Back from mission

Well – I’m back from mission, and once again it was great. The youth were great, no real complaining about the heat or humidity or the work. We got a lot of different tasks done, and really affected the lives of 8 people.

It’s also really amazing to see the devastation down there. It seems basically that no one had ‘flood’ insurance, and the insurance company classified the damage the homes got as a ‘flood’, so the owners are out of luck.

Take this family:

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This is what’s left of a multi-million dollar home on the waterfront. Notice the FEMA trailer in the background behind the beams of the house.

Part of me doesn’t get it… why not rebuild? I guess if insurance doesn’t pay, what do you do? Submit a request to the First Presbyterian Church in Bay Saint Louis and pray people like our youth group keep coming I guess.

Mission O6 Teambuilding



Mission O6 Teambuilding, originally uploaded by Lucien W. Dupont.

This past Sunday we spent the day with the youth and adults on a challenge course, to help build our team. We had a great time.

Stay tuned to this photoset for more photos during the week.

Scott Thompson, lead CocoaDev of MindManager on CocoaRadio

I’m just listening to this now, I meet Scott once at WWDC, he is a nice guy. They briefly mention QuickBooks for the Mac about 1/2 way through, talking about how we add Mac specific features and UI, which was a nice mention.

Go listen, it’s a good interview.

Update: They slam QB Online right at the end for not supporting any browser but IE 6. Fair shot for sure. :-)

Scott Thompson, lead CocoaDev of MindManager on CocoaRadio:

If you are a mind-mapping addict or business switcher, you’re going to enjoy this interview with Scott. He is a former developer on Macromedia Freehand with a great story to share about a company doing things right on the Mac. Mindjet didn’t just port their Windows app (thank you!) as Scott explains, but intentionally set out to create a solid Cocoa app and true Mac experience. Simple logic other software companies should adopt!
Previous post about MindManager beta is here.

Knowing that many non-iTunes PC users don’t care for AAC files, I’ve encoded this show as mp3. I’m just too busy or lazy to add pictures in Garageband too.

Direct download: mp3  or subscribe already via iTunes

(Via CocoaRadio.)