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Staff handbooks – as staff might write them
January 22nd, 2010This is class. It’s hopefully a joke and all credit to employeehandbookstore.com.
Computers and Related Equipment
EZ2WORK4 Company provides employees access to computers, printers and other equipment for personal and business use. Feel free to [...]
Managing staff handbooks – made easy
January 13th, 2010Many people have asked if we’d release a tool to help manage their staff handbook, or policies and procedures. Most HR departments print the document, distribute it and request a signed confirmation page by return. Most employees comply. Some don’t. It’s a pain in the ass to monitor.
So, we’re launching HrLocker.com at the end of [...]
NERA investigates Irish employers for poor HR practices
November 24th, 2009The National Employment Rights Authority released its quarterly report yesterday. It conducted 18,273 calls, interviews, and inspections of Irish employers. Here are the summary results…
Strange employment clauses
November 20th, 2009I’ve heard of some strange clauses appearing in contracts of employment. I’m going to try to keep a list of them on this blog. Here’s the starting point:
Porting an application to Microsoft Azure
November 3rd, 2009We’re in the process of porting AssemblyPoint to Windows Azure. Why? It allows a small Web company to scale massively without incurring large costs at the early stages. Additionally, it improves security and data integrity. In essence it removes most of the headaches associated with hosting.
The good news is that the process, so far, has [...]
SaaS: Three Challenges of Building a Userbase
October 20th, 2009Software as a Service is an amazing opportunity. Consumers get to purchase software for a fraction of the usual cost with no upfront payment or commitment. Producers can sell to a global market and aggregrate thousands of customers. The difficulty for producers is acquiring those customers. Here are the first three steps:
The first challenge is [...]
Internet hype: a decade too early?
October 8th, 2009Low cost, easy to use Web apps have created a sea change in how small businesses operate. In case there is any lingering doubt, consider the following: Freshbooks.com, an online invoicing, time tracking and expense service has signed up over 1,000,000 users since launch in 2004. 37signals, a provider of online collaboration tools has signed [...]
AssemblyPoint.com public beta launched!
September 18th, 2009We’ve just gone live with our first public beta. Sign up is by request via our web site. We’re in the process of putting our first public customers live. It’s an exciting time and the feedback has been very positive. We’re looking to add more customers especially in the United States for our 60 day [...]
Timesheets and location based services in 1901
August 27th, 2009
The first location based service integrated with time tracking wasn’t invented by a Silicon Valley startup. There are examples as far back as 1901 when a German engineer, AA Newman, filed a patent for his “watchclock”…