The Punctual Pug Blog
Busy this week! Demos in Washington, New York, Alaska, and a conference in Idaho! I’m in Coeur D’Alene which is in northern Idaho not far from the Canadian border. IACP is a cool group that is going through quite a time with budgets, rules–all the things so many states are going through–and still mantaining their…
Punctual Pug has the best and smartest friends and partners. During Aaron’s presentation yesterday, I learned some things. The national average percentage of people participating in integrated employment (as of 2023) is 22%. However, in Washington, it is 83%!! (And our other friends in Oregon are right behind them at number two in the nation…
I headed to The Black Hills to meet with Laura, Janny, and their team at NHTC. I also did a presentation for CSPofSD from NHTC’s conference room that they were kind enough to let me take over. It was super to meet everyone in person and they were very kind and complimentary about the pugs!…
The first part of the drive across South Dakota was as you’d expect: vast, endless horizons, miles and miles and miles of quiet. There is something special about it. Heidi was right. As soon as you cross the Missouri River, it begins to change with small hills and scrubby pine trees, and eventually The Badlands…
Their Longfellow Center is a renovated elementary school! The pugs are loose in South Dakota on both sides of the state, covering all the time zones! I spent Monday in Sioux Falls where Heidi showed me the extraordinary work that DakotAbilities is doing to support very medically complex people both during the day and at…
The pugs are busy! We reconvened our 90-Day meeting with users and the first one was great! Old pug users offered advice to the new pug users and made some nice mentoring connections. I’m still spouting all kinds of stuff from that meeting and others. (Training events…? Hmmmm….) Punctual Pug XL is being built. Design…
The Arctic Grumble is growing (along with some others!). We’ve taken a slow, steady, organic path to growth so we could focus on development and infrastructure. But we are always happy to have more Alaskans in our lives! And Cindy and Vic’s is a great addition (they are super fun!). Please find me if you…
That’s a wrap. Kim and I spent yesterday in Wasilla and Anchorage spreading the word about AADD and the benefits of membership, including getting deals with cool business partners like Punctual Pug. It was filled with interesting conversations and questions (a transportation schedule?…hmmmmm) and also a lot of coffee (the best espresso), bread and cookies.…
Yesterday, we had two meetings with our pug partners and both went so well! We had the second meeting looking at Punctual Pug XL designs (timekeeping, punching, etc.) to gather ideas and input so when this thing hits the ground, it will be just so great. Our designer swung for the fences and sent it…
You’ll be seeing more of these announcements as we deploy more frequent Pug Patches, fixing bugs and adding small enhancements to keep you entertained between bigger updates (like one coming up soon!). You’ll also notice we have added more detailed release notes, as well. We plan on a lot more of this to come. You’ll…