Will Bridges

Yeah, I haven’t put any pics of the family up in a while. So, here you go.

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The web can host applications that are platform independent and ultimately scalable. That’s what we are working on at Bluepaw. We are working on a set of applications that we can deliver to manage businesses and manage their interaction with the internet. We call this the ‘Paw’ line of centralized software. All software uses Web 2.0 concepts and each piece of software in the line will be built for a type of business.

Each client that has an instance of the software will have the same code that will be a core engine driving the software. There may be modifications for that particular client. Those modifications will enhance the quality of the overall application and will be merged to the core software when they have been tested and we believe there is a possibility other clients will use the modifications. Each client will pay a subscription and hosting fee for the software as well as for the installation and any custom programming for their business. The subscription fee will allow us to bring in future upgrades as the software package improves. We will also take 25% of all income from the software and put it back in to the development of that particular software package.

We will follow a modular style of adding features to the software. Anything that changes the functionality of a the core code would not be merged to the core software as it could break other sites. That is, unless it was a fix to the core code. In that case it would be merged to the core in a very delicate manner.

The first part of doing something like this is a very flexible data model for each business and researching the business in question. In many cases before you start programming you should know the business better than the people or as well as the people in that particular business. Luckily I know a couple industries where I actually know people in the business to launch test sites with and create a buzz. My first intention is to go really cheap or free with a client in the industry we are working with to build the software and in return we get insight in to the business and build a base software package. From that we create a client base and a buzz around the software. Many times people want to know who uses a software package before they buy in to it. So, it’s good to have a client list that use software even if you have to give cutthroat rates. As more people use the software you can raise the value of the software and thus raise the price. Eventually you reach a point where you are making several times the cost of development for the software.

Another strategy we are using to get our development costs low for this ‘Paw’ line of software is to hire outsourced resources as trainees who are good programmers but aren’t familiar with Ruby on Rails or want more experience. We pay them very cheap as they learn and review their work as they go. This way we are training future resources and getting something of great value out of it while we are doing it.

I know you business minded folks are out there reading this. Don’t get any bright ideas! Just kidding. There’s enough room for us all to make money.

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We went to Atlanta this past Easter weekend for an old friend’s birthday (Yendis’s cousin as well). Anyways, we left Juhlyun here with my mother in Nashville. So, we got a nice hotel room which was across from the club that our friend rented out for her birthday party. The club was seriously only a few yards from the hotel. So, we could drink as much as we wanted and stumble back to the room. That’s what we did too. We drank, took pictures, hung out with people we didn’t really know that well and just partied till we had to leave and then passed out at about 4:30am. Then, we woke up the next morning (late morning) and went to Breakfast with the birthday girl and her husband (who were in the hotel across from ours) and hung out at the restaurant for about 2 and a half hours telling stories and just bullshitting. We had a great time and can’t wait to go back to Atlanta and hang out again. ATL, I wouldn’t wana live there, but I love hanging out there. I’ll post pics at some point in the next couple days.

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I’ve been so extremely busy lately I haven’t talked to my good friend, the blog. Sorry to all the people who are interested in my life and ramblings. I just have been very busy.

Anyways, what’s been happening? Derek, the new CTO for Bluepaw Enterprises has been working hard. He is having some difficulty balancing managing and programming. But, since he is new to the position I figured it would take him some adjustment. However, he is doing an excellent job of understanding the business of web development contracting.

My son, Juhlyun is almost 7 months old. He has to be sat up but he can stay sitting once you put him on his butt. So, he’s getting to the point where he can sit on his own, soon. We started him on stage 2 foods, which I thought was pretty cool. I went crazy yesterday and bought like $100 worth of food and such. He’s eating meats, vegetables, and fruits. Some of the food sounds pretty tasty but I haven’t ventured to tasting any of his food yet.

We got a large new contract with a medical transcription software development firm here in Nashville, Base Systems Inc. We will be helping them finish the development of their product over the next 3-6 months. We are pretty excited about it.

I’m going to Atlanta this weekend to celebrate a long time friend’s birthday. That should be very interesting. She rented out a club and Yendis and I got a hotel room right across the street from the club. I’m supposed to be really busy working this weekend but I couldn’t pass up going to her 25th birthday party. She’s actually Yendis’s cousin as well so Yendis really wanted to go too. I haven’t been to Atlanta in a couple years but I always had a pretty good time in Atlanta.

Oh yeah, after months of being in business I think we are finally going to get health insurance at the end of the month. With Derek coming on board we have been able to near completion on several contracts, accepted some new contracts and have a good influx of money coming in. We will be getting the best available because I consider health insurance pretty important.

On another note of finances this month I will finally finish building my computer. This is no average computer. It’s a beast of a computer. I will detail the specs in another post at the end of the month. But, I tell you it’s beautiful. Brings a tear to my eye.

My best friend moved his wedding back to the fall so looks like I won’t be putting together a bachelor party till the end of the year. I was so looking forward to it but it looks like that will give me some more time to save money for it. I want it to be an enormous bash. The kind I want to have when it comes to my bachelor party.

That’s all I have now. I’ll post again next week. I swear. No, for real this time…

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