t be a chump. Register online now.