On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 22:58, Vikki Roemer wrote: > Yikes. I'm starting to think the FooAdmin part of Foosoft is a bad idea... > :( > Now that you have thoroughly discouraged me from remote sysadmining, how > about if I start small and locally with home users within a certain radius > (50 miles?)?
Smaller. Friends of friends, etc. Build up a reputation before expanding. You'll be going on-site much more than you think, if you want to keep your customers happy. Anything with a GUI requires more on-site maintenance. They can't just tell you what they typed. Buttons, windows, tabs, icons all make for a big PITA. Text UIs are a lot simpler. Get a durable car and keep in washed/waxed. Pull out your piercings, hide your tatoos. *Blouses* should be tucked into *slacks* or *skirts*[1]. In other words, look respectable "out there", even if you put on the mid-riff t-shirt and low-rider jeans, and re-insert the piercings as soon as you get home. [1] if there is a paucity of females at the office/shop you are going to, consider shortening your skirt. It's a very effective sales tool. > About the credit card machine-- my mom closed her business, but she's kept > the machine. So she says she could transfer it to my business. Don't be discouraged, just don't do any work for family or friends! (If they don't pay, or think you did a lousy job, feeling could get hurt, and it would make for a very unhappy Thanksgiving, etc. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA "...always eager to extend a friendly claw" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]