HomeUpdate for the week ending on
Friday, Sep 24, 2021
Management
- Three 1:1s with local staff and developers
Software development
- Published the TinyPilot September release
- Gave feedback to TinyPilot’s senior dev on TinyPilot Cloud’s design
- Made a UI fix to the Ctrl+Alt+Del shortcut
- Added a clearer error message to the TinyPilot license check service for when a user’s license is expired
Customer support
- Researched an issue with a customer who wanted to capture at 1680x1050 resolution
- Updated an old screenshot in the customer documentation
Product research
- Sync’ed with EE partners on next gen hardware
- Sync’ed with 3D printing lab about cases for the next gen hardware
Sales
- Handled attention from Jeff Geerling’s review video
- Began working with a design agency to start the process of rebranding TinyPilot
- Recorded some demos to help them understand the product
- Answered initial questions about what I’d like the brand to be
- Made notes about which websites and brands I like
- Interviewed an existing customer about their needs
- Arranged a review unit to a homelab blogger
- Continued working on chapter about tutorials.
- Consolidated show cards so that the “Buy” button includes the price
- Continued editing our Parenthood episode.
Home maintenance
- Got someone to come out and remove the poison ivy from my property
- It rained right after the spray treatment, so I’m not sure if the treatment will take, but I get free follow-ups for a year.
Misc
- Met with my local peer mentorship group
- First dentist appointment since pre-pandemic
- Fortunately, all is still okay
- Signed up for an E*Trade paper money account (i.e. “play money”) to experiment with options trading
