Sergio F. Rodriguez Weblog

I have been working on a class to create 837 files to allow the company to provide electronic billing capabilities, so far the class has working successfully with a few issues here and there.  very soon we will have a a 837 that cover all instances of billing as long it stays along the government standard.

not a bas start for this week.

Syscom a  software and hardware (Systems) partner had a presentation at the westin hotel in hallandale,Fl.

At end of the presentation I got to play on a segway; that was LOTS of fun. shame I ripped my pants, but luckily I was not wearing any funny boxers lol.  I also have to add that they were kind enough to buy me a pair of short from the golf store at the hotel.

presentation keys:

among the presentaion I got to see interesting technology

1. RiveBed WAN Optimizer-
   1. cool technology
   2. a must check out
   3. increases speed across network
   4. I might have to look more into it in a near future project
2. Compellent SAN -
   1. I deployed their system at work for our core servers
   2. greate product
   3. expensive
   4. not so expensive when needed to increase storage size, compared to competition.
   5. if you don’t have forcasted to grow exponentially - look somewhere else cheaper other wise it will payoff at the long haul.
3. VizioCore -
   1. not very innovating.
   2. technology can be bought form other vendors -  veeam backup?
   3. only highlight was vfoglight to monitor vmware. $699 per socket seem a bit steep.

As I said not bad for Monday… I’m out I gotta go run.

Funny article about 9 signs that tell you to avoid that clueless web designer. My favorite: (sorry Microsoft diehard’s) “He’s a Frontpage expert”.

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I recently read a quote that inspired me and thought, “Why not share it with others?” Here’s a list of quotes from entrepreneurs and other quotes that are relevant to entrepreneurship. Skip and I also included our own at the bottom of the post. I hope one of these quotes inspires you as well.

1. I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work - Thomas Edison, inventor and scientist
2. The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary - Vidal Sassoon, entrepreneur
3. Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won’t, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t - Anonymous
4. A good idea is ten percent implementation and hard work, and luck is 90 percent -€“ Guy Kawasaki, entrepreneur, investor, author
5. Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph; a beginning, a struggle and a victory - Mahatma Gandhi, political and spiritual leader
6. Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners - Robert T. Kiyosaki, author, entrepreneur, investor
7. Entrepreneurs average 3.8 failures before final success. What sets the successful ones apart is their amazing persistence - Lisa M. Amos
8. Once you say you’re going to settle for second, that’s what happens to you in life - John F. Kennedy, U.S. President
9. In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable - Dwight E. Eisenhower, U.S. President
10. The greatest reward in becoming a millionaire is not the amount of money that you earn. It is the kind of person that you have to become to become a millionaire in the first place - Jim Rohn
11. Some people dream of great accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them - Anonymous
12. Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you’re generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don’t make - Donald Trump, real estate and entertainment mogul
13. The entrepreneur in us sees opportunities everywhere we look, but many people see only problems everywhere they look. The entrepreneur in us is more concerned with discriminating between opportunities than he or she is with failing to see the opportunities -€“ Michael Gerber, author, entrepreneur
14. An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he’ll quickly learn how to chew it - Roy Ash, co-founder of Litton Industries
15. The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer - Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese’s
16. I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful - Warren Buffet, investor and billionaire
17. I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others… I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent - Thomas Edison, inventor and scientist
18. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover - Mark Twain, author
19. There is a tide in the affairs of men
    Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
    Omitted, all the voyage of their life
    Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
    On such a full sea are now afloat;
    And we must take the current when it serves,
    Or lose the ventures before us - William Shakespeare, author
20. Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration - Thomas Edison, inventor and scientist
    

Here are our quotes:

Being an entrepreneur is a lot like playing poker -€“ you can fold, limp in, or go for it - Yasmine Mustafa

If you kick it around enough, it starts to look like a ball - Skip Shuda

What’s your favorite quote?