[ale] Business opportunity...

[Jeff Hubbs]

On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 14:35, David Muse wrote:
<scissors of brevity invoked here> 
> I'm doing a job like this for my dad and brother right now.  They own an
> auto-repair shop in Texas and I'm working on a system for them that allows
> customers to monitor the repair status of their car over the web.  In the end,
> the sytstem is a relatively small part of their actual business.  They know a
> lot about auto repair, and my dad is a good sysadmin, but neither knows how
> to build a web based application.
> 
> As far as HTML prototyping goes... In our case, my wife is a graphic designer.
> She'll be providing me with an HTML prototype of the application.  I'm using a
> template engine to build the site so I'll be able to use the pages that she builds
> for me directly in the application.  We've done the same kind of thing in the past.
> She has always been able to come up with a much more attractive interface than
> I can, and in the past, that's mattered to many of our customers.

All I'm seeing is "local search startup business," which, while leaving
itself open to interpretation (i.e., "I can't find my car keys - what
are your rates?"), suggests something IT-based in nature.  

Of course, it'd have to be pretty special, seeing as Google 0wn3z search
at the moment...

- Jeff