For the last several weeks I have become increasingly dependant on centralized web apps to get things done. I remember not too long ago when I scoffed at any product that I could no own or operate from my own web server… my stance has changed oh so much.

• I’ve completely fallen in love with Gmail. I have gotten to the point that my old primary address at this domain is almost never used. I see a few messages here and there, but almost all the regular daily traffic has moved over to my gmail account. I can get a full featured interface from home or work, unlike the old and clunky squirrelMail that my host uses. Very useful, I highly recommend it.
• Many of you already know that in addition to my Disney gig, I do contract consulting work. Accounting and invoicing is something that I hate with every bone in my body… but in recent days it has become strangely enjoyable thanks to Blinksale. It’s not an accounting system, it just does invoicing. I tried to get QuickBooks to just do invoicing, but it has a million other useless (to me) features that I just couldn’t understand and kept getting in the way. Blinksale actually makes me look forward to sending and receiving invoices.