Archive for January, 2006
The Homepage - thoughts about designing that all important homepage from ALA. Good thoughts.
What do newspapers do???? - Wake up newspapers. This is your wake up call.
Blogtimize! - from Google. Look for mass change on blogs as far as ad placement over the next week or two… here included probably.
Advice for new managers: part 1 - great read.
Make Your Windows Fast As Never Before! - lots of great little tips for Windows users.
Tank Battles - this gets an old tanker totally psyched… man this would be a time consuming but totally cool hobby!
The Art of Bootstrapping - required reading for anyone looking at starting a business without funding. (and probably good reading for those of you with funding too).
Model World - some really cool aerial photographs that honestly look like photos of tiny models.
PhotoDesktop - very cool way to put multiple photos on your desktop for Mac users.
How To Use Your Weaknesses To Sell More
0 Comments Published 2 years, 6 months ago in leadership + management, sales and sellingIn “How To Use Your Weaknesses To Sell More” Jim Logan makes us go through a great excercise:
First, pretend for a moment you’re your main competitor. What traps would you set if competing against your offering? List everything your competitor is likely to say or highlight in positioning your product, service, and company in a [...]
The Most Downloaded Konfabulator Widgets - good list if you’re a Konfabulator fan.
Converting a color photo to a single layered stencil with Photoshop - neat tutorial
Caring for Your Introvert - the funny thing is I’m a sales person, which normally requires people to be pretty extroverted, and I’ve always considered myself an introvert. Good read for managers, btw. (Hat tip: Andy Bourland’s about me page)
How to be a demo God - by Guy Kawasaki.
Need Representation?
0 Comments Published 2 years, 6 months ago in marketing + advertising, publishing + content, sales and selling, small businessIf you’re building or launching a new website, and want someone to sell the ads for you (that is, to represent your site) you might want to look at this list: ABC’s of ad networks. Not 100% comprehensive by anymeans (there are plenty of niche networks out there like Active Athlete Media and the [...]
5 Tips for Organizing Your CSS - finally some tips for CSS that I understand ;)
160 Highest Paying Search Terms - good list.
How to do what you love - one of the best essayists around, Paul Graham, teaches us how to do what we love to do. Love it Paul!
Run Windows on your Intel OS X Box - at near native speeds supposedly. Cool!
I learned something this week about pitching your business idea to an Angel: “One of the rules I’ve learned about being an entrepreneur is that you have to always be ready to pitch” from Scott’s Accomplishment of the Week post.
Deconstructnig the Newspaper - yes, yes, and more yes. Newspapers should really think about the way they operate their businesses if they want to be relevant in the next 10 years.
Where to find good images online - good list of stock art images for sale and for free.
1500 is a great number.
1500 is a number that means a lot to lots of people.
1500 is the designation of Chevy’s standard 1/2 ton pickup truck. A Chevy 1500 is a good truck.
1500 is 3:00 p.m. in the Army. 1500 is a good time to have a meeting in the summer time (it [...]
This Wozwear t-shirt is too cool.
This story comes from my Father-in-law, and since I’m really short on time to write up content, I’m posting this here. Hope you enjoy, and that you learn something:
The best advice I can give is shop around. Not just for lowest price but also for highest quality. Normally you wont find both [...]
Building 9rules.com with Wordpress… extending WP to be a full-blown CMS.
This is response to a Jason Kottke post about buying a Macintosh three weeks ago.
Everyone prospective Macintosh buyer should know three things about buying a Macintosh and the timing of that purchase:
1. Don’t buy a Macintosh one month before: a) A
Apples to Apples and Apples to Oranges - a comparison chart showing the new MacBook Pro (stupid name) to the latest Powerbook version, as well as to an Acer with pretty comparable specs. Interesting. update: you should also read this little post noting all the new stuff that’s missing on the MacBook Pro (did I mention that’s a stupid name?)
Go watch Injured. Injured bad. - hilarious.
The Art of Innovation from Guy Kawasaki, one of those guys I’ve always wanted to call a mentor.
One announcement that I haven’t heard a lot about today is that Google Earth is now avaialble for Macintosh users. Cool, downloading now. (Sidenote: the funny thing is that I have a IBM Thinkpad that I use for work that runs Windows, and I’ve never been interested in downloading Google Earth for the [...]
Ever need to “flip a coin” with a co-worker, and don’t have a quarter handy? Turn to the virtual quarter toss - very cool.
The Mailroom Guy
2 Comments Published 2 years, 6 months ago in leadership + management, small businessI just love our mailroom guy at my company. I just got this email from him:
Ladies and Gents:
I’m writing this note to inform you that in our constant duty to keep cost down on Fedex’s, we’ve came up wit a system although not perfect, but then again what is? that will make everybody here [...]
Tomorrow morning I’ll have my coffee in hand tomorrow morning, just waiting to hear what happens at the keynote.
Here’s a list of predictions from ThinkSecret. Let’s see how accurate they were after the keynote.
How to add a Google Map to any web page in less than 10 minutes - I had no idea it could be that easy.
Streams of dusty light Photoshop tutorial - too cool.
This post is also for Scott, but I broke up these two entries because they really are two seperate subjects.
I’d also highly highly recommend that you free up a lot more space on your computer. You should ideally have at least 10 Gigs free of hard drive space on your computer. It’ll just [...]
This post is for Scott, in response to his questions about a good graphics editor for the Mac.
List of good stuff for you on the graphics side:
1. Graphic Converter (cheap, easy, but very powerful if you want to get into it) and it’ll probably feel a lot like PaintShoPro when you start using it (it [...]
ExtraTasty.com - drink recipes. mmmmm.
Starbucks Economics - I’m going to have to start ordering short cappucinos, not because I’m cheap, because I really like the little powerful versions I’ve had in more European coffee houses.
Photography Tips Roundup - includes links to these nuggets: Avoid Backlight, Find Your Picture, Edit ruthlessly, Move it from the middle, Lock the Focus, Spot the light, Get in close.
It’s all about the middle: M & M & M - “In most things it’s how you start and how you finish that seem to matter most. What I’ve come to realize is that in software development it’s all about the middle. The middle is about morale, motivation, and momentum. It’s easy to get excited when you first start something, and even easier to get excited when you’re about to launch something, but if you can’t maintain that excitement during the doldrums, then you’re in deep trouble.” Good read
Small Biz 101: Tips for Increasing Sales - Part 4 of this Small Biz series. Basics on sales, but basics are always good.
Why I Quit Entrepreneurship and Got a Real Job … and what I learned from the experience. - great post. Very insightful nuggets in there… go read it.
Tom Hespos, a fellow internet media guy in NY, just started rediscovering the Macintosh.
It’s fun to read Tom’s comments on how he bought a cheap Mac Mini for himself for Christmas, but he also paid for the Apple mouse and keyboard, and a bunch of other stuff, even though he kept from being upsold to [...]
101 Tips For Improving Children’s Behaviour - want my advice? Got a kid that acts up and/or talks back? Take away the car, the cell phone, and the earings. Make them play outside, not in front of the TV or on the computer, and get a strong leather belt and a dozen wooden spoons. Apply both liberally.
HOWTO: Be more productive from Aaron Swartz dovetails nicely with Good and Bad Procrastination by Paul Graham.
Buzzwords - as compiled by a consultant working for a big-box retailer, heh.
Pinewood Freak - a blog for pine wood derby racers. Man times have changed since I was a cub scout! Good job Adam. Keep posting the tips. I’ll need them in about 10 years when my Jack is in cub scouts.
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