Author: Daniel X. O’Neil
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Product Sale: CSS Desktop and DOB NOW Connect
Today I closed a sale for two of our products at a brand-new customer that services elevators in New York City and surrounding areas. The customer purchased licenses for CSS Desktop for the entire front-office team as well as DOB NOW Connect.
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Chicago Health Atlas Data in the New York Times
I was responsible for the development of the Chicago Health Atlas while I led the Smart Chicago Collaborative. Looking at these maps, showing data pulled from the Health Atlas, I am reminded that in Chicago, geography is often destiny.
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Deliverable: Detailed Process Standardization Documentation
This month we’ve wrapped up a large swath of work for a complex customer centered on documenting key business processes across dozens of acquired business units. We helped analyze the efficacy of processes, the capacity of executives and on-the-ground leaders for change, and the technology needed to implement process standardization across all business units. Having…
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Product Sale: CSS Desktop and Mobile for Large NYC-based Elevator Servicer
Today at Civic we closed a deal to for installation, configuration, and training on Civic Site Service Desktop for 12 front office people and CSS Mobile for 90 mechanics in the field. This represents a 15% growth in annual recurring revenue for the CSS business unit of Civic Elevator. One of the most gratifying elements…
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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.
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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.
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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
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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…
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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…
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Trade Show: Elevator Conference of New York / ECNY Annual Supplier Conference
Today the team and I displayed UpVate at the annual ECNY Showcase at Villa Barone on Throgs Neck Expressway.