Part of Bob’s continued ramblings. Almost every morning I ride an indoor bike for 20-30 minutes. I do email and catch up on reading. At 7:35 AM each weekday I get a reminder that the daily Release Review Report is ready. It shows…
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Part of Bob’s continued ramblings. This thought has been dawning on me the past several months. AI is introducing a new user experience to traditional transactional and database driven systems with Chat interfaces, Vibe Coding, and Agents. This is part of a continuing…
Read MorePart of Bob’s continued ramblings. I sometimes write these blogs to save myself time, like in this case. We have been getting some inbound requests about our interest in acquiring companies in the registration or ticket spaces. While we may have looked at…
Read MorePart of Bob’s continued ramblings. The past couple of days have been filled with the news of Trump’s new tariff policy. The main themes of my discussions with people are around the level of uncertainty – will these stand as is, how does…
Read MorePart of Bob’s continued ramblings. AI based software development tools have made a couple of very large advances in the past 6 months or so. They are so dramatic, that Salesforce CEO announced in a recent earnings call that they are seeing a…
Read MorePart of Bob’s continued ramblings. We have declared 2025 the Year of AI for RunSignup. We are rapidly moving from personal types of productivity gains to systemic gains leveraging the use of AI. We are starting to implement systemic AI that will allow…
Read MorePart of Bob’s continued ramblings. While we have a number of exciting product plans for the year on RunSignup, TicketSignup and GiveSignup, this is the year when we really begin to implement AI in a serious way. This blog is meant to give…
Read MorePart of Bob’s continued ramblings. TLDR: RunSignup is Employee Owned. That means that we do not have outside investors and all employees own stock as well as participate in a profit sharing program. We were lucky to not need outside investment. Our team…
Read MorePart of Bob’s continued ramblings. Grandma’s Marathon opened yesterday to a melt down. Race Roster is also doing so many of the things that old vendors did that motivated me to start RunSignup. Let me vent some… Scaling Grandmas registration crashing reminds me…
Read MorePart of Bob’s continued ramblings. The term Network Effect became popular with, well – networks, and then with social networks. It is “the idea that when more people use a product or service, its value increases.” I was not sure if there would…
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