You can now export Basecamp projects to PDF with a free trial of ExportReports.com version 1.0. We’ve officially launched version 1.0 of the popular Basecamp add-on. New features include: Project list sorted by company; Information about any attached files in Basecamp if a comment has attached files and; Customizeable page size to accomodate European Basecamp users, other non-US sizes and attornies [...]

Ben Forta, the uber-guru of Adobe’s ColdFusion product and author of numerous how-to computer programming books is giving away copies of his books to schools, educational institutions and students.  First come first serve basis. The topics include: ColdFusion, SQL, MySQL, SQL Server, CF/Flash and CF/J2EE. You can read more about his offer and get his email address to [...]

We are pleased to announce the acquisition of Accomplice task management software and to welcome the over 30,000 registered users to the Vertabase community. Accomplice has been called the “Nirvana of Organization” and reaching “Holy Grail Status” of task management. Here’s a link to the press release on the acquisition and there’s a ton of information on the [...]

Question: As an IT Consultant with people already working as many hours as they can, how can I make more money without adding overhead or needing to find new clients? Answer: The short answer is -bill faster. Most IT Consulting shops have thousands of dollars of free cash bottled-up in unbilled time.  The problem is either: Technicians have been [...]

The Midwest Technology Leaders conference hit a home run this year with the quality of the people it drew.  I’m talking about the CIO’s, Directors of IT and most excitingly the IT entrepreneurs, those small business people who have slugged out an IT business in Michigan and have continued to grow. Frankly, this was a group [...]

We are happy to announce the release of the Vertabase Timer v. 1.5 to track time on projects and track time on clients.  This sleek desktop widget runs on MAC and PC (-its been tested on Leopard and Vista). New Features include: 1. Addition of a PAUSE button. 2. Making the SHOW TIME time usage report editable. 3. Export [...]

Vertabase is proud to have been honored by the Michigan Council of Women and Technology at their annual Partnership Recognition and Scholarship Award event.  This great organization encourages the advancement of women in technology related fields through mentoring, Summer tech camps for girls, laptop awards and, to-date, 0ver $300,000 in direct scholarships to a remarkable group of [...]

Question: How can government be made more efficient with project management software or by using project management in public administration? Answer: Project management software provides a clear structure in which all steps of a public works project can be spelled out. A basic break-down of the steps in a project can provide an effective operational overview of municipal [...]

Export Reports.com added a new feature this week. ExportReports.com will now embed any images in your Basecamp project in the exported pdf. Supported formats include: bmp, gif, jfif, jpeg, jpg, png, pnm, raw, tif, tiff, wbmp Tag:basecamp, basecamp add on, Export Reports.combasecamp, basecamp add on, Export Reports.com

I’d been meaning to write a review of the XO Laptop for the last couple of months. This recent article in the Wall Street Journal finally prompted me to put this response together. I purchased one through the special promotion and our kids love it. And continue to love it.  It has proven to be a staple when [...]