January 02, 2010
December 19, 2009
MyClientBase - Free & Open Source Web-Based Invoicing System
-My main project at the moment is MyClientBase (http://www.myclientbase.com), a free & open source web-based invoicing system.
I wrote MCB to provide an alternative to BambooInvoice. I used Bamboo for a bit of time, and it served its purpose during that time, but there were a lot of things I didn't care for... especially when I started looking at the code. MyClientBase is built on top of the excellent CodeIgniter PHP framework (of course), and also uses the awesome Modular Extensions - HMVC to provide a modular structure which can be maintained and extended very easily.
At the core of MyClientBase is a simple to use client and invoice management system. Here are some of the things that MyClientBase supports:
An intuitive and easy to use web-based interface
Invoicing
- Itemized invoices
- Invoice reports
- Customizable & multiple invoice templates
- Invoice output to HTML & PDF
Client Management
Payments
- Can be applied to single invoices
- Can be distributed across multiple invoices
Multiple Tax Rates
Multiple User Accounts
Language translations
- French
- German
- Russian
- Spanish
- Turkish
Custom Modules
- Provides powerful module interface for custom modules without having to modify the core application
- A simple Tasks module is included with the core application
Free to use as you wish (free as in speech and beer) and will always remain free
Frequent and steady releases!
MyClientBase is and always will remain a simple (and free) web-based client and invoice management system and will continue to grow, but never unnecessarily.
A demo is also available at http://demo.myclientbase.com for those of you interested in taking it for a test drive. Be sure and either leave a comment here or email me to let me know your thoughts, suggestions, etc.
April 23, 2009
Command Line Terrorists
From the "What the @#$% is This World Coming To" department, we have a story that is so unbelievable it makes me want to puke.
We've all heard arguments about whether the command line is a powerful and elegant tool or an unnecessary pain, but does using a no-pretty-colors interface constitute suspicious behavior? That's the way it looked in the case of a Boston College student whose computer was confiscated during an online harassment investigation. Some say a deeper reading of the police's warrant yields a different conclusion.
Mention "Linux" and "police" in the same sentence, and you're pretty sure to get bloggers' attention. Mention them in such a way as to suggest that Linux was a motivating factor behind a police investigation, and you're likely to have a virtual riot on your hands.
Sure enough, that's exactly what has been going on in the Linux blogosphere over the past few days following reports suggesting that a Boston College student is being investigated and has had his property seized at least in part because he uses "a black screen with white font which he uses prompt commands on."
April 05, 2008
Interesting Article on Open Source Developers
Author: Martin Brampton
"Open source has become a powerful force. The internet depends on it, as do many commercial operations. But despite the successes, I have a sneaking suspicion that the open source movement could do better.
Building open source software has lately engaged a significant amount of my time, so I have experienced it first hand. Even without that practical knowledge, academic studies on open source make interesting reading.
Open source software is such a remarkable phenomenon that it has attracted psychological and sociological researchers - with some of their quite striking findings."