Adam C. Hegedus

I had a chance to ride with the Mountain Bike club this evening, and had a really great time! Carrie and the girls went to visit Mame and Bop (that would be Carrie’s parents… no idea how those names came about), and I got a chance to get out and ride.

This was today’s ride. The ride along the Tussey Mountain trail (also called the ridge trail) was really great. Beautiful views, rolling terrain and a smattering of tricky rock gardens all made for a good time. Then a super fast descent on the Camp trail made me remember why I love this sport so much.

Get out and ride… you won’t regret it!

Tonight was a great night. It started with a great meal at Alto with Carrie. After that Carrie gave me the night off and I went to see Ironman with some friends. I recommend this one. It had good action, funny dialog, and lots of explosions. All the makings of a good guy flick. As Rey put it so eloquently, run, don’t walk.

I’m writing this using the brand new wordpress app for my new iPhone 3g. Where would I be without this thing!!

By the way… Tap Tap Revenge is a truly great game for the iPhone. And this is my current best.

I haven’t said much about my current job here, but I’m excited about what I’m doing so I thought I would drop some info. At present (and hopefully for the distant future because I enjoy it that much), I’m working for a small software company in State College, PA called Good Steward Software. Our primary function is creating software for medium to large businesses and government entities to track energy usage and expenditures. I know that may not sound like much fun, but when your company is the best at what they do, trust me… it’s fun. Because of our position in the market, we get to push the envelope a bit and run with ideas instead of just maintaining the status quo. That’s where I come in.

I was originally hired here to do implementations of EnergyCAP, our main product. But when I mentioned that I’d like to get involved with future web app development, I got my wish. For the past six months or so, I’ve been managing design and development of a product that will be released in September. I’m excited about it because it’s all I’ve done for six months, and it’s going to be fun to see what people think.

I can’t go into much, but I’ll say this. This product will allow home and small business owners the opportunity to track energy bills. With this information they can answer questions like:

• What is the actual cost of energy is for my home/office?
• How does the weather effect my energy usage?
• Were the new windows I had installed worth the money?
• How does my energy consumption compare to similar properties?
• Just how much Greenhouse Gas am I producing?

And on top of all this, it’s going to look great (I like to think of it as the GQ of Energy management), and free for end users.

Sounds good, huh? More soon…