#becauseEuropeSaidSo

Yeah, I miss Cowboy Neal as well. He would have had my vote for the Democratic nomination!

I have been using ActiveInbox for several years now.
https://www.activeinboxhq.com/
It connects to a gmail account. You can set due dates, keep track of items you need to take action on or you are waiting on other people for. It uses the Getting Things Done methodology and has helped me stay on top of my life in an organized fashion. You can even create custom categories. Its worth the money in my opinion. You can use it with extensions for most browsers. They also have apps on ios and android I think.

I care as well. Not a fan of trolling or me-too posts but need you guys to know that you are appreciated and thought of. Also, I am glad someone finally responded on twitter after I sent you guys a message. I hope you guys don't go down again but if it does happen can you proactively post something like a twitter update of an outage?

I will definitely check it out. Thanks for the suggestion.

Jeremi

You are absolutely right. I showed up at a board meeting in 2011 to complain about the grass behind my unit dying. The board at the time appointed me their treasurer and empowered me to do something about it. People love to complain about the job their board does but they never want to do it themselves. I have been re-elected or re-appointed every year because once people discover what has to be done, they just abruptly quit. I don't even bother campaigning other then sending the required candidate statement. I have only lost in one year. That year the entire board was all newcomers. They quickly landed themselves in hot water and after people quit they came back and asked me to rejoin the board. I didn't boast or give anyone a hard time. I just showed up, did my job and taught my fellow board members the things they don't know. I enjoyed the time off while I was gone and look forward to the day when there is a full board of people who want to serve that I am no longer needed. The best piece of advice I can give to anyone is this:

Most people just want to be heard and understood. A little bit of empathy goes a long way to solving most problems.

If you don't like the job we do, feel free to join the board and do it better. If you won't volunteer or provide constructive feedback, we can't help you.

While their offerings look like they are an enterprise company, I will for sure take a look at their ArcGIS Apps Community. Maybe they have a partner who is consumer focused. Thanks for the response.

Thanks, I will check it out.

Bruce Thank you for your commments. I am a fan of your work. As others have mentioned HOAs can't legally stop you from putting an antenna or satellite dish on the roof. Some of them have rules in the CC&Rs that are quite dated that block antennas or satellite dishes but the FCC has come down hard on communities that do that. The only requirement I know of is that you can't permanently attach them to a building and it is preferable to put them out of site if possible. You still have to apply for an Architectural Spec through your HOA but they can't actually deny it. The recommendation we give to our homeowners is to apply and get permission from us to go on the roof or have a 3rd party (if they have adequate worker's comp insurance). They [the homeowners or installers] also have to use cinder blocks or some other temporary measure to keep the equipment in place. We haven't had any issues in our community with homeowners doing the above and the satellite companies readily take the above steps to honor the rules above.

I like to think of myself as a Rennaissance Man so my tastes vary month to month. I do try to tackle one heavy book and one light book at a time. Here is my list so far:


Currrently reading


I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't): Making the Journey from "What Will People Think?" to "I Am Enough" by Brené Brown - Heavy Read on Shame/Shame resilience. Its geared towards women but its a topic I know nothing about and the researcher shares lots of letters / examples of things women do that they and the people around them don't even understand why they even do it. I think she is working on a book that will come out about Shame/Shame resilience for men as well. Its Fascinating but equally intense at the same time.


Previously I have read in 2017
The Secret Lives of Hyapatia Lee by Hyapatia Lee - Light read on an actress from the Adult Entertainment Industry
The Philosophy Book (Big Ideas Simply Explained) by Will Buckingham - Heavier read on General Philosophy
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character by Paul Tough - Lighter read on Education System in Ameria
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry - Heavier read on EQ and how to better yourself in recognizing emotional interactions with other people
Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion by Elizabeth L. Cline - Light read on how our clothing industry changed and why low cost gives low quality
Tiger Woman on Wall Street: Winning Business Strategies from Shanghai to New York and Back by Junheng Li - Light read on Wall Street with differences between how things are done in business in China vs US
iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide (Big Nerd Ranch Guides) by Christian Keur - Heavier read on iOS programming
You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation by Deborah Tannen - Heavy read on how to better communicate with your partner in a relationship. Very good research on social psychology and linguistics.


If you want more, send me a response or DM. I read a lot on kindle and because I have my phone or tablet everywhere I never have an excuse not to read something. Hope this helps.

maxrate, Can you provide some specs on what equipment you are using? What is the best 4G access point in your experience? Also what aggregation platform are you using to bond them all together? I would love to hear about your setup.

Its horrible. Worse yet, I used a plugin called "Good News" to filter out all of the irrelevant garbage and that extension no longer works. Google has arbitrarily decided what is important and that I will have to read the stories they deem newsworthy. Whatever happened to the customer is always right and Don't Fix What Isn't Broken?

I find that most if not all news in the US is falls under 2 or 3 world views. What is on the left, right, and center. People have a tendency to read sites that share their world view. The big debate with President Trump, right now, is what is actually fake news versus real news. You may think that its easy to spot but not everyone shares your world view. If you are a liberal, you will probably watch CNN or read the NY Times. If you are conservative you will probably watch Fox News or read the Wall Street Journal. Either way you will accuse the other of being less reliable or fake. The best alternative is to take a collection of news sites from around the world and periodically read stories from the viewpoints of people in that region.

I know that in the Middle East, for example, Al Jazeera is considered reliable while people in Egypt find CNN's coverage laughable. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle between all these extremes. I make it a habit of reading stories on CNN, Fox News, Washington Times, France 5, BBC, Al Jazeera, Xinhua (Chinese State Media), RT (Russia Today) among many others. Some are state sponsored and some are independent. By studying and reading what others think you learn the facts of the stories but you also learn how others interpret that knowledge and what the bigger picture is. It will also make you more rounded as a result.

Currently reading Deep Reading: Reading The Prophet by Ghalil Gibran //Good for getting the imagination going. Its probably more literature and requires a lot of introspective thought for me. Reading You Just Don't Understand by Deborah Tannen //Good book on relationship communication. Its academic in nature by socio-linguistic researcher. Light Reading Tiger Woman on Wall Street by Junheng Li //Good for accounting and finance theory. Also insight into Chinese Culture Recently read: Read Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky //Good for understanding community organization and how members on the left side of the aisle think and act. Politics Read Start Something That Matters by Blake Mycoskie //Good for finding work that has meaning. Job and Life Satisfaction are themes.