Continued Groundwork

I have been reading The Innovator’s Solution. Very interesting. Christensen and Raynor write about thinking and acting in a circumstance-contingent way as well as other poignant messages. As I was reading the book yesterday morning, I thought of another way to position the tool. I am working that out in my head right now, but I am thinking that it has true potential.

The design and flow diagram for the tool’s frame is done - on paper only! It needs to be converted to a coding language that will make it work. I think that is how to describe the process. Computer science engineering is a foreign world to me. I need to ask an expert - obviously. I think I know who I can contact to do this. When my mom died, one of my brother’s old friends was there, whom I know as well. After speaking with him I found out that he is a programmer for Pay Pal and works here in Austin. Maybe he can do some freelance work… I’ll see where that goes.

After the meeting with BTLE and AFG, I have started looking, once again, for an attorney to discuss the options for creating a structure that can offer deferred compensation. Once I have this in place, I can pursue the programmer and resume working again, as needed, with the people who were part of the first three months of Interlogues. We were an amazing team! (Check out the photos on this blog).

Carol is working on the sample content. For the first round of testing, I am going to record audio files instead of video. I have to find several people willing to try it for 30 days and then be willing to answer a survey. I am currently writing the survey questions. Thank God for graduate school and having gained experience in writing effective survey questions. It’s much more complicated than one would think.

The criterion for the test group is not hard to fill, but having them use it without any compensation may be a bit of a roadblock. But I figure that there are those who will use it without pay. I just need to find 10 people for starters who have a Communication roadblock. Each one will select the sub-topic of their choice. I’ll put the audio files into the frame and distribute via a CD for starters.

God, I can't believe it is already 5:30. I only have one more hour before my kids wake up. I'll keep you posted. Have a great day!