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From back in 2009 in a list of “We believes…” the unflappable Tim Cook. interim CEO of Apple,  demonstrated that Apple is more than Steve Jobs. “We believe that we are on the face of the earth to make great products and thats not changing. We are constantly focusing on innovating. We believe in the simple not [...]

My friends over at QuickEye, the new Plan Take-off tool for the Macintosh (and yes it works on Windows too but we’re all Mac Users here right?), have put together a bunch of videos to better aquaint building and remodeling company owners and/or lead estimators who are invested in the bottom line performance of the [...]

Another earthquake, one we all knew was coming but always hoped it would be later rather than sooner hit only minutes ago. Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of Apple. Apple, Inc. released this message from Steve: PRESS RELEASE: Letter from Steve Jobs August 24, 2011-To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community: [...]

Up until now Mac Users who wanted a take-off tool to work with drawings from plan rooms or work with drawing that came from anywhere for that matter found themselves left out in the cold and they had to devote a machine (virtual or otherwise) to run the Windows OS with one of Windows based [...]

Well it looks like Ellen Rohr’s two great books that I so often recommend , How Much Should I Charge? Pricing Basics For Making Money Doing What You Love and Where Did the Money Go?: Accounting Basics for the Business Owner Who Wants to Get Profitable, have gotten a makeover or facelift. Notice however I [...]

I’ve also written a little bit about the problem with canned estimating data before (On Using “Canned” Estimating Data) but while working with some contractor clients these past few weeks on both developing their own customized data and importing some data from some of the data books that are out there I picked up on [...]

I’ve been thinking about the issue of "productivity" and the debate over one-person (lead carpenter concept) vs. two (or more) person crews. When I open up my estimating application or crack open a copy of R.S. Means’ Repair and Remodeling Cost Data I might see a line item that looks like this: Description Crew Daily [...]

“Canned” Estimating Data is the phrase I use (and I’m sure many other professionals do to) to describe using estimating data that comes from an estimating data books such as companies like R.S. Means, Craftman’s, BNI, or RemodelMax produce although it can also mean the data that comes with a new estimating program. As helpful [...]

While talking to one of my contractor buddies today about databases vs. spreadsheets like Excel I suddenly recalled that FileMaker Inc. has a special 2 for 1 deal going on for the next three weeks until December 22nd 2010. Here is a link to the web page (email) that was net to me about the [...]