Comments for Birdsoft Blog http://birdsoft.biz/blog Behind the Scenes at Birdsoft... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:27:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 Comment on The Year of Golf… by katlego http://birdsoft.biz/blog/2008/04/29/the-year-of-golf/#comment-26 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:49:28 +0000 http://birdsoft.biz/blog/2008/04/29/the-year-of-golf/#comment-26 Just got FairwayWatch and looking forward to using it on Sunday. I've golf software from 2 of your competitors and have found that although it comprehensive, it has many features that we weekend-golfers don't really need. I'm glad something so simple came along. Please add the following in the upcoming upgrades though. *Stableford scoring using handicaps. At the moment, the Stableford points mean nothing without takking into account the players' handicaps and stroke holes *GPS distance tracking from tee to ball *Graphic representation of putting results Otherwise, looks like a great product. Will give feedback after my round. BTW, I'm down in South Africa, where we play golf all year round...great weather... Just got FairwayWatch and looking forward to using it on Sunday. I’ve golf software from 2 of your competitors and have found that although it comprehensive, it has many features that we weekend-golfers don’t really need. I’m glad something so simple came along. Please add the following in the upcoming upgrades though.

*Stableford scoring using handicaps. At the moment, the Stableford points mean nothing without takking into account the players’ handicaps and stroke holes
*GPS distance tracking from tee to ball
*Graphic representation of putting results

Otherwise, looks like a great product. Will give feedback after my round. BTW, I’m down in South Africa, where we play golf all year round…great weather…

]]> Comment on The Year of Golf… by Administrator http://birdsoft.biz/blog/2008/04/29/the-year-of-golf/#comment-24 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:34:16 +0000 http://birdsoft.biz/blog/2008/04/29/the-year-of-golf/#comment-24 Update on the "Up North" battle.... Well, I did some golfing up north. Ive climbed back down into the 40s and the new clubs have stayed long(actually Im closer to 15-20 yards longer now) but I still want to get out and break 45. Im not even sure I did that when I was right out of college, but surprisingly having more length and only teeing off with a 2 hybrid so I go straight off the tee actually tends to help your game... Who would have thought... Anyway, I had a chance for 45 up north, and blew it the last hole... Got a 7 for a 47... So the up north tally for the one person other than me that might be interested... Played Barker Lake Golf Club, which was an old gangsters club, and it was awesome as on a beautiful night my wife, brother-in-law and me had the course all to ourselves.. I shot a 48... Then brought everyone(including our 3 year old) and I played with my father-in-law, brother-in-law and wife and shot a 35 on the par 3 course up there... Father-in-law... Around 50! +1 Then we played 18 at the pretty scruffy Couderay Course (though extremely cheap). First round shot the 47 with father-in-law a 49... +2 Then the 2nd nine my brother-in-law and I decided to loosen up and enjoy some drinks and didnt realize that someone tightened up and instead of having fun was almost annoyingly serious the 2nd nine.. Yeah, cuz even though I had won the first 2 Up north 'Nines' it became obvious that if he beat me by more than 2 strokes on this back nine, he was gonna use that as braggin rights back home. Fortunately for him, we didnt even notice until about hole 5, and the course was setup perfectly for his somewhat unconventional game(meaning he doesnt really have a pitch so runs everything), and I didnt figure out the small out of shape greens all day(I had 3 three-putts in the first nine and 4 in the 2nd nine). And well, by hole 8 we were secretly rooting him on as he had a VERY nice score going. Hole 9 we actually helped him look for his 2nd shot for like 10 minutes so he wouldnt have to take a penalty stroke... He got a 7 for his all time low score of 43.. I got a 51, so he did get the nod for 18 and I bought him a beer. -1 And then we had to bail from "Up North" early for a wedding, but the Sunday morning after, we were still around so we went to our local back home course for Nine with one of his friends... and the guy that shot a 43 just three days before proceeded to shoot a 73.... on NINE!.... I got another 48 I believe. So... +1 I think that should really put me at +2 if we break it down by nines.. I just now want to have my game of my life... Sheesh.... It never really has all come together.. Im about one bad hole away... Update on the “Up North” battle….

Well, I did some golfing up north. Ive climbed back down into the 40s and the new clubs have stayed long(actually Im closer to 15-20 yards longer now) but I still want to get out and break 45. Im not even sure I did that when I was right out of college, but surprisingly having more length and only teeing off with a 2 hybrid so I go straight off the tee actually tends to help your game… Who would have thought… Anyway, I had a chance for 45 up north, and blew it the last hole… Got a 7 for a 47…

So the up north tally for the one person other than me that might be interested…

Played Barker Lake Golf Club, which was an old gangsters club, and it was awesome as on a beautiful night my wife, brother-in-law and me had the course all to ourselves.. I shot a 48…

Then brought everyone(including our 3 year old) and I played with my father-in-law, brother-in-law and wife and shot a 35 on the par 3 course up there… Father-in-law… Around 50! +1

Then we played 18 at the pretty scruffy Couderay Course (though extremely cheap). First round shot the 47 with father-in-law a 49… +2

Then the 2nd nine my brother-in-law and I decided to loosen up and enjoy some drinks and didnt realize that someone tightened up and instead of having fun was almost annoyingly serious the 2nd nine.. Yeah, cuz even though I had won the first 2 Up north ‘Nines’ it became obvious that if he beat me by more than 2 strokes on this back nine, he was gonna use that as braggin rights back home. Fortunately for him, we didnt even notice until about hole 5, and the course was setup perfectly for his somewhat unconventional game(meaning he doesnt really have a pitch so runs everything), and I didnt figure out the small out of shape greens all day(I had 3 three-putts in the first nine and 4 in the 2nd nine). And well, by hole 8 we were secretly rooting him on as he had a VERY nice score going. Hole 9 we actually helped him look for his 2nd shot for like 10 minutes so he wouldnt have to take a penalty stroke… He got a 7 for his all time low score of 43.. I got a 51, so he did get the nod for 18 and I bought him a beer. -1

And then we had to bail from “Up North” early for a wedding, but the Sunday morning after, we were still around so we went to our local back home course for Nine with one of his friends… and the guy that shot a 43 just three days before proceeded to shoot a 73…. on NINE!…. I got another 48 I believe. So… +1

I think that should really put me at +2 if we break it down by nines.. I just now want to have my game of my life… Sheesh…. It never really has all come together.. Im about one bad hole away…

]]> Comment on The Year of Golf… by Administrator http://birdsoft.biz/blog/2008/04/29/the-year-of-golf/#comment-23 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:07:35 +0000 http://birdsoft.biz/blog/2008/04/29/the-year-of-golf/#comment-23 Yeah, its still not out... Why? Oh I decided to add support for this neat little thing called GPS... There just arent that many programs out there that dont charge you an arm and a leg for GPS support and well, its not overly difficult.... So Ill try to finish this up and then follow with a better companion desktop version and a couple more features... Yeah, its still not out… Why? Oh I decided to add support for this neat little thing called GPS… There just arent that many programs out there that dont charge you an arm and a leg for GPS support and well, its not overly difficult…. So Ill try to finish this up and then follow with a better companion desktop version and a couple more features…

]]> Comment on The Year of Golf… by Administrator http://birdsoft.biz/blog/2008/04/29/the-year-of-golf/#comment-22 Thu, 15 May 2008 01:14:45 +0000 http://birdsoft.biz/blog/2008/04/29/the-year-of-golf/#comment-22 Ok, so I will have to do this in tiers. And won't quite get to the Smartphone support in this first version. I do have a really good update almost done for Pro and Classic Devices, with a few more things planned yet before I release. It will be great one-handed and will allow me to do so much more a lot easier once I can get back to it. Im also going to do a little work on a Better Desktop version for this release. So if you see this and want to give support for advancing the application, the more motivation the better!! :) But the year of golf is going all right golf wise(I actually got an awesome Birdie on the last hole of my first Nine) so... Thats motivation enough.... Thanks Ok, so I will have to do this in tiers. And won’t quite get to the Smartphone support in this first version.

I do have a really good update almost done for Pro and Classic Devices, with a few more things planned yet before I release. It will be great one-handed and will allow me to do so much more a lot easier once I can get back to it. Im also going to do a little work on a Better Desktop version for this release. So if you see this and want to give support for advancing the application, the more motivation the better!! :) But the year of golf is going all right golf wise(I actually got an awesome Birdie on the last hole of my first Nine) so… Thats motivation enough….

Thanks

]]> Comment on The Extreme Agenda Evolution… by Review: Extreme Agenda | My Today Screen http://birdsoft.biz/blog/2008/01/30/the-extreme-agenda-evolution/#comment-17 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:12:45 +0000 http://birdsoft.biz/blog/2008/01/30/the-extreme-agenda-evolution/#comment-17 [...] A little history: When I first learned of Extreme Agenda a few months ago, my first thought was that Birdsoft was way behind the curve.  Here they were, the newcomer in a world of established giants like Pocket Informant and AgendaFusion/Agenda One.  How could they possibly hope to survive?  Well, a post on Birdsoft’s blog put their position into a bit better perspective. [...] […] A little history: When I first learned of Extreme Agenda a few months ago, my first thought was that Birdsoft was way behind the curve.  Here they were, the newcomer in a world of established giants like Pocket Informant and AgendaFusion/Agenda One.  How could they possibly hope to survive?  Well, a post on Birdsoft’s blog put their position into a bit better perspective. […]

]]> Comment on iPhone’s Free Pass by Administrator http://birdsoft.biz/blog/2008/03/11/iphones-free-pass/#comment-16 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:19:05 +0000 http://birdsoft.biz/blog/2008/03/11/iphones-free-pass/#comment-16 Ok, as a note. I do understand that part of this is stemmed from the fact that a lot of these guys are locked into a very expensive 1 carrier contract with a pricey data plan and probably by far the most they have ever spent on a mobile phone. So you will do whatever it takes to justify your purchase... Ok, as a note. I do understand that part of this is stemmed from the fact that a lot of these guys are locked into a very expensive 1 carrier contract with a pricey data plan and probably by far the most they have ever spent on a mobile phone. So you will do whatever it takes to justify your purchase…

]]> Comment on Windows Mobile’s Bum Rap by Administrator http://birdsoft.biz/blog/2008/02/01/windows-mobiles-bum-rap/#comment-8 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:33:59 +0000 http://birdsoft.biz/blog/2008/02/01/windows-mobiles-bum-rap/#comment-8 True. I think WM 6.1 did that to a big extent. It seems to address "exactly" some of the biggest complaints still in WM6. Unfortunately the way the game works for everyone except Apple, is that the Carriers decide if you get that update for your phone. And I guess the way business works, if they started flashing around the coolness of WM7 too soon. Well then that will kill the market on their current OS and devices that are just now getting released and marketed. Not good business either. It moves slower than that... True. I think WM 6.1 did that to a big extent. It seems to address “exactly” some of the biggest complaints still in WM6. Unfortunately the way the game works for everyone except Apple, is that the Carriers decide if you get that update for your phone.

And I guess the way business works, if they started flashing around the coolness of WM7 too soon. Well then that will kill the market on their current OS and devices that are just now getting released and marketed. Not good business either. It moves slower than that…

]]> Comment on Windows Mobile’s Bum Rap by pedah http://birdsoft.biz/blog/2008/02/01/windows-mobiles-bum-rap/#comment-7 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 06:01:31 +0000 http://birdsoft.biz/blog/2008/02/01/windows-mobiles-bum-rap/#comment-7 You make some really good points, and I really enjoyed your comments over at JAMM, and this is a great post! The only point I would make is, most of us are not software developers, but software users, albeit knowledgeable. I think as such we expect large devs like MS [is that an understatement] to hear and respond to our most voiced complaints. :) You make some really good points, and I really enjoyed your comments over at JAMM, and this is a great post! The only point I would make is, most of us are not software developers, but software users, albeit knowledgeable. I think as such we expect large devs like MS [is that an understatement] to hear and respond to our most voiced complaints. :)

]]> Comment on The Extreme Agenda Evolution… by Administrator http://birdsoft.biz/blog/2008/01/30/the-extreme-agenda-evolution/#comment-5 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:07:04 +0000 http://birdsoft.biz/blog/2008/01/30/the-extreme-agenda-evolution/#comment-5 Hey John, Thanks for dropping by. I would never guess that you guys watch my forums and blog as well... ;) The move went well... Though I still have 2 houses, perfect timing with the housing market...!! :( But we're almost neighbors now... :) Hey John, Thanks for dropping by. I would never guess that you guys watch my forums and blog as well… ;)

The move went well… Though I still have 2 houses, perfect timing with the housing market…!! :( But we’re almost neighbors now… :)

]]> Comment on The Extreme Agenda Evolution… by developerone.com http://birdsoft.biz/blog/2008/01/30/the-extreme-agenda-evolution/#comment-4 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:44:34 +0000 http://birdsoft.biz/blog/2008/01/30/the-extreme-agenda-evolution/#comment-4 Hey Brian, nice blog! Glad to hear that your move went well! Hey Brian, nice blog!
Glad to hear that your move went well!

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