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Off Topic: Flying like frogs
The hidden cost of cheap air travel is illness, leading to lost work time and ruined vacations. Continue reading
Filed under Online Work/Life, Uncategorized
Getting the gig: Skills vs. style
Pay close attention to each contractor’s ad to figure what they want to know about first — skills or work style. Continue reading
Filed under Freelancing, Uncategorized, Working
FTC determined to root out payola in the blogosphere
I confess: One of my largest clients manufacturers and sells safety equipment, and I’ve been known to blog (on my own blog) about the importance of having safety equipment in the workplace — without mentioning that I have an association … Continue reading
Filed under Blogging, Social Media, Uncategorized
Are you ready for the black swan?
Bryan Alexander, the research director at the National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education, has written a sweeping article on the implications of emerging online and digital technologies. If you’re interested in thinking about how we may be living our … Continue reading
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Hand me the envelope
There’s one device in our home offices we’ve come to revile. Chances are it’s sitting under your desk, or in a closet where you can avoid thinking about it. You know what it is: The printer. Continue reading
Filed under Productivity, Uncategorized
How to write a holiday letter (2008 Remix)
It’s that time of year again. If the sales and the Christmas tree lots weren’t already giving me hints, I’d know because StatCounter indicates a surge of hits to my 2006 post, Tips for Writing a Holiday Letter. Here’s a … Continue reading
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Sorry I couldn’t be two places at once
Some of us who usually attend Seattle Mind Camp were lured down to Portland over the weekend for Orycon. Orycon was great. However, this spoof video of Mind Camp, produced by Monica Guzman and Jason Preston, made me just a … Continue reading
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Should you redesign your website?
If you are considering redesigning your website, you may want to employ Website Optimizer to test the effectiveness of your changes before you commit to them. 80/20 Internet Marketing explains how this works.
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Quick reads
Just as many social networkers enjoy the challenge of compressing their observations into a 140-word tweet, many writers have become intrigued with the power of a story told in just a few words. While flash fiction can be as short … Continue reading
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I preferred the topless meeting
The Oxford University Press’s choice for 2008 word of the year, hypermiling, left me cold, but I sure liked some of the finalists and shortlisted words: frugalista – person who leads a frugal lifestyle, but stays fashionable and healthy by … Continue reading
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