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Fire OMS: No more paper order forms

ryanschmidt — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:49:02 -0400

Like many solutions, my latest web application was born because of a need to streamline a task that's been done the same, old-fashioned way for more than 20 years. The solution is for sales people going "door to door" selling products and filling out paper order forms for the same customers over and over again. They come home each night and fax these order forms to their company for processing. The problem is: this takes forever and it's how our grandparents would have done it. My simple solution solves this problem.

Find 100's of Great Jobs, Daily.

ryanschmidt — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:21:27 -0400

Many have asked how I'm finding freelance jobs in this market. Well, here it is! A couple months ago I decided that I was not going to be able continue bringing on clients if I didn't bust my butt trying. I spent some time on CareerBuilder and Monster Jobs but had zero luck. Those sites are not built for the freelancer, but Craigslist is.

Design Quote by Steve Jobs

ryanschmidt — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:31:04 -0500

â€œMost people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like. People think itâ€™s this veneer â€” that the designers are handed this box and told, â€˜Make it look good!â€™ Thatâ€™s not what we think design is. Itâ€™s not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.â€ â€” Steve Jobs

Duct Tape Surprise - A True Story

ryanschmidt — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:09:30 -0400

This is a short story written by Cortney Fisher about her buddy "Smith" and his crazy job at the psych ward. Thanks for letting me post this hilariously ridiculous little treat.

So, my friend (Smith) works at a psych institution and always has really odd stories. (He hates it, by the way.) So the other night he was telling me about this new guy that someone found wondering around and suggested he admit himself. He entered the building willingly. While the nursing staff was working on his paperwork, Smith was assigned the job of â€œchecking him inâ€. They have to go into a room and wand people down to make sure they donâ€™t have anything on them, go through their belongings, etcâ€¦

Time Machine? Snow Leopard?

ryanschmidt — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:04:28 -0400

Over the past couple weeks, I have had more issues with my MacBook Pro than ever before. This all began when I convinced myself it would be great to upgrade early to Snow Leopard. I wanted to share my experience (and solution) so that maybe I can save someone else a huge headache.

The Wedding Spill

ryanschmidt — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:03:29 -0400

Less than 1 month ago I married my best friend, Jessica Nicole. After 6 years of dating (through high school and college) I figured it was time to tie the knot. Here's a funny video from the ceremony of her brother Jason "locking & dropping" on the stage. No really, it's a pretty funny video.

And here we go

ryanschmidt — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:31:20 -0400

It's hard to believe that I registered this pointless domain name back in 2001. Don't ask me where I came up with the name because I can barely remember. As you can see, I do not use the word "echostats" anywhere on this site on purpose. It's dumb but I'm too tied to my e-mail to mess around with it.