Here are the video release notes for v2.1.8:

v2.1.8 has been released. This introduces the following enhancements

Project Billing Support

• User can create a project that is ‘Billable’ — note the $ folder icon
• The user is then pushed directly in to create the budget for that project
• All estimates are pro-rated as they are viewed in a by-month basis on reports and on the Budget Manager

Budget Manager

• User Interface is cleaner
• No field to enter total estimated hours anymore
• User can now change the dates of a ‘top-level’ budget (budget for a client or a billable project)
  “Project-based” billing type has been removed

Expenses

• Vendor can now be tracked per expense… a preview of exciting features to come!

Reporting

• The Allocation reports are now faster

December 24 saw the demise of eWorks, formerly ProSaavy. The ProSaavy concept was to take advantage of the power of the internet to connect professional services providers with companies needing their services. But it was a Web 1.0 concept, relying on big fees from service providers and placement fees from buyers. Those revenues appeared to be used to drive heavy web advertising, also a Web 1.0 concept. A quick glance at eLance shows what a 2.0 version of eWorks looks like.

In the end eWorks appears to have succumbed to a class action suit filed by providers dissatisfied with what they were getting. For more detail see the DBJ article.

Now that we have cracked the video code it makes a lot of sense to release documentation with video, because the truth is it didn’t look like many people were reading the release notes. So without further ado here are the release notes for 2.1.7 as they have been released on YouTube.

So I was adding a review to Citysearch when a little notice pops up for a couple of seconds saying that the review was being added to my Facebook page. This was nothing I had set up, and I was really angry. It turns out my reaction was not unique. The launch of Beacon, as this feature is called, has been a certified disaster for Facebook.

This may reflect a generation gap. The Millenials may be totally comfortable with this level of sharing, and it may be my ‘old-school’ ideas about privacy will be swept away by the next generation.

If you want to turn off Beacon refer to this article.

Our client Grandaisy Bakery now has their panettone available via mail order. I am able to report that it is delicious. Great gift for a holiday party or a nice treat for breakfast.

See a PositiveWare demo on YouTube…