The "ADD" Accountant

Update from Gotomeeting-One word "AWESOME"

I received an email this week from gotomeeting that said...hey we have an update and now gotomeeting will integrate with your webcam..so being the geek I am i instantly went to the link for the update, downloaded, installed, and then tested to see if it would work....everything went off without a hitch with the exception that I did not have any web meetings scheduled....this is not uncommon but we do use gotomeeting for impromptu questions about 3-5 times per week so I was just waiting impatiently for the next opportunity to try out the new toy....

Well today, I got my wish...we were fortunate enough to have a web meeting scheduled with one of our tech savvy clients, Valeo Design and Marketing.  We both popped right on, we shared our webcam first, made sure we were good to go and then our clients shared his....presto it was if we had driven the 30 miles to see each other face to face...no traffic, no wasted time for either of us, and we were able to probably accomplish more while together as we both had access to every bit of information we needed.  Technology is pretty cool when it works!  The process could not have been easier.  I am excited about the possibilities of meeting more frequently wiht our clients and also not been chained to my desk either as I can be anywhere there is an internet connection and connect with our clients and office.  Many of you probably already realized we were on a virtual cloud server.  Now this is just one more step in the virtual world we can take....Like I said "AWESOME"

What keeps you up at night?

I recently read an Accounting Today article by Gary Boomer about CPA firm management.  He raised a great point that really got me thinking about my business.  What keeps me up at night?  I have a laundry list of items that keeps me up at night most however are unrelated to my business.  I thought it would be fun to list what keeps me up at night for everyone to see...

• Stupid tv programs like "House", or "NCIS"
• The client that no matter how many times we have asked for something never responds to our requests then asks when their tax return or financials are going to be finished
• A bowl of cereal (nothing better once everyone is asleep)
• The blown call in the 8th inning of a tied game which cost the Sox the game
• The client who complains that they owe a bunch of money with their tax return, but confirm for me that they did not make the estimates we asked them to
• When a client is wanting something we can't provide.
• Having to let a client go because they do not value what we are providing them
• Business cash flow!!!
• Personal cash flow!!!
• Non-productive employees
• My honey do list
• My kids going away to college
• My kids going off to kindergarten

All of this makes me wonder how I sleep at all!  How about you?

the add accountant named #8 on top 100 accounting advice blog

Cool note of the day....The ADD accountant was names a top 100 accounting advice column (actually #8) by another blogger.

I will say that this may make me put more accounting stuff up here and less about the Red Sox..... na more sox.....

Technology Schmologie.....

After reading other blogs for a little while now and constantly looking at unique content from my friends and others, I have finally decided to add my own thoughts into some kind of "permanent record".  I have been and still am putting my head in the sand with facebook and myspace but have decided to take a leap to start this transcript of my thoughts. 

So apologies now for typos, spelling, grammar, commas, the ...'s that i like to use, etc...

As a way to better express the many thoughts that run in the little space left in my head I thought that my ramblings, stream of consciousness, and unique insights might be something that I could use to document my defense in case I ever need to plead insanity.

I plan on using this space to show my clients information they may find useful, give insight into my perspective on small businesses, taxes, or cash flow, my daily Red Sox insanity, my annoyance with the sports media (By the way, if I have to hear any more about Brett Favre I may just rip my TV off the wall), stories of my experiences with PITA clients or friends.

Anyway, we'll see...