Robert Foley Jr

Mid Winter Report

Robert Foley Jr — 2011-12-03PST11:04:00-:00

Hello, this (what seems like bi-annually) blog post is to provide an update on the happenings and shackings of my life for the last 6+ months. Sadly, I haven't had much time to provide updated to my blog on a regular basis. So I guess this...

Mid Summer Report

Robert Foley Jr — 2011-07-17PDT06:43:00-:00

Well I haven't been all that active lately on my website, mostly because I'm working crazy hours for a corporate client (Tektronix). So I have been working on modeling business objects,...

Moving your company from reactionary to knowledge oriented

system — 2011-05-23PDT03:01:00-:00

(author's note: this article was originally written in 2000 as an introduction for my employer and our clients; the value of building intra/extranet business systems. Some of the statistics and concepts may be a little dated. However I...

Determining Project Estimates and Consulting Rates

system — 2011-05-16PDT06:33:00-:00

I have gotten very good at estimating projects (I mean huge projects from 15k to 2 million with time lines of a few weeks to over 2.5 years). My advise is create a itemized task analysis. List every task you can think of from documentation,...

New Year, long time no see, yeah I've been busy

system — 2011-01-08PST10:40:00-:00

Well, it has been a while since I last posted to my blog. Well the fact is I've been crazy busy with work, the holidays, and just plain keeping up with life. So I guess I'll provide an overview of work, holidays, and life.

Work...

Crazy busy, updates to site source code.

Robert Foley Jr — 2010-09-20PDT06:08:00-:00

Well I have been crazy busy for the last couple months working on consulting projects and managing day to day operations at Swipht. My new title is Senior Solutions Architect, impressive title...

Drupal, Ubercart, and Salesforce Integration

Robert Foley Jr — 2010-07-17PDT07:37:00-:00

A few of my recent projects have focused on integrating Drupal with Salesforce. This is accomplished by either using a form post (which is the most basic integration strategy most use) to tightly integrating Drupal modules and content types to...

New look and new system running on Drupal!

Robert Foley Jr — 2010-07-04PDT07:58:00-:00

Well, after several weeks of hard work my new website is up!

I spent many late hours working on migrating my old custom built system into Drupal. Here is a break down of the tasks I need to accomplish to make this site a reality.
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News update

Robert Foley Jr — 2010-05-11PDT02:09:00-:00

Busy, busy, busy!
I am definitely juggling a lot of hats this month. Lots going on and lots of effort both on personal and work related fronts.
Started a consulting project for Tektronix, it is good to be doing...

News update

Robert Foley Jr — 2010-04-24PDT06:48:00-:00

Well made it back from a week long trip to Vegas. I didn't win anything :( but I did enjoy the many wonders I saw.

I just finished updating my portfolio section with new projects for the last six months. I may spend some time...

News update

Robert Foley Jr — 2010-04-04PDT09:47:50-:00
Finally!
My website is moved to the new Linux platform! It took a few months for me to get around to fixing some bugs with the old source code and getting things to work on the new platform. But once that is all fixed the site really loads...

News update

Robert Foley Jr — 2010-01-07PST04:19:00-:00

Another month gone by another paycheck spent on bills. This year I am auditing my purchasing habits in the hope that i can reduce spending on un-needed toys and focus on paying off my debts. It would be amazing to have almost no debts every month...

News update

Robert Foley Jr — 2010-01-01PST09:23:19-:00
Wahoo! Happy New Year!
Well the last month was steady but slow. I have been taking it easy the last week on vacation and I have slept a lot and generally accomplished nothing what so ever. Now that it is the new year I am going to get back...

News update

Robert Foley Jr — 2009-11-29PST08:20:27-:00
Well I am enjoying the last day of my four day Thanksgiving weekend and it has been a good vacation. I have been getting plenty of rest and enjoying just watching tv, playing video games, and getting chores done on the ole homestead.

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News update

Robert Foley Jr — 2009-10-31PDT05:52:02-:00
Busy, busy busy!
Well, I have been busy working on a few projects from the last post. Work is still a little unstable right now and I am hoping that things improve. I don't relish the idea of having to look for freelance work again. Until then...

News update

Robert Foley Jr — 2009-09-27PDT05:55:00-:00
Well new month, nothing new to report of too much interest here. I am settling back into work after my vacation. Started a 3 days a week workout strategy at 24 hour fitness. Here's hoping I can loose some weight over the fall, winter, and spring...

News update

Robert Foley Jr — 2009-08-05PDT05:40:32-:00
Happy August!
At the end of this month I plan to go on a two week road trip. I have been planning for a while now and purchased some supplies for anticipation of the trip.

If you would like to see my planned route view the map on...

News update

Robert Foley Jr — 2009-07-26PDT05:33:29-:00
Busy month indeed, finished a few client projects this month (Vitamin Angels) and getting close to finishing (zGoddess.com). Looking...

News update

Robert Foley Jr — 2009-06-02PDT05:28:30-:00
Another month and another ducket in my pocket. We have been working on a lot of little projects as of late. Most are in Drupal with a few .NET and Concrete projects. Here is hoping we can keep up the momentum and get more work in the shop!
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News update

Robert Foley Jr — 2009-05-13PDT05:29:46-:00
Busy busy busy! Well I moved my site over to a linux host as the windows server was total crap. Same source code new server, now the pages load instantly. Work has been hectic as of late, at the middle of April it was very stressful as we had no...

News update

Robert Foley Jr — 2009-04-06PDT07:22:50-:00
Happy Birthday me!
Well today is my birthday and the last day of a four day mini-vacation. I can't say I have done much, I mostly slept, watched tv, and played video games. The rest of the time I was cleaning my house and...

News update

Robert Foley Jr — 2009-03-26PDT01:52:20-:00
Woah, I have been very busy as of late so sorry for a few months with no posts. The project at http://www.pdx.edu has been a great success and now we are scrambling to get more exposure in the Drupal...

News update

Robert Foley Jr — 2009-01-31PST08:22:00-:00

Busy days ahead!
Well I just finished up a HUGE project for PSU and I hope we will get additional projects in the future. Here is a summary of the project, because of the size of the project I separated it into multiple projects.
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News update

Robert Foley Jr — 2009-01-03PST08:11:20-:00
Well, happy new year!
December flew by like crazy, it was my first month in my house and I am still not totally unpacked. Work has been stead and other then the horrible weather everything is staying pretty stable right now.

Last...

News update

Robert Foley Jr — 2008-12-03PST09:09:50-:00
I AM IN MY NEW HOME!
Finally after over ten years of planning and saving and three months of waiting I am in my new home! Now I just need to figure out the damn washer and dryer, get my stuff unpacked, and get the...