BLUE PLANET OFFICES, INC.
KEY WEST, FLORIDA

. I created Quaterra, supported by a group of 25 stockholders, to provide a TTY/TDD accessible computer bulletin board system called AbleServ for the deaf and hard of hearing. This was before the internet and web existed. I invented a number of products for the deaf/hoh including TTY Vision which allowed a color television to be used as the TTY display, and TTY Universal Voice Mail which was designed as a one and two line unit, as well as a rack mounted unit for commercial use to front voice mail systems enabling them to handle TTY devices. I wrote SBIR proposals for these and other products, winning 4 SBIR contracts totaling $470,000. I was the subject of a number of business section. My first winning SBIR proposal was for a computer and TTY accessible automated telephone directory service from the U.S. Department of Education for $40,000. The photograph shows officials of the Wisconsin Small Business Innovation Consortium giving me the last award we won in 1998. In 1999 the board of directors decided to close down the company. I won GLINN started off in 1986/87 doing the phototypesetting, Photostats and other production work on both of Wisconsin's gay publications -- -- for nearly 10 years. Although we got out of the typesetting business when laser printers started getting economical for small publications, we shot Photostats for until September 1996. We had a vertical process camera and it produced better screened prints than any scanner and laser printer could. We also helped out with various computer tasks and taking photographs. Of course, technology changed and we switched to a fully digital facility. The process camera and our darkroom setup were given away to a gay photographer and artist. America's Gay Owned and Operated Internet Service Provider. We were the first national ISP especially for the LGBT community, offering dialup access from October 1997 to October 1999 when that portion of our business was sold. We have had gay web sites online since June of 1995. In fact, we have been online since 1988 with a computer bulletin board system, GLINN.NET which we switched from RBBS to Wildcat Interactive Net Server which was available on the Internet both by web browser, by Telnet, and by direct dial. It was first connected to the internet with a 128K ISDN line. Later when we launched GLINN Network One the systems ran on dual T1 circuits. T1 circuits were 1.5 mbps, which is kind of ironic as our office internet connection is 27 mbps today for a fraction of the money. The in-house servers and internet circuit was abandoned with our move to Key West, FL. GLINN Publishing (now GLINN Media Corporation) was also the parent of the Gay/Lesbian International News Network (GLINN.com), and the Gay Toons Syndicate. (The gaytoons.com site was sold in 2002.) For ten years we also provided a free voice mail system for the glbt community called GLINN Community Voice Mail. which has the underlying purpose of teaching HIV prevention in a totally new way. This game was funded in part by a Phase I SBIR government grant of $100,000 from CDC. Small Business Innovation Research, which all federal agencies participate in, offers Phase I contracts for early stage research and development. One in ten of Phase I contracts are awarded Phase II contracts for further research and development. Completed products are not expected in Phase I, however Quaterra was able to deliver a working program to CDC. Unfortunately the game program required additional programs to build characters, edit knowledge bases, conduct maintenance and do other things that were not budgeted, so I ended up spending $35,000 of my own money. The programs produced, in full compliance with the contract, were delivered to the Centers for Disease Control. Under SBIR regulations Quaterra retained all rights to the product code. Dan Schramm owns all intellectual property rights to Reality Street. See the In September 2001 I personally, together with GLINN, moved to Florida. My family had previously moved to Florida over the years, beginning 20 years ago, and it was time for a change. We also felt that Florida was a better location for a business such as ours in almost every respect. I was also really tired of shovling snow. Prior to moving to Key West 12 years ago as of 2013, I visited Key West as a tourist over the previous 15 years about six times. On one visit in January 1997 I got to sail the Schooner America. Check Out Our Other Vehicle Safety Products. Our exclusive and unique emergency kit is within an easy to store reusable plastic container. It contains many items to deal with all types of emergencies and hard to find items for only $29.95. It includes free membership in our medical emergency alert system. 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Blue Planet Offices, Inc. is a Florida, USA Corporation. Incorporated 2005. Our Original Company GLINN, Incorporated Since 1992. Founded in Wisconsin. In Continuous Business Since 1988. Blue Planet Offices, Inc. is a Florida, USA Corporation.