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October 29, 2025
Copilot – An Idea for You
We received two payments from a client which covered several invoices. We hadn’t received a remittance advice, but we could tell it wasn’t just the oldest invoices, so we were stuck on how to enter the payments. I wondered if Copilot could help! So we entered (copied) the open invoice amounts into Excel, then entered […]
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October 22, 2025
Shiny New Gadget of the Month – Saros Z70 Vacuum
Artificial Intelligence (AI) isn’t just changing IT—it’s reshaping everyday life, too. Case in point: Roborock Saros Z70, a revolutionary home vacuum showcases how AI is touching every industry, even household cleaning. The Saros Z70 doesn’t just roam around; it thinks about how to clean. Equipped with a foldable robotic arm, dual onboard cameras, and real-time […]
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October 22, 2025
More Social Engineering
Larry was the recipient on this one. The subject line said ‘Attention Required! FinancialStatement | SecureMail | Review Copy’ and included the day and time sent. The ‘sender’ said it was from ‘DirectNotifyCenter, glenn@lec.com.’ Good news—before opening the email, the banner says ‘You don’t often get email from glenn@lec.com…’ reminding us that we don’t know […]
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October 15, 2025
Positive Pay—Sage versus Syscon; What’s Different?
In a very recent version of S100C, Sage has added a Positive Pay feature. This allows you to create a Positive Pay report from S100C that can be uploaded to your bank. It’s definitely less time and less error-prone than hand-typing the checks on the bank’s site. However, there are some limits to the built-in […]
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October 15, 2025
CFO 4.0; Ready?
Chris and I recently attended the Construction Financial Managers Association (CFMA) Annual Conference in Florida at the Gaylord Palms. According to the CFMA team, there were over 1,700 people in attendance, with over 600 of them as first-time attendees; pretty exciting. In addition to many great breakout sessions (we often choose different ones to get […]
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October 08, 2025
Sage: Fact vs Fiction
At the CFMA annual conference, Glen West from Sage provided some very clear updates on these products during the Sage lunch presentation. We welcome his transparency and wanted to share what he said. We’ve found vendors, other Sage Business Partners, and anyone who loves to share their opinion have been mis-stating the status of these […]
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October 01, 2025
Book Review: The Autobiography of MLK Jr.
This book, edited by Clayborne Carson, was excellent! Walking through the timeline of Dr. King’s life, education, decision to move into ministry, then his conviction in the spirit of Ghandi for non-violent protest was an excellent history lesson. But it was much more, an eye-opening view of the events that shaped his life and decisions, […]
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September 22, 2025
Core Values
About a year ago, we ran an article about our Trust Accelerators. We had identified nine (9) behaviors that, if practiced with each other, would accelerate trust within our working teams. Our list included Patience; Honesty without paying a price; Grace; Be Direct; Assume the Best; Keep your commitments; No meetings after the meeting; Deliver […]
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September 17, 2025
Shiny New Gadget of the Month – Whoop Strap 5.0
Looking for a fitness tracker that won’t distract you every five minutes? The Whoop Strap 5.0 is a screenless, minimalist health wearable that delivers deep insights on sleep, recovery, strain, and stress—without lighting up or buzzing during your day. Chris wears one daily. “I love that it doesn’t have a screen… I get enough notifications,” […]
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September 17, 2025
Passwords
One of the most popular (and unfortunately, successful) scams is to send an email that your account is expiring. To avoid disruptions, just enter your username and password, or just click the link and enter your password so your account doesn’t expire—NEVER do this! We will NEVER ask for your password (and please don’t tell […]
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