by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jul 11, 2022 | Apple Computing, Information Technology, Macintosh Software
This past Friday I got a call from a landscape and masonry contractor who wanted to know if FileMaker could help his company. It turns out this past spring his daughter graduated from college and joined his company in an office and management capacity to take is...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 25, 2019 | 360 Difference Software, Contracting 101, Estimating, FileMaker, Information Technology, Macintosh Software
I wrote a blog post over on the 360Differece.com website about my evolution with estimating and technology in the mid-1980s and 1990s that I thought I should share it here too. Introduction My interest in estimating actually developed long before I ever started my own...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 31, 2018 | 360 Difference Software, Books, Estimating, FileMaker, Labor Rates, Macintosh Software, Markup & Pricing
This is my own critical look at The ProRemodeler “The Big Reveal” Article which appeared in the May 2018 issue of ProRemodeler about contractor colleague Michael Anschel’s ideas regarding a new phrase we are hearing a lot of nowadays,...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Apr 8, 2014 | Art, Macintosh Software
A week ago I was downtown drinking coffee outside of the local cafe bar and my dog yanking on her leash to get over and see another dog walking by jolted the table I was sitting at and spilled my coffee all over my 4 year old 15″ MacBookPro and by noon on...
