Nick5a1

Hey all, can anyone recommend software for booking appointments on behalf of clients? Most of the systems I'm coming across seem clunky or short on features. I'm looking for: - Flexible appointment reminders (email, SMS) - Calendar invite - Allow multiple staff/clients to individually set their own availability, and integrate with their own calendars - Easy to use

Any recommendations?

Many thanks.

I was just wondering, do the most successful development consultancies or agencies specialize in 1 or 2 technologies or frameworks, or are more generalized?

What one resource (book, guide etc) is the best guide to managing a remote team?

What one piece of software is the best for connecting a remote team?

Thanks.

Hi everyone. I taught myself ruby and rails using some of the online resources about a year ago. I built a basic rails app that provides you with a workout based on the equipment and time you have (http://workoutx.nickkarrasch.com).

After that I thought the next thing to do was to just "build things", and this is what everyone recommended I do to keep learning.

The problem is I'd try to build things and then run into problems which were just too advanced for me. I'd try to utilize resources like stack overflow but I would always pick a project that had an element that was too complex for me. Don't get me wrong, I would do lots of research and spend hours trying to solve the problem, but the problem would just be too complex for my skill level. The most annoying part is I wouldn't know that until I got in. So the last several things I've tried to build I've just been unable to get over specific hurdles and complete them.

I feel like I need some kind of intermediate level ruby exercises, or alternatively need some guidance on what I should try and build. I want to try and build something that is a challenge but is possible at my skill level, and not take on something that has an element which is far too complex for me to complete.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep moving forward? How can I take on projects or challenges but know they are not going to be way too complex?

I'm trying to decide where to host my 2 websites, one of which is targeted to Australians and the other to North America.

Would someone who is in Australia mind pinging these 3 IP addresses of the hosts I'm considering and telling me the average ping time?

Quadra Hosting 202.146.213.3

WPEngine Tokyo 106.187.98.41

WPEngine US 50.116.56.20

If you could also tell me where in Australia you are that would be great!

Thanks!

Does anyone know any sources that list web software and include an estimation of the number of users?