by rjhale | Dec 31, 2025 | Rambling, Small Business
So last year I didn’t do a year in review because I was sitting in the hospital with one serious thought back in January: I was probably a few days away from the year in review not mattering anymore. How do you sum up this year. Usually I pour through a pile of...
by rjhale | Dec 1, 2025 | Default, Rambling, Small Business
I’ve been trying to write my thoughts down more and have just been lost in life. The last 30 days have had me in Oak Ridge, Murfreesboro, and Reston Virginia. Yet another reason I mumble I really need to cut down on traveling. Which reminds me I need to discuss...
by rjhale | Oct 22, 2025 | Open Source GIS, postgis, QGIS, Rambling, Small Business
It made me sad. I’m working on a project involving 911 data and it’s made me do quite a bit of thinking. The short story on this is it’s not in Tennessee. I’m taking data in it’s raw form and shoving it into that state’s NG911...
by rjhale | Jul 7, 2025 | Rambling, Small Business
So I was flooded on linkedin the other day with “Congrats on your work anniversary” and it always makes me feel weird. I was also at a potential client’s location a few weeks ago and the comment was made “I heard you died”. All the...
by rjhale | Dec 29, 2023 | QGIS, Small Business
So if you’re keeping up in 2020 I was ready to end the business thanks to Covid. 2022 was probably my best year in business in a very long time. This year was slower than anticipated BUT that’s why you save money, advertise, and spend wisely. It also had...
by rjhale | Jul 26, 2023 | FOSS4G, QGIS, Small Business
I was able to re-up NRGS’s commitment to the QGIS Organization last week. Granted – not a ton of money but things are budgeted etc etc and it was time. So what does that get me? Well – a logo I can anchor on my website. What does it get all of us? So...
