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Hi,

I’ve just posted a new release the web-site. You should be notified of the update when you run the MissingLink dashboard.

This is a rather major update that includes a number of new features. The major new feature that this update includes is a reporting module and a time management module. You can now use MissingLink to manage the time that you spend on each of your projects. Along with the time module is a new reporting module that will allow you to create reports for your time and project based information.

If you have any question, please drop me an email at Support at MissingLinkProjectCenter dot com

Here is a link to the download The easiest Microsoft Outlook Project Management Software

Kevin

Hi,

I’ve just posted a new article on the site entitled, my Top 10 Successful Project Management Tips.

This article discusses a top 10 list of tips that I learned in my 19 years experience in IT. You can find it here:

Successful Project Management Tips

I’d appreciate any feedback you have.

Kevin

I wanted to point out an independent review of MissingLink Project Center.

This review was done by Dwayne Melancon on his site www.GenuineCuriosity.com.

I really like Dwayne’s writing style and I think he was able to convey some of the great benefits of using MissingLink.

He has a great site on personal productivity, GettingsThingsDone and focus, I’d definately suggest you have a look.

Hi,

I am a regular visitor to a software business forum found on the www.JoelOnSoftware.com web-site. I generally read most of the posts because I am always learning about software, business and well just about everything else. In the current business I am promoting, MissingLink Project Center, The Easiest Project Management Tool for Microsoft Outlook, I am learning about a variety of different topics.

One topic that I frequently find myself working on is marketing. A post was made on the forum that upon first reading I was very excited to see. The poster commented that he was also a small mISV (micro-Independent Software Vendor) and that recently the sales for his product had increased dramaticaly, from $1000/Month to $3000/month to over $5000/month.

Seeing as hitting those number is ultimately my goal, I jumped right in to see what he had to say. He described his results without really posting how he obtained those results. (Red Flag #1) I kept reading though hoping that I might be able to learn something. He then went on to say that he was selling his marketing idea for $20 in the form of an eBook. (Red Flag #2)

I thought to myself, maybe it might be a good investment, $20 is only $20 and if I can recoup any of that investment with even one sale, it would make it worthwhile. So against my own better judgement, I plopped down my $20 and paid for his book.

Well ofcourse I was seriously disappointed. He describes the method in which he made his sales and my first thought was how dishonest and un-ethically he was promoting his product. His solution was to create 30 fake accounts on Yahoo!Answers and by a variety of posting a question, an answer and a vote-up he was able to raise the visibility of his product and ofcourse, the number of sales.

I thought about it quite a bit more and came to the conclusion that for me, that was too dishonest and immoral a way to create sales. I chalked up the $20 to a lesson learned that if sounds to good to be true, it probably is.

I will continue with my marketing efforts in a more honest and ethical way. I hope that actual users of my product will provide feedback and reinforce that what I’ve created is beneficial to others, this will hopefully drive more sales, but in a way that I am proud of, not something that I’d be embarrassed to talk with my family about!

Hi,

Earlier today I uploaded a new version of MissingLink to the server. Unbeknownst to me, that ZIP file was damaged and I didn’t hear about it until later in the afternoon. At approximately 3:50 PM PST on the 14th, I re-uploaded another version and I verified that it is ok. So if you downloaded an update and have a damaged ZIP file, please re-download the update from the server and all should be ok.

John, thanks for the email letting me know what happened.

Kevin

Hi,

I would like to announce that another update has been put up on the server. The version number for this update is 1.0.0.27. This update includes the following:

- Fixed a couple of minor bugs
- Added functionality to add project information to the Outlook Category list, this will allow you to incorporate MissingLink into Outlook more thoroughly
- Changed the way in which the web proxy settings are stored.

I’d like to also formally announce that I plan on releasing updates bi-monthly moving forward. The updates should come out on, or about the 15th of the month and the end of the month. This should allow me to maintain and continue with a release strategy.

I plan on adding some new functionality around tracking time by project in the system, look for an update towards the end of June.

All the best.

Kevin

Hi,

I’d like to announce an update the I have just put on the server. The version number for this update is: 1.0.0.22. This update includes the following:

1. You can now manage Appointments from within MissingLink!!!!
2. I’ve fixed some minor bugs around the limit of file names, the length of a task subject and a couple of minor inconveniences.

I am working on creating a test environment to see how MissingLink works within Exchange. I’ll keep you updated as I proceed.

As always, please let me know if you have any issues.