JU - it's fun. Implementing an open source CRM system for an organization with ~1200 employees. And I'm the guy in charge of figuring out how to design and customize it.
Well as it's a 1200 person organization within Georgia Tech, I have no access to the server. It's either a WAMP/LAMP stack but I'm not sure one way or the other. Right now we're comparing SugarCRM Community Edition to vTiger - one's true open source (vTiger), the other is from a commercial open source company (sugar limits some key functionality on their community edition software).
Good job, good people, great work environment. And post-college possibilities, too.
We just did a CRM here. Talisman I believe. I am just doing the end user set up around the US for my centers. CRM is huge right now so any experience you get will pay off in the long run.
After a long weekend of fighting with software, my new 'baby' was 'moved into production' this evening.
What follows is techno babble, I know more than a few of y'all understand this stuff. For those that don't - it's a really fast PC.
Q9450 OC'd to 3.4GHz. Win XP 64 Bit. Currently 4Gb, another 4Gb on the way.
WD Velociraptor (the new king of SATA drives) 300Gb HDD for OS; WD Raptor 36Gb for scratch and a WD SE-16 500Gb for data. Will expand the data drive when it becomes necessary.
Initial impression in Photoshop was 'yeah baby!'. I'll be testing it during the week with Capture NX and NX2 (the reasons for building this beast in the first place).
Only thing left to get now is the NEC LCD2490WUXi (24" widescreen H-IPS panel). I'll be keeping my 19" TN panel so I'll have a dual screen setup. H-IPS for the photo, TN for the toolbars and pallets. As far as I know my graphics card has a single LUT, so I'll only be able to calibrate the H-IPS panel and will have to use 'hand fixing' on the TN to try and get it to look reasonable.
The OC was quite easy. Only issue was trying to tweak the memory, which was a no-go. Not a biggie, as the CPU throughput was the prime target. Ran a Filter/Blur/Radial (10, Spin, Best) in PS and all four processors hit 100%. It will be interesting to see how well NX is written when it comes to multi-threading.
OK, enough of this c..p for now, see y'all later,
Craig.
After a long weekend of fighting with software, my new 'baby' was 'moved into production' this evening.
What follows is techno babble, I know more than a few of y'all understand this stuff. For those that don't - it's a really fast PC.
Q9450 OC'd to 3.4GHz. Win XP 64 Bit. Currently 4Gb, another 4Gb on the way.
WD Velociraptor (the new king of SATA drives) 300Gb HDD for OS; WD Raptor 36Gb for scratch and a WD SE-16 500Gb for data. Will expand the data drive when it becomes necessary.
Initial impression in Photoshop was 'yeah baby!'. I'll be testing it during the week with Capture NX and NX2 (the reasons for building this beast in the first place).
Only thing left to get now is the NEC LCD2490WUXi (24" widescreen H-IPS panel). I'll be keeping my 19" TN panel so I'll have a dual screen setup. H-IPS for the photo, TN for the toolbars and pallets. As far as I know my graphics card has a single LUT, so I'll only be able to calibrate the H-IPS panel and will have to use 'hand fixing' on the TN to try and get it to look reasonable.
The OC was quite easy. Only issue was trying to tweak the memory, which was a no-go. Not a biggie, as the CPU throughput was the prime target. Ran a Filter/Blur/Radial (10, Spin, Best) in PS and all four processors hit 100%. It will be interesting to see how well NX is written when it comes to multi-threading.
OK, enough of this c..p for now, see y'all later,
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Geez, Craig...I'm jealous! I'll have to talk to you bfore I set up my next machine! Congrats!
Jbear...congrats to your friend...that is quite an achievement. I'm glad you guys got some shots of her earlier!
I just felt like sharing a few photos. I hope you guys don't mind. Just scroll past them if you do...Just family snaps, but sometimes they are fun to share.
We went camping for a few days. Both my kids can be a little lazy when it comes to the heat. They are both particularly sensitive to it. Anyway, we went for a 2 mile hike (pretty long for little kid legs). Emma decided the rocks on the trail were beautiful and loaded her pockets right at the beginning. We warned her that they would get heavy, but she insisted that they were too beautiful to leave behind. As we walked, she talked about bringing the rocks home and painting them. She managed to carry them for the entire walk without complainng. When we got back to the car, she fell asleep on her pile of rocks. When she woke up, she continued talking about painting them...then talked about it for two more days.
When she got up this morning, we sent her out on the back deck with an old toothbrush and a bucket of soapy water. She scrubbed for over an hour! The big moment finally arrived tonight and she even shared her rocks with her big brother!
tlong wrote:
Ben said it was the most fun he ever had!
From the looks of things, it seems that both Emma and Ben (as a team!) will bring back the "pet rock" craze .... !! And they've already got lots of good ones ....
Hey Stacy - that Clapton is an interesting read - Deb read Patti's account in her autobiography the same time I was reading Eric's. It was interesting comparing notes on what happened.
Hi guys. Thanks for the comments. I am still having fun playing with my new stuff. These were with the 17-55. No...I'm not switching back yet
Stacy...I really like the shot of your husband. The angle is very intriguing and eye-catching. Enjoy your beach trip! It looks like you have some heavy reading in store!
I'm a fireworks shooter... As in, I'll be shooting off the Dixie Speedway show Saturday night, the Sugarloaf Country Club show on the 4th, and another neighborhood in Alpharetta on the 5th. I'll maybe be shooting pictures at those, but we'll see. I think my first priority is to light fuses and not get killed.
Still loving the dark side?