Month: May 2022

  • Mobile Device Management at a Large Enterprise

    Mobile Device Management at a Large Enterprise

    I helped choose and set up a third-party tool for managing all phones across the entire operation.

  • Contracts Database and MRR Analysis

    Contracts Database and MRR Analysis

    In the context of our work in entering customer contract data into Civic Elevator, we created a simple dashboard using Amazon QuickSite that provided a basic analysis of expected vs actual monthly revenue.

  • Writing: Methods in Self-Publishing

    Here’s a collection of posts I published last week showing specifics on how to use simple, inexpensive tools to publish real books: http://www.derivativeworks.com/2022/05/content-development-process-of-the-collected-works-of-prince-akbar-aka-jus-rhymz.html http://www.derivativeworks.com/2022/05/tools-for-modern-book-self-publishing.html http://www.derivativeworks.com/2022/05/making-book-covers-for-self-publishers.html http://www.derivativeworks.com/2022/05/printing-real-books-from-the-web.html http://www.derivativeworks.com/2022/05/how-to-use-amazon-kindle-direct-publishing-to-keep-your-irl-book-in-print.html

  • The Complete Works of Prince Akbar aka Jus Rhymz

    The Complete Works of Prince Akbar aka Jus Rhymz

    Today marks the publication of The Complete Works of Prince Akbar aka Jus Rhymz. I helped produce this book, which was edited by the artist Lajuana Lamkins. As part of my work, I designed and produced the book itself: I created the website supporting the book: I set up the Amazon store for the sale…

  • Kickoff: Next Phase Enhancement of Legacy Product

    Kickoff: Next Phase Enhancement of Legacy Product

    Today we kicked off a project to help develop the next phase of a legacy elevator monitoring product with a deep installed base to move it from 1990s software to a modern web-based infrastructure and interface. The scope includes decoupling software functionality into separate integrated products, migrate to AWS, add more network tools for trace…