This is the rob blatt blog.

I’m continually gearing myself for the purchase of a new laptop. Claiming that when I do, my current G5 setup is going to become an actual “office” setup for me so I can have a workspace in the house that will be designated only for work.

Until recently I used Intuit’s QuickBooks for invoicing and a PDA alongside Apple’s iCal for scheduling. Both of these things teather me to my computer for writing invoices and setting up my schedule. That changed when I realized that I was continually falling behind on both. I couldn’t schedule on the fly if I had forgotten my PDA and I was on location and if I didn’t have my PDA with me, I didn’t generally keep the best notes on what the hell I was billing someone for.

I lost my Quickbooks info thanks to an oversight on my part while re-installing my system and was left without any invoicing software. Whoops. I couldn’t find the install for the life of me so rather than continually fighting to find it, I moved forward and thanks to some searching on TechCrunch I found BlinkSale for invoicing and had been using Planzo for scheduling for a little while. Along with GMail, I’m able to be on the go and still have access to my “office.”

So I went from being tied to a machine to being able to schedule and invoice on the go anywhere I have access to the internet. Pretty soon I’m pretty sure I’m going to wind up getting a smartphone where I’ll be able to access these web applications anytime I have an EVDO cellphone signal (which is very often).

At this rate I’ll be able to use my G5 for ONLY audio needs and not have any need to use my office for office functions, but only for studio use.

Woo hoo!