I like certification exams for my annual review with my current job. In January I will commit to obtaining/upgrading a certification. It is then recorded on my development plan. Then after completing the certification it is documented and my manager is happy. I completed my goal and showed some initiative towards expanding my technical skills. It is all documented in black in white with my certificate.
I live in my RV full time and use Verizon EVDO card while on the road. It works fine as long as there is phone service.
If you use a cellular amplifier you can extend the distance you need to be from cell phone towers quite a bit - costs around $200.00
Most RV parks and truck stops have WiFi available, but it usually sucks.
Most people I know who have/had satellite on their RV don't like it - too slow and too many issues with it and most now use EVDO cards.
You can check out my blog at www.dereketnyre.com for more full time rv information.
Derek
If you have a Mac with OS X you could have a webcam take a picture and save it to a particular folder. Then have a worklow in place that automatically takes the image of the meter, adds it to an email and sends it to you.
You could then receive the email, see the picture and replay back with the meter reading typed in.
You could then have another workflow that monitors for the reply email, copies the meter reading from it and then opens the excel and copies the value to the spreadsheet.
This would take some "fooling around" to get right, but would not be that bad to do...
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I like certification exams for my annual review with my current job. In January I will commit to obtaining/upgrading a certification. It is then recorded on my development plan. Then after completing the certification it is documented and my manager is happy. I completed my goal and showed some initiative towards expanding my technical skills. It is all documented in black in white with my certificate.
Banks and insurance companies. Bank I work for has its own COBOL school.
I live in my RV full time and use Verizon EVDO card while on the road. It works fine as long as there is phone service. If you use a cellular amplifier you can extend the distance you need to be from cell phone towers quite a bit - costs around $200.00 Most RV parks and truck stops have WiFi available, but it usually sucks. Most people I know who have/had satellite on their RV don't like it - too slow and too many issues with it and most now use EVDO cards. You can check out my blog at www.dereketnyre.com for more full time rv information. Derek
Where can I download the OS X version of IE8? Oh yeah, IE8 for OS X does not exist... bummer....
Cool... No more tampon commercials at my house...
If you have a Mac with OS X you could have a webcam take a picture and save it to a particular folder. Then have a worklow in place that automatically takes the image of the meter, adds it to an email and sends it to you. You could then receive the email, see the picture and replay back with the meter reading typed in. You could then have another workflow that monitors for the reply email, copies the meter reading from it and then opens the excel and copies the value to the spreadsheet. This would take some "fooling around" to get right, but would not be that bad to do...