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Things to Remember About Digital Marketing

The best way in order for your company to be known in the specific industry you are operating in is through marketing. Having a marketing strategy is an advantage, especially if you are just starting to penetrate the market that you want to be working in. Although there are various strategies to market your company, one of the best and most effective way to do so is Digital Marketing.

However, what you need to understand is that Digital Marketing does not mean that you are only going to post random information about your company in various social media facets. This means that you need to have a plan- a way on how to dominate competitors and how to convert audience to actual customers. Doing it on your own is good but not entirely effective. Thus, you need to be hiring experts in the field of Digital Marketing like CA Digital Marketing to help you do so.

After deciding to seek for professional help on Digital Marketing, what things should you remember if you want to engage in this particular platform?

  1. You Need to Strategize in Using Different Mediums

If you have already chosen the kind of audience you want to reach, the next big thing that you need to do is related to how you would likely reach them. If for instance, your audience members mostly use their emails on a regular basis, then you should be using this platform to market your product or services. If your audience is hooked to various social media facets, then you could also focus in there. Strategizing is key.

  1. Evaluate Past Failure and Be Better in the Next Move

In digital marketing, not all campaigns are as effective and successful as the other. Sometimes, you will get to experience some failure no matter how great the effort you exerted. However, never back down and learn from these mistakes. Was your campaign insensitive or offensive to some parts of the audience? Did you use the right medium? Is your target audience the right audience for your product or services? Assess and reassess in order for the next campaign become successful at the end of the day.

  1. Be True

In this world where people tend to project their lavish lifestyles on social media facets, one of the most crucial things to become is to be true and genuine. Although strategizing is good and in fact necessary, you have to remember that people could sense whether your company is genuine or just trying to convert people to sales. This is primarily the reason why stay grounded to the core values of your company, stay faithful to the goal of the business and be genuine at all times.

Developing a marketing plan is good and may be effective, but it is another when you develop a digital marketing plan. Using these aforementioned tips, you may now start marketing your business on your own- or not! Something is always better when it is done by people used to the job and ultimately, digital marketing is the same.

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A while back one of my co-workers was selling catalogue items for her daughter’s school. It was a fundraiser and the catalogue had all sorts of stuff in it: knick knacks, greeting cards, candy and other food related items. Being the foodie that I am, I bought Paula Deen Collection Cheese Biscuit Mix. I love cheese. I love biscuits. I could hardly wait.

Imagine my surprise then when the item finally arrived and I read the ingredients and saw there was no cheese anywhere in the mix. You had to add your own cheese! And from Paula Deen no less, a woman – whether you love her or hate her – who has made her reputation as a down home, salt of the earth, honest as the day is long kind of person.

Don’t get me wrong, the biscuits were pretty good (I added bleu cheese) but I just don’t understand how they can get away with this kind marketing. www.pauladeen.com

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  1. Personally, I can’t stand Paula Dean. Her personality is just TOO BIG for my comfort level. She just does not seem like a real person to me.

  2. That is bizarre.

    It’s like saying chocolate cake mix but the consumer would have add her own chocolate.

    I think you should write the company. Show me the cheese!

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Mothers Day Special - Derby Pie

In Australia this Sunday is one of the  most important days of all!  Mothers Day!

For the next few days leading up to Mothers Day I will be showcasing some of the best recipes sent in by sons and daughters ...

Jason, originally from Kentucky has sent in his Mum's (Rita) famous 'Derby Pie' recipe.  You can find a great history on the Derby pie here.  But more importantly Jason now makes his mum's famous pie on Derby weekend... a little taste of home when he is so far from it!

  • Unbaked Pie Shell
  • 3/4 cup of chocolate chips
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup of sugar
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup of Pecans
  • 1/2 cup of melted butter
  • 1 jigger of bourbon (Jigger is a shot glass)

One unbaked pie shell. I use the deep dish.
Sprinkle 3/4 cup of chocolate chips in the bottom of the pie shell.
Beat 2 eggs, add 1 cup of sugar,  (can use one splenda), 1/2 cup of flour, 1/2 cup of pecans,
1/2 cup of melted butter and 1 jigger of bourbon. Mix all and pour into pie shell.
Preheat the oven and bake at 180 celsius for 35-40 minutes. Until brown on the top and pie is set.

Serve with a generous scoop of vanilla ice cream!  YUM!

Thanks Rita for sharing the secret recipe and Jason for sending it in...

Hip Hip Hooray for all Mum's everywhere whose baking and cooking has brought years of joy and memories to sons and daughters everywhere!

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22 Communication Tools for Remote Teams

Skype or Google Hangouts? Basecamp or Asana? Remote.co interviewed 60 remote companies to find out which tools they use to communicate, and the results are in.

Remote.co launched in July as a resource for the remote work community. The new site is a blend of articles about remote work, a listing of remote jobs, and Q&As with remote employees.

The companies they interviewed included startups like GitHub, Automattic, Balsamiq, and Trello. Remote.co aggregated all their answers to come up with the top tools for instant messaging, project management, team collaboration, phone calls, video calls, and screen sharing – all staples of the remote work experience. Read on to find out what they are:
Instant messaging

1. Slack (used by 36.2% of respondents)

Slack is a real-time messaging app for teams that lets you create “channels” around different topics, like marketing or tech. Although transparency is encouraged, you can also send direct messages or create small groups for private communications.

2. Skype (19%)

Skype, the classic video calling app, also offers business support with Skype for Business. In addition to phone calls and videos, this affordable service allows up to 250 people to have online meetings and message each other.

3. Google Chat (19%)

The free Google Chat lets Google users have private and group conversations that are searchable later.

4. HipChat (5.2%)

Similar to Slack, HipChat allows teams to have private and group conversations in different “rooms,” from sales to dev. It integrates with more than 80 other online tools your team might be using, such as Mailchimp, GitHub, and Google Drive.

5. Yahoo IM (3.4%)

An upgraded version of the instant messengers of the ‘90s, Yahoo Messenger can now coordinate your business conversations. The service also lets you share files and have voice and video calls.
Project management

1. Pivotal Tracker (14.3%)

Pivotal Tracker is a project management tool specifically designed for software teams doing agile development, so they can prioritize tasks, have conversations around features, and predict launch dates.

2. Basecamp (14.3%)

Basecamp is a project management tool that helps teams track to-do’s, have discussions, and share files. The calendar feature is particularly useful for scheduling releases, launches, or publications.

3. Trello (12.7%)

Trello’s project management software distinguishes itself by being very visual: tasks are organized into Ideas, To Do, Doing, and Done, and you can easily drag them from one bucket to another. Around this framework, team members can also have discussions and share files.

4. JIRA (6.3%)

Created by Atlassian, JIRA helps software teams track issues and visually see the status and priority of different tasks. The goal is to make sure projects get released on time and with the fewest bugs.

5. Asana (6.3%)

Asana helps teams manage their projects across different departments and work groups. Within Asana, it’s easy for team members to see which tasks are due soon and for managers to keep track of what their team’s working on.
Team collaboration

1. Slack (44.6%)

2. Yammer (8.9%)

Under the Microsoft umbrella, Yammer is a social network for businesses that allows teams to communicate in a Facebook-like interface. Within that familiar framework, teams can also form groups, have private conversations, and share files.

3. Google Drive (5.4%)

Google Drive is Google’s cloud file-sharing service, allowing users to share documents, spreadsheets, images, and other files. Everyone starts out with 15 GB of storage for free. For Gmail users, Drive is an alternate way to share files that might be too big to send over email.

4. HipChat (3.6%)

5. iDoneThis (1.8%)

iDoneThis increases visibility around a team’s progress by having team members share what they accomplished at the end of each day and sending out a summary to everyone the next morning. This boosts transparency and helps managers identify areas for improvement.
Phone calls

1. Skype (28.1%)

2. RingCentral (4.5%)

RingCentral replaces the traditional office phone infrastructure and places it in the cloud, so employees can make phone calls, have meetings, and communicate between different office locations.

3. Grasshopper (4.5%)

Under the Citrix umbrella, Grasshopper helps entrepreneurs sound professional. When customers call in, they select the department or person they want to speak to, and their call is forwarded to the appropriate person’s phone – even if it’s just a cell phone or Google Voice number.

4. Google Hangouts (3.4%)

Google Hangouts are the voice and video counterpart to Google Chat. On the voice side, users can call US numbers (and other Google Hangouts users) for free, or pay to call international numbers. On the video side, up to 15 people can gather on a video call and share their screens or their files.

5. UberConference (3.4%)

UberConference offers free conference calls with upgraded features, including the ability to dial in without a pin number and see who’s talking.
Video calls

1. Skype (35.1%)

2. Google Hangouts (33.8%)

3. Zoom.us (6.8%)

Zoom offers web and video conferencing software that’s also compatible with Polycom, Cisco, and Lifesize, so you can use it right in the literal conference room.

4. GoToMeeting (2.7%)

GoToMeeting lets you hold an audio or video meeting and easily see who’s on the call – particularly useful for webinars and presentations. You can also share your screen and record meetings to watch later.

5. Sqwiggle (now Speak) (2.7%)

Sqwiggle’s focus is on keeping your remote team connected, so it actually sends out photo snapshots of team members throughout the day and allows you to start talking with someone in just one click. (Some teams even mount it on the wall!)
Screen sharing

1. GoToMeeting (20%)

2. Join.me (18.7%)

Join.me is a simple service for online audio and video meetings with screen sharing. Paid accounts can invite up to 250 participants.

3. Skype (14.7%)

4. Google Hangouts (12%)

5. Screenhero (5.3%)

Now part of Slack, Screenhero upgrades traditional screen sharing by allowing multiple participants to collaborate on the same screen, so viewers can explore your screen with their cursor instead of simply watching.

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  1. Amy 47 says:

    In the Percent of Completion Method of accounting a WIP Schedule is
    generated each month. If a specific revenue account is set up for
    the over/under billing, would the exact number from the WIP Schedule
    be reflected in this account on the income statement or would it be
    a number reflective of the change in over/under billings from last
    month to this month?

    • Hi, Amy.

      Thank you for your excellent question on the substance of an article that I wrote, Percentage-of-Completion Method of Construction Accounting (please click link to be directed to the article). I also wrote an article on how to calculate over/under billings on a WIP Schedule: “How to Prepare a Work-in-Process (WIP) Schedule“.

      The amounts calculated for over/under billings on a WIP schedule refer to the amount(s) that should be reflected on the balance sheet. Consequently, the total amount included on the income statement would be the net adjustments required to reflect those over and under billings on the balance sheet.

      William Brighenti, Certified Public Accountant, Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor
      Accountants CPA Hartford, LLC

      • Bill,

        Thank you for responding so quickly. It is so nice to have an expert to seek knowledge from especially when you can never get a hold of an IRS agent.

        Your article on Taxation of Construction Contractors Tax Accounting Methods for Contractors was exactly what I was looking for.

        I have a client that has work in progress. This is his first year in business so I won’t have to fill out the form 3115 change of accounting method.

        He received a 1099 for the payment already but the job isn’t completed yet.

        From your article I can see that I can enter other methods of accounting on my clients Schedule C. I would mark line F number 3) Other and enter Completed Contract Method.

        Then I would enter the 1099 income received on line 1. And then make an adjustment on line 2 Returns and allowances to adjust for the portion of income that is work in progress.

        Should I just notate in the notes Work in Progress 2012.

        Please let me know if I am going in the right direction.

        Then the following year when he receives the income should I then include the income on line 1 and notate Work In Progress from 2012.

        Thank you,
        Orlando Javien Jr,
        The Man of Many Hats

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  3. Joshua Herzlinger says:

    Hi, I am a practicing dentist. Last July, I took a cruise ship which departed from Italy to take a continuing education course which accounted for 16 hours. This dental course was approved and certified by both the
    American Dental Association and the Academy of General Dentistry. Can I take deductions for the cost of the cruise ship, traveling expenses, and the tuition cost of the course as a deduction. If so, what are the limitations?
    Dr. Joshua Herzlinger

    • Hi Joshua,

      Below is the IRS’s position on seminars taken on cruise ships:

      “You can deduct up to $2,000 per year of your expenses of attending conventions, seminars, or similar meetings held on cruise ships. All ships that sail are considered cruise ships.

      You can deduct these expenses only if all of the following requirements are met.

      1. The convention, seminar, or meeting is directly related to your trade or business.

      2. The cruise ship is a vessel registered in the United States.

      3. All of the cruise ship’s ports of call are in the United States or in possessions of the United States.

      4. You attach to your return a written statement signed by you that includes information about:

      a. The total days of the trip (not including the days of transportation to and from the cruise ship port),
      b. The number of hours each day that you devoted to scheduled business activities, and
      c. A program of the scheduled business activities of the meeting.

      5. You attach to your return a written statement signed by an officer of the organization or group sponsoring the meeting that includes:

      a. A schedule of the business activities of each day of the meeting, and
      b. The number of hours you attended the scheduled business activities.”

      I wrote an article about taxable deductions of cruises: please see Cruising for Tax Deductions? Your next Caribbean cruise can be tax deductible, if you have not read it already.

      William Brighenti, Certified Public Accountant, Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor
      Accountants CPA Hartford, LLC

  4. Joshua Herzlinger says:

    Hi again, There is only one cruise ship which has a American flag and that one is in Hawaii. All the other cruise ships are of a foreign flag which sail out of many American ports. Therefore, is the tax regulation outdated? Is there another way to take any tax deduction for a foreign crusie? For example: The tution fee for taking continuing education course? The cost of lodging and meals to take the course even though it may be on a cruise ship because you are away from home? You do need a place to sleep and eat when the course is at least 2 days long and to far for to return to your home. In additon, the course will make one more proficient at their profession making the case that is necessitate the need in order to justify taking the deductions. Dr. Herzlinger

  5. Zak says:

    for god sake help me i just bought the quickbooks software and i’ve studied % of completion method and it is the same is in your article , but how can i apply this in quickbooks when i iuse invoice window to add inventory item to specific wip ( other asset account ) what happens is that dr. to accounts recievable and credit to the income account <<<< how on earth can i dr. wip account and credit inventory asset account pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee tell me

  6. richard murstein says:

    Two Questions:
    1.On tax return for completed contract method (s corp) is bad debts a deduction on page one or is it a (m) adjustment
    2.we made entry to close out cash surrender value of life insurance
    dr csv
    cr life insurance income( how treated on tax return?
    Please e-mail back the answer

  7. Avalara says:

    Thanks for everything that you cover here. Your blog is a great mix of accounting, legislative news and QuickBooks tips.

  8. Spyware Protection says:

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  9. Michelle says:

    When should over under billings be booked according to GAAP? We have always done it, along with our CSR, at fiscal year end. Our CPA now wants it done quarterly, at extra expense, after we have done it yearly for 35 years. (with the same CPA). When is a proper time to book these according to GAAP?

    • Hi Michelle,

      Good question. And the answer is contingent upon your needs.

      If your banks or insurance carriers require quarterly financial statements from your company, then you would ordinarily be expected to compile a WIP schedule. Interim financials are to be reported in accordance with GAAP.

      Otherwise, if your company only issues year-end financials to outside users, then there is no need to compile monthly financials in accordance with GAAP, unless upper management desires such.

      If you need a CPA with experience in construction accounting, please give me a call.

      The Barefoot Accountant

  10. Alyx says:

    If you have a wife and husband S corp, how can you write off an 8 day Carribean cruise as a business expense for an annual meeting? Is it true that if you have the meeting on one of the ports of call you can use the cruise ship as a means of transportation to and from the destination in which you hold your annual meeting? Can a husband and wife S-corp hold an annual meeting either on a crusie ship or at one of its ports and properly write off the costs?

  11. Ben says:

    Hi Bill,
    I’m a CPA in public practice auditing a construction client of mine. I came across your article on the gain/fade analysis ( via a Google search and I found it extremely helpful. I did have a few questions that I was hoping you might be able to offer me your advice on:

    1) If you were constructing a gain/fade analysis based on actual GP, would you include any WIP adjustments for over/underbillings in these amounts or would you simply use the unadjusted billings less costs?
    2) For a contractor that might estimate total costs on a job and therefore profitability in total but not by year, does this make an gain/fade schedule based on estimated amounts impossible to construct?
    3) As an audit tool, would you say the primary purpose of the schedule is to isolate the year of completion to determine the overall timing of gross profit recognition?
    4) Any other tips on using this schedule in practice?

    • Hi,

      1. You would use the total estimated/actual gross profits per contract as of that point in time.
      2. No. You are dealing with totals here.
      3. No. Its primary purpose is to detect deficiencies in the estimation, job costing, and project management systems at construction firms.
      4. Sure. Hire me and I’ll be glad to show you…lol.

  12. Rick Barclay says:

    We are a corporation and we’re doing our 2010 tax return (FY ending 03/31/2011). According to Form 8941, we’re entitled to a tax credit of $6,220. We’re instructed to plug that figure into Form 3800 (General Business Credit), 29h, which is included in a total on line 30. Line 31 says “Enter the smaller of line 28 or 30.” However, we’re not entitled to any other credits, so line 28 is zero. Therefore, the credit allowed for the year is zero. So it looks like our health care credit has vanished. Are we missing something?

    • Without examining your tax return in detail, I suspect that you could not use the health care credit in 2010 because of the tax liability limit as calculated on Form 3800; however, you may be eligible to carryback the unused credit and file an amended tax return or an application for tentative refund.

      Is your tax accountant a certified public accountant?

      The Barefoot Accountant

      • Rick Barclay says:

        Hi Bill,

        Thanks for your reply. I understand what’s going on now. Yes, my accountant is a CPA and I now have a clearer picture of what he was dealing with and considering… I guess I was the one scratching my head… Thanks again

  13. Bill Spearman says:

    Mr. Brighenti,

    I am currently employed by a U.S. Corporation, residing overseas. I am authorized to claim the FEI exclusion and am a bona fide permanent resident of Japan (I have a resident’s card). My corporation is a contractor for the Department of the Navy and as such has occasion to send employees from Japan to other locations in the Far East, including Guam.

    My question is this: If I am traveling under Military Orders, assigned Temporary Additional Duties (or TAD in Navy parliance) in Guam, do the days I spend in Guam count against the physical presence test?

    Appreciate any information you can provide.

    • If you are a bona fide resident of Japan, they may indeed not jeopardize your foreign earned income exclusion, depending upon all other criteria.

      When you are dealing with the foreign earned income exclusion and the severe tax ramifications from not properly anticipating its application, I urge you to engage a qualified Certified Public Accountant in advance before it is too late. If you do not have a tax accountant, please contact me. I’ll do a tax projection and won’t charge you extra for that, as long as I do your final tax return.

      The Barefoot Accountant

  14. James tonelli says:

    which package would you say is better
    Master builder or quickbooks

    • It depends on the size and needs of the client. Sage Master Builder has a more sophisticated job costing feature, enabling the user to print work-in-process without undergoing Houdini machinations, unlike QuickBooks. However, Sage Master Builder is much more expensive, including its hefty annual maintenance fee.

      If your client has revenues of over $5 million annually, it might need a more robust construction accounting package like Sage Master Builder. But if its revenues are less than a couple of million per year, I would stick with QuickBooks. It’s cheaper and easier to work with.

      Incidentally, I provide consulting services for users of Sage Master Builder as well as QuickBooks Contractor Edition. Please keep me in mind.

      The Barefoot Accountant

  15. Marlene Patterson says:

    Morning Bill,

    I began working outside of my permanent home (Las Vegas) on June 2 and will be ending my stint here in Wash DC at the end of May in order to be here under a year and take advantage of the tax benefits of being a temporary worker.

    My question is: Should there still be no work in Las Vegas, when or how can I “re-start” my new tax year (so-to-speak) as a temporary worker? Is it as simple as changing employers? Do I have to return to Vegas for a specified time?

    • There are too many unspecified details preventing a definitive answer. I suggest you engage a competent CPA to consult with. Of course, you may engage me if you wish.

      In general, if the temporary assignment is contracted for one year or less, then it constitutes temporary work; consequently, your travel expenses would be deductible as such. However, if your assignment or job is indefinite, the location of the assignment or job becomes your new tax home and you cannot deduct your travel expenses while there. An assignment or job in a single location is considered indefinite if it is realistically expected to last for more than one year, whether or not it actually lasts for more than one year.

  16. Wayne A. Sparrow, CPA says:

    Writeoff of Sec 197 Intangible Goodwill ( Customer Lists)

    My client bought a business about three years ago for $ 1.3M which except for a small amount allocated to equipment and covenant not to compete, has been allocated to goodwill ( customer lists). We have been amortizing the goodwill and covenant not to compete over 15 years.

    Now, after a recent review of the customer lists, we have found about 25% of the customers have been loss.

    According to the tax code, you have to allocate any decrease in value to another intangible asset. In my case, the unamortized portion of the loss customers equals about $ 240K. The original amount of covenant not to compete was $ 100,000. I think that the amount allocated to covenant not to compete is fixed and cannot be increased.

    Therefore, I think my only real choice is to expense the portion allocated to loss customers.

    I would appreciate any advise from other tax professionals on my position.

  17. Alex Smyth says:

    Do you know a good way to handle Notes Receivable in Quickbooks (e.g. mortgages)? Can you use Loan Manager ‘in reverse’ ?

    • Hi Alex,

      That’s an interesting question. Unfortunately, you cannot use Loan Manager in reverse per se since it is designed to process payments to lenders and not to receive payments from borrowers.

      I do know, however, a way to use Loan Manager in conjunction with other features in QuickBooks to process receipts from borrowers; however, that is the subject of a future article, which will be published sometime this year.

      Stay tuned.

      The Barefoot Accountant

  18. John says:

    I am currently looking to either get QuickBooks Pro or Peachtree. I am starting a very small finance company where I plan to buy inheritances at a discount; do factoring (i.e., buying invoices at a discount); and make limited small commercial/consumer loans.

    Between QuickBooks and Peachtree, which product would (1) allow me to prepare financial statements and footnote disclosures in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, (2) be best suited for my type of business, and (3) allow me to prepare reports that would be accepted by banks and investors for getting financing?

    • Hi John,

      Unfortunately QuickBooks nor Peachtree will automatically prepare financial statements and footnote disclosures in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Intuit has a Statement Writer; Peachtree has a Financial Statement Editor. Plus Crystal Reports is included with Peachtree Premium, allowing greater flexibility in creating financial reports.

      But before preparing financial statements and footnotes you need to understand GAAP and the required disclosures. No program will provide that knowledge for you.

      Whatever program in which you are most comfortable working perhaps might be your choice of software. And if you need official financial statements, unless you are a trained accountant, I humbly suggest you always engage a good CPA. I learned long ago that when it comes to doing something ordinarily requiring years of study, hire a professional and save headaches and money.

      The Barefoot Accountant

      • John says:

        Thanks for your response. Do you also have any idea between Quickbooks and Peachtree, which product be (1) best suited for my type of business and (2) allow me to prepare reports that would be accepted by banks and investors for getting financing?

        I don’t own either product so I am in the market to purchase one. Again, my business is a very small finance company where I plan to buy inheritances at a discount; do factoring (i.e., buying invoices at a discount); and make limited small commercial/consumer loans.

  19. Mike Peters says:

    Thank You for your web page describing Quickbooks Loan Manager. I was able to set up my loan quickly and correctly. Before finding your site I was confused and ready to give up on using the loan manager. The only “iffy” section is where you say “Next record the loan in quickbooks, crediting the total dollar amount to the Note Payable account” I got it, but I wasn’t sure I was doing it right until it all worked out. I just felt uncomfortable since the earlier commentary was step by step, and this segment skipped quickly past that.

    Kudo’s for a great Help site.

  20. Removed says:

    I bought, Jan 2011, an S corporation. The corporation is a home health care agency. The purchase price was 2,ooo,ooo.oo (two million) dollars. I paid 1.7 million up front and have a long-term loan for the remaining 300,000.00 at eight per cent.
    I live in Jerusalem, Israel and the s corporation is in Florida. I am not taking a salary.
    1) How do I figure my “basis” for the first year?
    2) My distribution for the first year is 20K per month with 11K going to pay the long term loan, so what is my tax liability.
    3) What is your fee for filing my tax returns for this first year?

    • [We removed name and email address to protect the confidentiality of the individual]

      Basis is typically based on what you have invested and re-invested in any investment. So it appears that you have sufficient basis to deduct any losses, particularly in the first year. Your Certified Public Accountant normally computes and updates your basis each year, since the calculation is a function of a number of items, including contributions and distributions and income.

      Your tax liability is based on the S Corporation’s income and other pass through items. Is the $20k/month distribution a salary?

      My fee is typically one-third of my competitors in the area.

      The Barefoot Accountant
      Accountants CPA Hartford, Connecticut, LLC

  21. Sridhar Vemuri says:

    Hi ,

    I have an interesting question – there might not be a Right or Wrong answer – but I was faced with this situation in one of my companies – If you can give your thought and advise what you think is more correct – appreciate your answer –

    Academic question –

    Valuation of WIP in Airline Maintenance & Repair & Overhaul organizations ( MROs’ ).

    Generally work is undertaken in the MRO’s after the repair work is identified and costs agreed to complete the job. Work starts only after the repair rates are agreed upon between the two parties – the owner and the service provider

    For WIP valuation, should one use the costs or the selling rate.

    As a conservative practice, we value the closing stock or the WIP at cost or realisable value , whichever is lower. The reason is simple – the sale has not taken place and these goods are to be sold at a later date – so the axiom of conservativeness applies –

    However if, as in the MRO business, the sale of the service is already done, and the maintenance is in progress, should not the value be expressed at the selling price instead of at cost? The rationale being that the sale has already taken place and there are no more selling expenses needed to complete the sale. By this method there is fairness and also the profits are being recognized proportionately..

    In my opinion, the conservative thinking of valueing at cost price was the right thing to do – but the Company had a Global Policy to value WIP at selling price – The Big 4 accepted this policy – may be because of the above reasoning – I did not question the policy – could not – but tried to reason out the thinking !! How would you look at this —-

    Kind regards

    Sridhar Vemuri

    Chartered Accountant

  22. Donna L. Loeffler, CPA says:

    I have a very small practice. I am just starting out and I am in southeastern MN. A new client came in to my office and asked me to prepare his 2011 taxes. He had started his electrical contracting business in 2010 and filed his own taxes on Turbo Tax. He selected accrual accounting method because he maintained an inventory of parts that he billed to his clients.

    I spent many hours researching the Rev Procs for the 3115 form. It was daunting. I went out to and the IRS website. But, when I came across your article, all the pieces of the puzzle seemed to fall into place. I still have a few pieces of the puzzle to wrap up, but the task seems much more manageable after reading your article. I thank you very much for sharing. Words just can’t express…

    Donna L. Loeffler, CPA
    936 Church Avenue
    St. Charles, MN 55972

  23. Brenda says:

    I am having a terrible time with Lacerte and read your blog. Any advice on how to get my money back? I want to switch back right now. Please help if you have any advice. I want to go back to ProFx. They refused to cancel my contract and threatened to let it go to collections. I cannot afford to buy both programs this year.

    • Hi Brenda,

      I am sorry to hear about your unfortunate experience with Lacerte; however, since it is a product of Intuit, I cannot say that I am not surprised.

      You may wish to contact Brad Smith, the President of Intuit. Here is the address for the Office of the President.

      Intuit, Inc.
      OOP (Office of the President)
      P.O. Box 28867
      Tucson, AZ 85726-8857

      Good luck.
      The Barefoot Accountant

      • Brenda says:

        I called that office and they were no help what so ever! The woman who I spoke to said too much time had gone by and they will not reduce the price or issue a refund at this point. I’m in so much trouble now I have purchased 2 tax software packages that I cannot afford. I’ll let you know if I make any headway.

        • Brenda,

          So sorry to hear about your experience. All I can say is, wow.

          Imagine not standing behind one’s product. Whatever happened to the phrase, the customer is always right?

          If I were you, I would not keep silent about your experience.

          Please keep me informed.

          Kindest regards,
          The Barefoot Accountant

  24. Wendy says:

    Our banker has decided that he wants all of our loan information broken down into short term/long term/interest/principal etc so I found your article on the loan manager, which I really like and now use, however, I ran into the problem that was stated about the most common error is not posting the payment through the loan manager. I back started it for January 1st 2012 and of course we have already made 4 payments this year so then when I tried to go through the loan manager to show the payments were made, they are all double posted. Help!! Thanks, Wendy

  25. Will says:

    I have a rental property that is managed by a professional real estate management company. I receive a 1099 at the end of the year for the income I receive.

    The property is owned by a trust and I am the owner and manager of the trust.

    My question is about receipts for repairs. Since I am not managing the properties, do I need to keep a copy of all repair receipts in case of an audit or would this be something that only the management company would keep for their records?

    Thanks so much!

    • I would keep a copy of all receipts involving that trust and property. First, the management copy is not liable for any tax liabilities involving that trust. Secondly, you may decide to change property managers someday. Try getting copies of receipts years later during an audit after you discharged a property management company. And what if that company goes out of business before an audit? Save the receipts.

      Who is the CPA involved with that trust? Why didn’t you ask that CPA?

      The Barefoot Accountant

  26. Lisa Strother says:

    I had come across your link to ‘Cash Basis Problems with Quickbooks’. Every year I find myself having a balance in the AR & AP accounts on a cash basis. Your information was very helpful on how to find which transactions are causing the problem.

    After re-doing all transactions, making sure bills are created and credits are applied correctly. I am still have this issue in my AP account. And still having the issue in my AR account even though I am applying customer payment correctly and customer retainers by a GJ enrtry from the liability account to AR and then applying the customer’s credit. Am I missing something. I have tried everywhich way. All of my transactions are handled the same way, yet some are still showing up in the cash basis totals. PLEASE HELP. I am beginning to think that there is something that is wrong with the actual software.

    Lisa Strother

    • Hi Lisa,

      QuickBooks is limited in its ability to convert accrual to cash basis reports completely: that was the point of my article.

      I would have to review your QuickBooks file in detail to understand precisely what is causing these negative balances in AR and AP since you already have re-done the entries in QuickBooks of the transactions affecting those accounts.

      If you have a Certified Public Accountant servicing your company, that firm should be able to assist you on this matter. If not, I would be pleased to do so as your CPA.

      Sorry, but if you have followed my recommendations in my article and still are seeing negative balances, I would really need to review your QuickBooks file.

      Kindest regards,
      The Barefoot Accountant

  27. Cindy Sorensen says:

    Your article How to Use Quickbooks Loan Manager was very informative and something I did not know that Quickbooks had the capability to do. I have referenced numerous sources and none of them seem to be aware that this exists within Quickbooks. Your website is something I stumbled upon when doing an internet search and it has loads of information. I have a few questions in regard to Loan Manager and hoping you can help me out. Thanks so much for your time. Looking forward to your response.

    1) If the payment is late the interest rates changes from 8% to 10%. Is there a way to incorporate this?

    2) Our Note Payable is for invoices for job materials that we received and just fell behind on so ended up doing a Note Payable. What should I do with the invoices that are out in BILL PAY that the Note Applies to?

    3) Additionally, they have been sending checks received from clients directly to the vendor (Notes Payable) as they accept them. I have been receiving the payments, so the customer invoice will be marked PAID, and posting to a flow through acct. Is this correct? Is there a way to receive the payments and get them to the Note Payable?

    • QuickBooks Loan Manager is set up to work for a fixed interest rate and equal installment payments. Given the circumstances you described above, QuickBooks Loan Manager is not appropriate.

      • cindy says:

        Thanks for your reply. Assuming we use a fixed rate, we can set it up as you describe. What do I do with the bills in BILL PAY pay that are applicable to this loan?

        and if you can also help with portion it would really help me out…
        sending checks received from clients directly to the vendor (Notes Payable) as they accept them. I have been receiving the payments, so the customer invoice will be marked PAID, and posting to a flow through acct. Is there a way to receive the payments and get them to the Note Payable.
        Again, thanks for your time and help.

  28. chris hurst says:

    Let’s say I was on a temporary work assignment (live in MD and assignment is in TN) and the assignment was indeed to last less than one year. But toward the end of that year, another employer (different EIN, etc. ) took over a contract and again assigned me for a term to last less than one year. The question is whether I still have deductibility of those expenses of temporarily living in TN or is TN now my tax home? Does the fact that the second assignment was not really an extension by the original employer matter?

    • Up to the time you realistically expected to be again assigned would be considered temporary. After that point in time, I would not, as a tax preparer, report that time away from home as temporary.

  29. Riz Momin says:

    I own a small company and using Quickbooks for accounting and bookkeeping.
    I am using company credit card to make online purchases and make billing payment.
    The problem I am facing is when I download the credit card transaction into Quickbooks.

    Below is one of the scenario I run into:

    I am buying lots of office supplies from say Office Depot, Staples, etc.
    When I download the transaction, they would appear as

    Office Depot #1898
    Office Depot #2888
    Office Depot #1823
    Office Depot #5689
    Office Depot #896

    And similar to Staples and other vendors.

    Quickbooks treat each of the above as a unique Vendor and hence we end up with lots of vendors list.
    I want to see if there is a way to avoid this kind of situation so that all entries can go into “Office Depot” as one vendor.

    #xxxx is referring to Store # I think.

    This is true for many other vendors.
    You have a lunch at one McDonald and Dinner at another McDonald, then there will be 2 different vendors…basically in this case I just need to go under McDonald.

    Please see if you can help.

    Riz Momin

    • QuickBooks is a $200 program, and has limitations. QuickBooks treats each store of the vendor differently because they are electronically identified differently as you observed.

      But why don’t you do what everyone else does when prompted to enter a new vendor: just select the generic vendor already set up.

      Sorry, I cannot be of further help to you but a $200 program customarily cannot spit wooden nickels.

  30. Jerry Boyd, CPA says:

    Just wanted to compliment you on your web site and all the information you provide. I have looked at several topics and in my opinion it is well written, accurate and very informative. Thanks for a job well done.

  31. Ben says:

    I read a well written article on “Renting your home” and as a landlord I had a question.
    Does one have to look at the FMV of the property every year to claim depreciation or can one claim it every year irrespective of the market value set by county appraisers.
    My rental property value has risen from $170k to $206 K per county assesment (for tax assesment).Do I still get to claim depreciation?

  32. Jeanne says:

    Can you tell me the tax implications of purchasing a home for cash that I want to move to in another city while still trying to sell primary residence ? In other words can I pay homestead on both in Michigan?

  33. Jeff says:

    Is there any commentary on the subject of a small family business that has an established SEP-IRA and wishes to elect to file as qualified joint venture / sole proprietorship?

    As husband and wife, we think we qualify for QJV. Our business is profitable, paying taxes and the rest pays tuition for our kids (that’s about its size). We are happy to have a 3rd and 4th job. :)

    But the SEP is complicated because we contributed and rolled the funds accumulated over to an annuity that is truly locked. We are both annuitants with right of survivorship -its really a family pension and the IRS enjoys a lifetime of taxes…

    The challenge is this years’ contribution is well below the limit as a whole business, but exceeds the limit if we half the income as one does on a QJV. And then every single published example states a SEP must be offered to employees. We only made one contribution to one spouse; I am not splitting the IRA income because little parts don’t add up when it comes to annuities.

    What should I do to reconcile a potential excess contribution?

    If this unravels into true IRS Halloween (some of these forms and instructions are ridiculous), can I re-file and characterize my business without QJV? We are just not big enough ….

    • Please don’t tell me you file your own tax returns; use Turbo Tax; go to H&R Block, Jackson Hewitt, Liberty Tax; or use a tax preparer who is not a CPA. Given that you have your own business, and your issues are complex, are you determined not to use the services of a CPA? If you were diagnosed with cancer, would you not seek the services of an oncologist? Or would you treat yourself?

  34. Hi Bill,

    I have a question regarding filing taxes for a construction company that has work in progress. Lets say I have a client that has $100,000 income. Of the $100,000, $50,000 is work in progress that at the end of the year is not completed. They would get a 1099 for the entire $100,000.

    On the Schedule C line F would I select other accounting method and specify Completed Contract Method.

    Then I would enter the $100,000 on line 1 Gross Receipts. Would I then enter $50,000 in line 2 Returns and allowances and notate Work in Progress. The following year would I then record the income on line 1 as Gross Receipts.

    Bill please let me know if I am going in the right direction.

    Many Thanks,
    Orlando Javien Jr.
    have a client that reports income when the job is completed. He received a 1099 so I know I have to report that on line one of the Schedule C. Do I deduct the work in progress income on line 2 Returns and allowances. Also What method should be en

  35. Ms Gardener says:

    If the circumstances are these:

    Union welder by trade;

    Provided with W2s at the end of the year not from the union but from the companies that the union contracts with, (so still considered an employee);

    Due to the nature of the work and lack of work in the local area, has no regular place of business therefore making his tax home the same as his residence;

    Not specifically required by the employers but owns and maintains an exclusively and regularly used office space set up in part of the home where on-site created and maintained business records such as expense logs and scanned receipts that are required to be kept by the IRS are stored and where supplies are ordered and received and where jobs are searched for via networking with union halls, union websites and other union welders both in person and by phone, and where that home office is also used for strategizing, both alone and with other union welders, which jobs to accept and setting up appointments and making travel arrangements for jobs such as lodging and plotting travel routes to those jobs as well as for storing supplies that necessarily have to be kept warm and dry like welding rods and other tools and supplies that are susceptible to weather conditions; no other office space is available;

    No employer provides office space to perform the management and administrative activities involved in pursuit of the trade;

    Works only temporary jobs in several states for several different employers lasting 3 days to 3 months and thereby making his home office his principal place of business.

    And where the IRS has accepted as legitimate business travel expenses, such things as lodging, meals and union dues and tax preparation expenses:

    Then the questions are these:

    is the “for the convenience of the employer” requirement considered met?

    Also, is the mileage between the motel and the restaurant and the bank and the laundry service at the temporary work location considered a legitimate business expense?

  36. Dale Johnson says:

    My son and I bought a house for him to live in in 2008 in Mobile, AL. In 2013 he accepted a job in GA and bought a home there as his primary residence. We listed the Mobile home for sale starting in 3/2013. It sat on the market and we finally got a contract on it in November 2013. However, this contract fell through when the buyer had an accident and felt she could not maneuver the stairs. In January 2014 we started renting the property. We did so until it finally sold in May 2014. There was a sizeable loss on the this property, using the contract price of November 2013 as the Market Value on the date of turning it into rental. My question is: Can my son claim the loss on his income tax return for 2014? If so, what is the IRS regulation that allows this? Thanks, Dale Johnson

  37. Gary Neff says:

    Hi Bill,

    My son’s company assigned him to a job that required him to be away from his tax home for 16-18 months. It was specifically a temporary assignment with the understanding that he would be returning home to resume his previous responsibilities after that assignment was up. He owns a home in his tax home and has been a resident there for a number of years.

    I have read IRS publication 463 and also your review of the circumstances for claiming lodging and other business expense deductions in this kind of situation.

    His circumstance fits all the criteria to claim this deduction except the definition of “temporary”, which is an assignment of one year or less. My question is, Is ‘one year or less’ a strict definition of temporary? His assignment was, in every sense of the word, temporary. He specifically took the assignment with the understanding from his company that he would be returning to his previous position after the “temporary” assignment was completed.

    I’d greatly appreciate your interpretation of this since it could mean a great deal of tax savings for him.

    Thanks for your help in advance.

  38. Shericalyn Hill says:

    Two years ago I gained weight quickly, and had to buy an all new wardrobe. This year I’ve lost over 70lbs, and I am donating my entire “big girl” closet from this time frame to charity. So far, I’ve counted over 500 pieces (new/slightly used only), using fair market value I’m over 5 K in this category already. Since these aren’t antique clothes I have no way of finding an appraiser. What should I do in when including this information on my taxes?

  39. My completed contract method construction client bought a truck Over 6,000lbs). We allocate his vehicle expense between cogs and ending inventory. We took 100% section 179 on the purchase. We allocated 53% to ending inventory and 47% to cogs. CT is adding back 100% to 2019 income. We only took 47%. What is the correct way to account for this? Should we override CT anf take the rest as we expenses it in future years?

    thank you

  40. Kim Pont says:

    I have a QB client that is cash basis accounting, and the previous CPA set up a monthly AJE to remove sales that have been recorded but not paid. The AJE debits sales and credits an “AR Flow” account, which creates a major eyesore on the balance sheet due to it being a negative asset account. Is there a better way to do this?

    Thank you.

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There are roughly 2 billion web sites on the internet. All information that you may think of is available on the internet. Today, the problem is no longer if there’s available information about a certain question, but where to find the right answer. In the ocean of websites, one must know what the best place […]

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How to Do Local Internet Marketing?

There is no chance that a business can succeed nowadays if they don’t have an online presence. This may include having a website or social media accounts where they can present their brand to the public. People are investing much more into advertising on the internet instead of TV or other methods. The way it […]

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Why Text Structure Is Important For SEO

The overall structure of your text can be extremely important for search engine optimization. If the content on your page is not clearly structured, you could be missing a chance for your page to rank well. Here are some of the top reasons why tech structure remains so important to your SEO value. The Majority […]

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Social Media Best Timing Practices

When it comes to social media, many tend to think that the more, the better, right! And in as much as there is some truth to this, you need a formulated plan to make it practical. You cannot expect to post every waking moment waiting for a success every time. There is some finesse and […]

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What Kind of SEO Works You Can Expect

SEO is of great importance for any online business, but many do not realize that it should be organically integrated into web design, and not added later. Your website use to be the center of the digital marketing world you made a place where all digital rivers flow. And the biggest source of traffic, of […]

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How to Maximize Your Content Marketing Efforts

You’re already familiar with the content marketing basics, otherwise why else would you be reading this right now? You know the fundamentals, you’re well-versed in the concepts. What you need now is to understand how to go deeper, get more from your content marketing strategy, and maximize these efforts to ensure that you are reaching […]

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Creativty – process or end product?

I think that people often focus on the wrong thing with creativity and especially their won creativity. Mostly the focus is on the end result, rather than what happened in the process. Let me use the example of drawing. Someone sits down to draw or represent an idea. If the result is something that they hadn’t imagined or even don’t like, has it been a waste of time? The commercial answer may be yes. The internal skeptic we all have would tell you it’s a pile of crap and a waste of time (along with the usual “you aren’t creative, don’t try it again idiot!”) Some other people may even laugh at what you have done. But is it waste of time? My thoughts are a big NO. Participating in the process of drawing gives great outcomes such as self expression, thinking differently, visualisation, relaxing, thinking, creating, improving hand-eye coordination, refreshing your soul, learning to see, learning a new skill and plenty of other great outcomes.
I think that to many people ignore the benefits of engaging in a creative process. How good is it to dance just because you can? What are the benefits of dancing for no reason at all?
I started thinking more about this whilst reading an article by Tom Allen recently about prisoners in Bali who were exhibiting their art. The organiser said the exhibition was more about soothing troubled souls rather than unearthing a master.The focus was as much on the benefit of painting rather than the specific outcomes of the painting.

And that’s exactly right. Creativity has many fantastic benefits, including the benefits  process of doing something ‘creative’. Be brave, ignore the outcome and go and create for the fun of it. What is the worst that can happen?

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Understanding, interpreting history from objective perspectives

ZHAO XUZHOU | 2017-11-06

From Sept. 15 to 16, the 11th Forum on Historical Frontiers, themed “Cognition and Interpretation: the Objectivity and Truth of Historical Understanding,” was held in Changchun, Jilin Province. It was co-hosted by the Editorial Department of Historical Research at Social Sciences in China Press (SSCP) and the School of History and Culture at Northeast Normal University.

The Executive Deputy Editor-in-Chief of SSCP Wang Limin, delivered the keynote speech on behalf of CASS Vice-President Zhang Jiang. Deputy Editor-in-Chief Sun Hui and Vice-President of Northeast Normal University Han Dongyu attended the opening ceremony of the forum and also presented remarks. More than 80 experts and scholars from over 40 research institutes and universities nationwide gathered for discussion.

Wang said that in the new context brought by omni-media era, the mode of academic production is undergoing profound changes. In recent years, SSCP has been rethinking its approach to publishing journals and newspapers. In addition to developing disciplines and refining its discourse system, it has been cooperating with domestic academic journals and institutes and has set a series of academic agendas that are instructive, theoretical and distinctive.

Li Jinzheng, a history professor at Nankai University, said that the internal and external interaction of historical research methods is quite important. “To gain the power of international academic discourse and to establish academic confidence, both international (external) and domestic (internal) views are needed. The former means competing for international discourse power by means of excellent academic performance and achievement while the latter means seeking domestic historical resources and establish a set of academic rules that are acknowledged by international academia.”

“Human understanding of history, while limited by both subjective and objective historical conditions, can be improved as human society advances, so that they are able to gradually access the truth of history and enrich their understanding of the deep structure embedded in human history.” said Zhou Yumin, professor from College of Humanities and Communications at Shanghai Normal University. He said what makes history different from other disciplines is that historical research can only grasp history in the context of historical trends.

Other scholars also explored themes such as philology and archaeology, which are considered crucial means of obtaining reliable historical materials and offering fresh historical views.


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Monday, April 6, 2015

The Unhandyman, New Film by Steve Oakley, Utilizes Unique Filmmaking Approach

According to Steve Oakley, producer and director, “ ‘The Unhandyman,’ a comedy, exploitation and horror film currently shooting, is taking a new approach to achieve new depths of creativity.”  The underlying story of an out-of-work husband who places a “handyman” classified, is replete with surprises, partially by the calls he gets and the requests made, and by the reactions of the actors captured on the first and only takes.  Oakley says he looks upon his actors as “participants” in all phases of a film.  Therefore, if the actor, in a certain scene reacts in a manner befitting the mood, it will be captured by the 6 cameras that are utilized in the shoot. “The surprises promise to exceed all expectations,” says Oakley.

Oakley, who has been making films for more than 15 years, uses exploitation elements to ensure that his films get distributed. In this way he is a mixed bag, artistic, but realistic in what it takes to make a film that will at least get released.

Oakley writes, directs, produces and shoots using the 6 camera technique. Formerly, an actor and director, he commenced writing, directing and filming movies as he learned the craft and acquired “the comfort factor” of turning actors and scripts and locations into stories for the screen.

Oakley’s last two films, “Addicted To Blood” and “Waiting for Dracula” are available through TLA releasing.

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Danielle Gellis

Server-side JavaScript:
ES6, Node, Express
React, Redux, HTML and CSS, jQuery, Fetch, Processing.JS, EJS and Pug
Mocha/Chai, Jasmine
Git and Github, Heroku, *nix
Also Familiar With:
Ruby on Rails, GraphQL, Angular, Bootstrap, Sequelize, NoSQL databases

Some of the projects I've been working on:

Echo is a learning management system used by Learners Guild.
The tech stack includes Node, Express, RethinkDB, GraphQL, Redux, and React.

To learn about the features I built during my apprenticeship, check out the GITHUB repo and my resume

a screenshot of Bossggle

Bossggle is a 1-player clone of one of my favorite games, Boggle.

This project was made with a colleague. Take a look at our code HERE or Bossggle

a screenshot of part of the Zivity homepage

As an intern at Zivity I built new features, fixed bugs, refactored code, and participated in technical decision-making.

For more details about what I accomplished at Zivity, please take a look at my resume

Bay Area Theater Review

Bay Area Theater Review is a full-stack app made with Node.js, Express, and Postgres.
It's basically Yelp, but for all the musicals, plays, operas, improv, comedy shows, and immersive theater we can go see.

Check out my code HERE or read and write some

Magic 8-Ball

a screenshot of our magic 8 ball

The Magic 8 Ball was made during a one-day React Hackathon. My teammates and I had no prior experience using React, so we spent part of the day learning it and then made this project.

You can see our code HERE or

An A-maze-ing Game

a screenshot of the A-maze-ing game

Made with Processing.js. The code is HERE or just the game

Memorial Site

a screenshot of the Christina Memorial site

I made this page over the course of a weekend for a friend. I was given the text and pictures. My instructions were to make it pink and sparkly and to put the details for the memorial services into a sidebar.

Click Here to see the whole page

The FizzBuzzinator

a screenshot of the FizzBuzzinator

The Fizzbuzzinator is a simple web app designed to show my knowledge of Javascript, including vanilla JavaScript DOM traversal, as well as HTML and CSS. Take a look at the code HERE or the FizzBuzzinator


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The Take Away: The Last Dance, Part Two

At the start of the summer, a longtime friend reached out to get my thoughts on The Last Dance, the sports docuseries on the Chicago Bulls last championship run over 1997 and 1998. We ended up exchanging emails over a course of a few weeks as we broke down the the leadership, management, and organizational lessons - yes, our takeaways - from the ten-hour program. If you haven’t yet, check out part one of that discussion here. Part two of that discussion follows this introduction. Stay tuned for the wrap on this conversation next week.

Brandon King is the Founder and Owner of Behavioral Research Solutions a company that specializes in organizational effectiveness and people analytics. Be sure and check out his blog, The Scientist Practitoner.

The Take Away

King: Good grief… I knew there was going to be a lot to say but I didn’t anticipate this single email going on quite this long! In addition to the questions I asked earlier about MJ’s emotions and the role of choice/control in your own work, I wondered if you had thoughts about one Bulls’ player in particular: Scottie Pippen. What did you think about how he was portrayed and did you learn anything new about him from The Last Dance?

Ubilla: I’m so glad you brought up the triangle dynamic between Phil Jackson’s and Michael Jordan’s leadership style when it came to Dennis Rodman. Jackson understood that Jordan needed to know about Rodman’s leave and that Rodman needed Jordan’s blessing in the matter. Jackson also knew that when it was time to go get Rodman, Jordan was going to be the best person for the job. Jackson’s ability to manage through Jordan was remarkable.

Autonomy plays such a key part in job happiness in software. It’s something I think about a lot. I’m always trying to push context to my teams, create some appropriate level of constraint, and then allow the team to work within that space. At a more individual level, I’ve found that a software organization hits a sustainable level of maturity when it has enough different types of projects such that engineers don’t need to leave the company to find a totally different type of work; they can find that challenge within another team at the company. It takes a while to get there, and you’ll always deal with attrition from folks who can’t find that challenge internally, but retention goes up with the greater choice of projects you can present to employees.

I’d always admired Scottie Pippen. It’s so often that really talented people will look for the spotlight. After achieving some success, people often want to be the designated leader of a team. Pippen was certainly talented enough to be the best player on a competitive team, but he found a role both helping Jordan succeed and helping the team succeed. Jordan needed some sort of near-equal to help share the leadership load. When Pippen was out at the start of the 1997-98 season, Rodman had to step up to fill that role. It was only when Rodman recognized this that the team started to turn that season around. Pippen’s leadership style also played such a great counterweight to Jordan. Jordan was ruthless, but Pippen was empathetic. Jordan would yell, and Pippen would listen. It sounded like this balance humanized the team’s leadership.

Pippen had a lot of downs with the team as well. In his sole season on the Bulls without Jordan, he sulked and sat himself for a crucial final play against the Knicks in the playoffs. I’ll never forget the team recounting team veteran Bill Cartwright confrontation with Pippen in the locker room after the incident. The team didn’t know what to say to Pippen, but Cartwright was willing to voice the team’s disappointment in him. In the moment, Cartwright rallied the team back to a center. What did you think of Pippen’s leadership, how the team reacted, and what can teams learn from these moments?

And I know you brought up Kerr briefly. It was fascinating watching him as a role player finding his way in the league knowing the coach and leader he is today. What did you take away from watching Kerr in the doc?

King: Great point about managing through Jordan! I didn’t think about it quite like that, but it’s a valuable perspective. Because for management, another team member might be able to connect with someone else on the team in a way that the manager cannot. I also like your approach to working with your team. Setting that context and boundaries, then allowing them to work is important. Autonomy does not mean zero structure and organization. That can be a tough balance to strike!

I might have learned the most about Scottie Pippen from this documentary. The Pippen/Jordan leadership balance is not one I had considered before though. Jordan’s style could easily have become a negative for the team. Although teammates agreed that Jordan’s style was good for the team’s success, Phil Jackson, Scottie Pippen, and Dennis Rodman, all provided something almost contrary to Jordan’s tough-minded kind of leadership. I think that those team dynamics made for a good mix of task orientation, continuous improvement, and caring for each other. I don’t know how deliberately constructed that mix was for the Bulls, but have you found ways to instill that with teams you have led? That’s another tough balancing act.

I had forgotten about the Pippen self-benching until the documentary. I think that a mistake that emotionally hits your team like this one did can be much tougher to come back from than a missed assignment or missed shot. They looked to Pippen as the leader after Jordan left for his basketball sabbatical and he broke a sort of psychological contract. Here’s what I loved though: the process of coming back from that. I love that Cartwright stepped up and told him directly in a team meeting that he needed to be there for the team. I love that Pippen owned it, apologized to the team, and everyone moved on together. They lost the series but there wasn’t any question about Pippen’s dedication for the rest of the series. Plus, he had that monster dunk on Patrick Ewing in game 6 which is still awesome to watch. I have seen an annoying number of managers who screw up and just can’t swallow their pride enough to say “I’m sorry, I was wrong” and then correct it. Pippen at least deserves credit for this. How we handle those mistakes is really important for building trust with others. When Pippen does something similar later on with a voluntarily delayed surgery and contract disputes, the team still welcomed him back when he was ready to play. Trust is a very delicate concept and the Bulls were a bit lucky that the team stuck together through some of those moments.

Steve Kerr is one of my favorite people in any sport. It’s clear early on for him that he’s not going to be a superstar in the NBA and he knows it. But he found a role with hustle and shooting that got him onto teams and, importantly, onto successful teams. Here is a list of people he had the chance to work with before becoming the head coach for the Golden State Warriors in 2014:

Phil Jackson, Doug Popovich, Mike D’Antoni, Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, John Paxon, Tim Duncan, David Robinson, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobli, Mark Price, Hot Rod Williams, Kevin Johnson, Dan Majerle, Shaquille O’Neal, Dennis Scott, and Scott Skiles. There is a lot of basketball knowledge, unique skills, differing personalities, and talent in that list. Kerr always seemed to be surrounded by talented and knowledgeable people that influenced him for the better. As a result, he would retire with a reputation as one of the smartest people in basketball. It was no wonder that he later became a championship head coach for one of the greatest teams in NBA history.

Here’s what I take from this: Do everything you can to surround yourself with talented people that continually push and teach you how to do things right. Kerr isn’t unique in learning from those around him. Everyone does that whether we want to or not (says the psychologist). But that is the issue, isn’t it? We will adopt the habits of those around us. He was unique though in that through his whole career he got to learn from some of the greatest to ever be involved in the game. It’s a lesson I keep learning over and over. The people I surround myself with are the people that I’m going to learn from. So for me it begs two questions: 1) What am I learning right now? and 2) What am I teaching others right now?

Part One is here
Part Three to follow

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Thursday, December 18, 2014

Catching a break in Sanibel

Today started a little slow with a few sheephed , then a flounder. The sky cleared, the sun was bright and warm. The shallow flats warmed and the fish started to bite. Pictured is John from Chicago with a nice pompano. Call today to book your adventure.  Captain Dave

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Happy holidays in Sanibel

The blue sky is a little cooler than last month, still warm when you compare to the rest of the country!. Sheepshead are biting along with a few redfish. Just plan a  day and get out on the water. Bring a few extra layers to stay warm. Call today to book your next trip!. 239-410-7194


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Best RxJava Book, so far

These days I tend to read blogs to catch up on the latest programming techniques, although I still read the occasional book. But every now and then I come across a book that is absolutely brilliant, one such as Reactive Programming with RxJava.

This is a great book for learning about RxJava as it goes way beyond just repeating the API and documentation. As well as the usual marble diagrams, the authors help you to take a peek under the hood to explain things like:

  • Use cases about the why and when to use various RxJava constructs.
  • Design decisions about why RxJava does things in certain ways.
  • Comparison with non-Rx and alternative techniques to achieve asynchronous processing, e.g. imperative programming, Futures, manual threading, etc.
  • Integration with existing legacy code and 3rd party libraries.
  • The importance of flatMap operator for asynchronous processing as well as for flattening out nested Observables.

This just scratches the surface in terms of what this book offers, but these were particularly informative for me as a beginner/intermediate RxJava programmer.

The reason I put ‘so far’ in the title of this blog is that book documents RxJava 1,  and the downside is that RxJava 2 was released soon after the book was published.

Having said that, most of the contents of the book are still applicable, but you have to mentally translate the concepts and examples to the RxJava 2 API. Hopefully the authors will update the book to RxJava 2 in a future edition.

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My farm my school

Naa Chenu, Naa Cheduvu [My Farm, My School] is a film made by Masanagari Mayuri, a nine year old girl from a dalit farm labouring family that lives in Pastapur Village of Medak District. Mayuri studies in the Government Primary School in her village Pastapur.

The film describes how Mayuri used her grandparents’ farm to learn about agriculture, plant growth, uncultivated foods and many other fascinating issues that a child can learn from the earth. She visited the farm every week from the time it was ploughed till the time it was harvested. Armed with a notebook, a measuring scale, a still camera and a video camera, she would observe the plants, photograph them, measure their growth, mark them in her notebook and finally shoot all this process with her team. Back home she would mark the growth details on a graph book, assemble the photographs into an album and edit the video shots.

Whenever Mayuri had a question about the farm, she would go to her grandmother or grandfather and get the answers. The sources of knowledge for her were not a book or a school teacher or an agricultural scientist. The sources were her grandparents, illustrating how a child can quench her thirst for knowledge from the fountain of traditional knowledge bubbling in her own community even to this day.

For more details, contact :

Masanagari Mayuri

Village Pastapur, Medak District, Andhra Pradesh, 500 220, India

Deccan Development Society

#101, Kishan Residency, Road No 5, Begumpet
Hyderabad – 500 016, Andhra Pradesh, India

Pesticides do not decipher caste, gender or nationality. They will kill anybody irrespective of his or her origins.

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West Side Early Childhood Center

PBIS: Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports
A proactive approach to establishing the behavioral supports needed for all students in a school to achieve social, emotional and academic success.

PBIS is a pyramid model for promoting social and emotional development through nurturing and responsive relationships, high quality supportive environments, targeted social emotional supports and intensive interventions.  PBIS is a school wide initiative implemented throughout the Decorah Community School District.

West Side PBIS Mission Statement: To work collaboratively to help each child reach his/her greatest potential.  Teaching life skills to be respectful, responsible and safe.

               West Side Expectations
                                     Be Safe!
                               Be Respectful!
                              Be Responsible!

PBIS supports students as they develop positive social emotional behaviors:
*Following Rules and Expectations
*Friendship Skills
*Problem Solving
*Developing Confidence, Competence and Independence
*Managing Strong Emotions Appropriately

Get Started at Home!
*Develop positive relationships - Give children encouragement (look for the positives!)
*Embrace the power of play - Have fun with your child!
*Set clear rules and expectations and provide logical consequences
*Give children choices when appropriate

Click Here to Learn More and to see Photos of Viking Pride in Action

Whether you look for the negative or you look for the positive... you'll find what you are looking for!

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Bridge and Bardot

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Bridge and Bardot developed their e-commerce site to make vintage clothing available to shoppers from Canada and the United States. They wanted to develop a site that was user-friendly and that also had a youthful experience. With the development we also managed their Google ad and Facebook ad campaigns to assist them with bringing conversion to the website.

Our designers at Difference Engine were able to capture what the owner was looking to develop along with aligning it with a youthful experience as many of her shoppers are between 18-30.We customized the E-Commerce platform for the owner to be able to manage the site on their own. We also provided Bridge and Bardot with SEO tools andGoogle/Facebook Ad Campaigns to assist with the conversion of the campaign.

The results of our web redevelopment along with our google/facebook ad campaigns brought Bridge and Bardot fantastic results. We were able to increase sales by 10% the first month after her website's relaunch. Her online sales were able to grow so rapidly she decided to close down her physical location in Toronto and spend the rent money towards more Inbound Marketing.

From the client:

"Difference Engine Inc. was amazing to work with on our redesign project. They were professional, knowledgeable and a delight to be around. My sales increased 15% after the launch." - Gagan Bassi, Owner

This website achieved Google ranking in four months: Ranks #1-#3 for keyword “Opertray”

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A squirrel in Colorado has tested positive for bubonic plague, according to a posting on the Jefferson County, Colorado, public health site.

The squirrel was found in the Town of Morrison, 17 miles southwest of Denver, and is the first cause of plague in the county, according to officials.

“Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis, and can be contracted by humans and household animals if proper precautions are not taken,” the site warned.

Humans can be infected through bites from infected fleas or by the cough of an infected animal or by direct contact with blood or tissues, such as through a bite of an infected animal.

Cats are highly susceptible to plague and might die if not treated promptly with antibiotics, the site noted, though dogs are less so.

Symptoms include sudden onset of high fever, chills, headache, nausea, extreme pain, and swelling of lymph nodes. Plague can be treated with antibiotics with an early diagnosis.

Multiple pandemics of bubonic plague have broken out over the centuries before the advent of antibiotics, most notably in the Middle Ages, when it was known as the Black Death. It killed a third of the population of Europe.Related Stories:

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