dispatches from the new world of work

SXSW, We Are Here

Flew into Austin, TX, Saturday to check out the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival. Staying across the street from the convention center at the—"that's hot!"—Hilton. (Like Paris says...a lot.) Our friend Halley Suitt was supposed to be presenting here, but her son got ill, so she's home taking care of him.

Had dinner last night with Jim Coudal of Coudal Partners, his wife Heidi, and Jason Fried of 37 Signals. Jim's the guy who helped us turn tompeters.com into a Movable Type blog and responsible for the current look. Jason's on the basecamp project-management software team. We're using basecamp for some projects at tompeters.com. One complaint is that basecamp doesn't have a calendar function. Jason assures me that that deficiency is being worked on. That's going to make someone on our team very happy.

Erik Hansen posted this on 03/14/05.

Comments

while at it.. you may want to ask Jason, what's with the compatiblity issues -- w/Moveable type and apache/2.0.40 (red hat)??

I can't seem to get the any comments section will using my RIM-BB7250. Yes, I have reached out to Cambian Webmaster- whom I belive who hosts TP.com amongst other sites too.. but so far - no reply!! :(-

Posted by /pd at March 14, 2005 3:09 PM

peter, why don't you send an email to: email@37signals.com

i don't think cambian will be able to help you on this one.

Posted by Erik at March 14, 2005 3:15 PM

Basecamp doesn't have anything to do with Movable Type so I'm not sure what issues you are talking about. Further, Basecamp is a hosted solution -- it's not something you install on your own server -- so there aren't any Apache issues to worry about.

Posted by Jason Fried at March 14, 2005 4:34 PM

The look and feel of this site is superior - more friendly and easy to play with than almost anything else.

Posted by John at March 14, 2005 6:01 PM

I agree with John, you have done an excellent work. Congratulations.

Posted by felix gerena at March 14, 2005 7:07 PM

Erik. Thanks for mentioning 37 signals. I looked at the 1.0 version about 12-18 months ago (it could have been longer than that, I can't remember). It just wasn't "professional" enough for us an our needs. Tying in a calendar to dates would make for a huge improvement and answer many many prayers in the workflow management business.

Posted by Paul Davidson at March 15, 2005 2:11 AM

[Jealousy unmaskable] Geez I wish I could be back in Austin! Have fun in the world's greatest hometown during the coolest festival ever!

Recommended stops:

Eats + History: Threadgills Restaurant http://www.threadgills.com/

Recreation + Beauty: Zilker Park

Scenic overlook: Barton Creek Mall Parking Lot.

Posted by Jason Kerr at March 15, 2005 6:31 AM

It's me! I'll be the happy one. The sooner you get a calendar framework for the task layout in basecamp, the happier I'll be!!! Thanks!!!! And, thanks, Erik, for letting me know.

Posted by cathy at March 15, 2005 12:10 PM