Due to recent snaffoos with the latest Quicken and several of the financial institutions I do business with, I’ve decided to give GnuCash a run.
After the last few years, seeing how the interface still looks like pre-2000 – I finally said, either it’s dead, or it works.
I’ve noticed that at least one of my providers is switching to the OFX format. Hopefully it’s well-formed XML, but I’m not putting it past these people to Flug it all up from the start with missing closing tags, etc.
….Bofa has now gone “Internet Explorer Only”.
I eventually left BofA altogether after getting married, and their lack of support for OFX format and cross-browser compatibility in their web site.
Also, their inhouse “security” feature of showing you a picture seemed rather pointless. Not sure there’s a point to that one, although somebody must see it.
For those interested, the OFX format is the “Open Financial Exchange” format, which would allow people to use whatever financial software they want, instead of the typical two choices of QUicken or MS-MOney. I am hopeful that eventually, major financial institutions will agree upon the OFX format, and this will create a little friendly competition between the major financial software providers. Including open source solutions like Gnu Cash.
“GnuCash is the first free software application to support the Open Financial Exchange protocol that many banks and financial services are starting to use.”
I want his job <smiley/>
Oregon Tilth Certification Program.
After a rigorous discussion about whether or not 20 almonds for $8.95 was with buying “organic” (and the fact that I run a site called “organic seo”, lead me to Google to determine, what the heck organic means.
The “Newmann’s Own” bar we bought mentioned “certified by Oregon Tilth”. I thought, who the flug is that? I want that job <smiley/>
http://www.tilth.org/certification.html
Well, it boils down to the individual “certifier”, which so far, I’ve seen on every label. Can I trust the government to regulate organic farmers when they don’t even bother with gross polluters? Aiyyyy….
Anyway, ISO Guide 65 is what it boiled down to along with the USDA/Organic logo.
I did have to pretty much do a trace on this, and in fact, I honestly don’t believe a 2 oz. bag of chocolate covered almonds demonstrates the philosophy that drove “organics” into existence…but then again, that’s just me. And if I want it to become a bitter sweet moment with my sweetie, I probably have to not have written this post to end it.
Orgen Tilth, Inc. by the way, is a non-profit who’s sole purpose is to certify the distribution and creation of organic products, at least Paul’s Own©.
DISCLAIMER: I am not a certified organic seo expert, but I play one online.
IVR Cheat Sheet(tm) by Paul English
Did I mention this yet?
I love it. Forget that IVR cyclical stuff when you actually do have a problem.
1) if you can’t use an atm, how do you expect them to use a phone?
I’m still waiting for Tellme, Inc. to go public
I’ve noticed simple routines on IVR systems, for example, EDD‘s menu and also Kaiser Permanente
For example when a fragment is
It’s quite funny, when I’m on hold, I use speaker phone and when it’s dead silence I whistle, and get the typical “Please be patient, your call will be answered in the order in which it was received!”.
XML is huge, Voice Over XML or IP (VOIP) is even bigger.
Other stock offerings I’d watch are Vonage, 8×8 (Packet8.net), etc.
Correction: 8×8 is public (nasdaq:EGHT).
Also Tellme, Inc. would be a good one to watch for an IPO.
(nasdaq:SONS) did a big deal (infrastructure, etc.) with Vonage who advertises a lot on the TV. AFAIK, vonage is not public yet.
Nokia also looks attractive, after having been to India and Europe, and noticing everything is Nokia, and nokia even allows you to unlock your phone easily (see:Unlocking Your Cell Phone).
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