This Week at ADB, Inc., 21-27 July 2019

Steve Cole reports:

This was the critical week for Operation Five Easy Pieces, a plan to release five products during the summer. On Monday, Jean worked on the GURPS Prime Directive revision, Steve Cole worked on BBS reduction, and Steven Petrick worked on the Gorn Master Starship Book. On Tuesday, the two Steves finished the art for the Gorn Master Starship Book while Jean worked on the GURPS Prime Directive revision and Shapeways. On Wednesday, Steven Petrick and Jean finished the fixes to the Gorn Master Starship Book while Steve Cole worked on Merchants of the Federation. On Thursday, Steven Petrick finished the Gorn Master Starship Book which was uploaded, Steve Cole worked on Merchants of the Federation, and Jean worked on the GURPS Prime Directive revision and Shapeways. On Friday, the two Steves resolved 23 contradictions in the Star Fleet Universe background to clear the way for Ryan Opel's Star Fleet Index, while Gorn Master Starship Book appeared on the PDF stores. On Saturday, Steve Cole finished Merchants of the Federation and gave it to Jean to proofread, Steven Petrick worked on the Tholian Master Starship Book, and Jean worked on the GURPS Prime Directive revision and Shapeways.

New on Warehouse 23, DriveThru RPG, and Wargame Vault this week was the Gorn Master Starship Book.

The Starlist Update Project moved forward with two new entries and three updates.

Steve Cole worked on blogs, art for the Gorn Master Starship Book, and Merchants of the Federation.

Steven Petrick finished the Gorn Master Starship Book and worked on the Tholian Master Starship Book.

Leanna kept orders and accounting up to date.

Mike kept orders going out and rebuilt the inventory.

Samantha did website updates and some graphics.

Wolf guarded the office, chasing away a Tylosaurus that was looking for a home.

Jean worked on the GURPS Prime Directive revision, finished updating the Captain's Log Index, managed our page on Facebook (which is up to 4,124 friends), uploaded ships to Shapeways, managed our Twitter feed (286 followers), commanded the Rangers, dealt with the continuing spam assault on the BBS, managed the blog feed, took care of customers, uploaded PDFs, and did some marketing.

This Week at ADB, Inc., 14-20 July 2019

Steve Cole reports:

This was a week of steady work on current projects.

The Starlist Update Project moved forward with two new entries and two updates.

Steve Cole worked on blogs, art for the Gorn Master Starship Book, Shapeways, reducing the glut on the BBS, the Wall of Honor, BBS proposals and questions, and other projects.

Steven Petrick worked on Star Fleet Battles updates, quality control assembly and shipping, and the Gorn and Tholian Master Starship Books.

Leanna kept orders and accounting up to date.

Mike kept orders going out and rebuilt the inventory.

Samantha did website updates and some graphics.

Wolf guarded the office, chasing away a Dystylosaurus.

Jean worked on proofreading the Gorn Master Starship Book, managed our page on Facebook (which is up to 4,121 friends), managed our Twitter feed (287 followers), commanded the Rangers, dealt with the continuing spam assault on the BBS, managed the blog feed, updated the index of Captain's Log, took care of customers, and did some marketing.

The Ymatrian Supply Point is just one of the many Omegan ships you will find in our shop on Shapeways.

This Week at ADB, Inc., 7-13 July 2019

Steve Cole reports:

This was a week of steady work on current projects. Jean and Leanna have decreed that we must finish the "five easy pieces" (Gorn Master Starship Book, A Call to Arms: Star Fleet Book Two, the GURPS Prime Directive revision, Star Fleet Universe Index, and Merchants of the Federation) before starting other projects, but noted that work needed to continue on reducing the BBS bloat. (It is down from 202,000 to 135,000 thanks to sterling work by Ryan Opel, Chuck Strong, Steven Petrick, Howard Bampton, and Steve Cole.) We sent out the newsletters on 12 July (to fit Samantha¹s schedule).

The Starlist Update Project moved forward with two new entries, 300 spams, and three updates.

Steve Cole worked on the Captain's Log #53 FLAP list, newsletters, art for the Gorn Master Starship Book, Shapeways, BBS reduction, and other projects. He caught up on three months of backlog for the "My Day" blog.

Steven Petrick worked on Star Fleet Battles updates, quality control assembly and shipping, the Tholian Master Starship Book, and the Gorn Master Starship Book.

Leanna kept orders and accounting up to date.

Mike kept orders going out and rebuilt the inventory.

Samantha did website updates, sent out the newsletters, and did some graphics.

Wolf guarded the office, chasing away a Bohemiclavulus.

Jean worked on the Captain's Log #53 FLAP list, managed our page on Facebook (4,115 friends), uploaded ships to Shapeways (releasing 67 items), managed our Twitter feed (287 followers), commanded the Rangers, dealt with the continuing spam assault on the BBS, managed the blog feed, proofread the newsletters, took care of customers, and did some marketing.

This Lyran Forest Lion Heavy Dreadnought is one of the ships added to our shop on Shapeways.

These Weeks at ADB, Inc., 23 June - 6 July 2019

Steve Cole reports

These were two weeks of steady work on current projects. We released Captain's Log #53 and its Supplemental File.

New on Warehouse 23, DriveThru RPG, and Wargame Vault during these weeks was Captain's Log #53 Supplemental File.

The Starlist Update Project moved forward with two new entries and three updates, plus over 200 spam emails.

Steve Cole worked on Captain's Log #53 FLAP list, blogs, Shapeways, the backlog (FYEO he hasn¹t read since April, Shapeways clip art which was never organized, BBS reduction including 2018 Shapeways comments, background questions, proposals), art for the Gorn Master Starship Book (17 ships done),and other projects.

Steve Petrick worked on Star Fleet Battles updates, quality control assembly and shipping, and the Gorn Master Starship Book.

Leanna kept orders and accounting up to date.

Mike kept orders going out and rebuilt the inventory.

Samantha did website updates and some graphics.

Wolf guarded the office, chasing away an alamosaurus and a juvenile Tarbosaurus.

While Jean was out most of the second week, she worked on the Captain's Log #53 Supplemental File, managed our page on Facebook (which is up to 4,116 friends), uploaded ships to Shapeways, managed our Twitter feed (288 followers), commanded the Rangers, dealt with the continuing spam assault on the BBS, managed the blog feed, proofread Captain's Log #53 Supplemental File, took care of customers, uploaded PDFs, and did some marketing.