Yesterday (Jan 15) we had a distinguished visitor, Dr Kim Bryceson (left) of the University of Queensland. Kim is Senior Lecturer in Agribusiness at UQ with a special interest in the impact of electronic business technologies in agri-industry value chains. Agri-industry includes fibre as well as food. Kim first came to us as a quilting customer, then asked to return and interview us for her research. Like most owner-operators in the modern age, Kathy and Geoff have had to acquire more than a nodding acquaintance with a swag of software. Currently we're learning the Intuit/Homestead site-building program for our new website www.koolkatquilting.com. Kim is also author of 'E' Issues in Agribusiness - the 'what','why', how' which features vignettes on a wide range of business examples - the Peanut Van www.peanutvan.com.au rubs shoulders with Cisco Systems. In terms of being 'E' ready for electronic commerce, KoolKat Quilting is undoubtedly at the stage of 'think big, start small, scale fast' (Chapter 7). In other words, bite off more than you can chew and keep chewing! Now if only I had time to put the 99% perspiration into developing that 1% of good ideas..................