Went into town to work with Industrial Tool & Supply. I brought all of my POS (point of sale) hardware and a projector. I got all setup and then we went for hours both showing them things and trying to get some of the employees up to speed. Most of them were pretty easy going and had a few questions here and there. However, there was one guy who was very outspoken and 50 million questions and what not. That was a little bit crazy.

Anyways, a great meeting. I really think that a few of the people are really getting it and will do a great job. It is amazing how many ideas and great comments you can pick up as you are out and about, in the trenches, per say. Adilas will be better and better the more we all get out there and dig in. If we have to use it, and not just make it, the whole product will become better.

After the sales guys got their training, I spent some time with the accounting ladies and answered a number of their questions. Great session and I'm already seeing some lights come on. One of the biggest things is the ability to edit something... Apparently, in their old system, once you put something in, it sticks and you can't undo it very easy. That seemed to be a reoccurring comment that they kept saying - "I'm so excited that I can edit my stuff. That will be huge.". The other comments were something like - "You mean that I can do that from my own desk and don't have to go use the main sales terminal. That is awesome and will save tons of time." Lots of other fun comments as well.

On the sales side, some of the requests were to make a super simple interface that leads you into the other things. Too many buttons or too overwhelming. They want it super simple. Basically, a help me know the two main tasks that I need and that is it. They also expressed, if I need more options, make a way for me to get to it, but don't put all of it in my face at one time (aka hide it until I need it). As a side note, we had an earlier discussion with Hamilton from Full Circle and we were talking about a super simple entry point and the analogy between a huge mountain and a small ice berg. Even though both could be big and huge, the ice berg (analogy) is easier to chew and approach in a lot of ways (super simple and then more if needed vs getting lost in the size of the huge mountain in front of you). Good stuff.

Another couple requests were: make a simple interface that allowed for users to switch really easy between who was who and who was on what register. Another one was actually putting the word discount as a payment type. I thought that was a good one as well. Lots of good info and ideas.