The Life of Kevin Hauge

So if you are a fan of Office Space (like I am) … find out just how big of a fan you really are by taking the 100 question Office Space Quiz. Some are pretty basic but there are so toughies in there as well.

If you take the quiz, post your score in the comments and prove you truly are as big of an Office Space freak as I am.

VR Design Firm is an idea I’ve had for a few years now but never had time to work on it. I still don’t have much time to work on it … but I’m going to try to fit it in here and there.

The basic premisis is that it will be a community-based “game” in which you will be able to run your own virtual design firm. It will not be a 3D or real-time game, more for entertainment purposes. It may flop or may flourish … it’s hard to say in these early stages.

I haven’t worked out all the details yet, but basically you’ll get a start-up fund to rent some office space, buy equipment, hire a staff, etc. Then every so often (maybe weekly or so) you’ll have “clients” requesting a proposal. Based on what you propose, the client may choose you or they may choose one of the other design firms out there. Who is chosen will be based on your decisions for the project, the skill level of your staff, productivity and other factors (to be determined later).

If you land the client, you will earn extra income to expand your business, buy better equipment, educate your staff, etc. Every improvement will help your chances of landing more clients. I am also envisioning some collaborations with other websites (basically advertising) who would provide some “referral” codes to increase your income by visiting their site, filling out a survey or other tasks.

Like I said, I haven’t worked everything out yet, but hopefully I can work on it here and there and have something basic by Spring of 2008! Stay tuned …

Unfortunately this past Saturday my server experienced a hard drive failure with the main boot drive. My support team acted promptly by removing the old drive, finding a replacement and installing the new one. Of course there was still a few hours of down time as we needed to re-install and secure the OS before we could copy all of the data over from the back-up drive. No data was lost and everything should be up and running smooth again.

I apologize for the inconvenience it may have caused to my clients and any others that may have been trying to access one of my other websites. Hopefully this won’t happen again!

I added a few of the photographs I took during the WWII Memorial at the Minnesota State Capitol to my deviantART gallery. Check them out if you like.

I just released an update to Client Axis to allow for the incorporation of the new Web Hosting Module (also recently added). It has been a long time coming for the update and module, but I’m glad it’s finally here.

Next step: work on v.08 with a LOT of modifications and tweaks to improve usability and workflow … wish me luck!