Meeting with Alan on a number of topics. Just trying to be on the same page. We started out and I reported to him about my demo yesterday and how some of the users really want a super skinny and basic interface. Then, later on, they may want more tools and options. We talked about how that seems to be an issue every time we do a demo. They want the functionality, but they want it super simple and buried and/or configurable to their needs. Interesting, but a common thread. Here are some other topics that we talked about:

- Dealing with navigation - iceberg analogy or maybe icebergs (plural)

- If presets exist, allow the user to reset to blank or to the defaults

- Analogy of drinking from a drinking fountain vs a fire hose

- Create a "simple" shopping cart

- We could add configuration later on

- Devs (developers) often keep adding, design guys are more simple

- We have to and need to play in teams. That is the future.

- Training the team, project management, and building projects as a team - some new challenges. Some of the project management may need to be done prior or separate from the rest of the team project stuff.

- Making sure we have good default or master tables (for copying database tables and structure). That lead into some talks about the developer update table page and how we could use that page to help with the maintenance on the database.

- The last major topic was maintenance. We need to build as if for years, yet still solve the current needs.

Alan and I are going to try to have a weekly meeting where we can just bat ideas around to keep us on the same page. We are thinking about Wednesday mornings.