Back in the mid 1990s, it was quite common to hear people say "I just have no need for e-mail" and "I believe in doing everything face to face." The verbal emphasis on the "e" in "e-mail" was one of rolling the eyes or sometimes derision. A bit later, it was common to hear the same attitude toward internet privacy. At the same moment people thought viruses could jump out of the … [Read more...]
The Rules of Punchy Blog Posts
Want to write punchy, pithy, savvy sounding posts for your blog (or your client)? Don't have all the expertise in a certain area (who does?), but want to sling it right up there with the insiders? Want posts that people can read with the same psychological effect that rap songs have on fans? A good social media manager knows a few tricks, a few rules, and the rest is like … [Read more...]
Confessions of a Quiet Home Office Worker
I do project work and consulting, and my office is one of the largest rooms in my home. Like a lot of home office workers (I prefer "home office professional"), I always have multiple projects at once. So working all the time is just part of the deal. If I'm not working on a client's project, I'm working on one of my own. This is not a complaint - far from it. Image via … [Read more...]
Starting a Business Blog That Doesn’t Suck
"I'm a landscaper or plumber - how do I start a business blog? Who would want to read it?" Exactly. Or maybe. I hear that a lot. It's a reasonable question. "And if I write it, and I don't know what I'm doing, won't it suck." Probably not. It could, if you don't keep an open mind. But it won't otherwise. Image by Getty Images via Daylife So how is it done? That's … [Read more...]
Google’s Ultimate Information Manager
I'm deliriously happy. Happy to be wrong, that is. The other day I said Google didn't know how to do "to do" lists properly. They don't. But that's beside the point - it seems google has figured out that I don't yet know how to do "to do" lists. In the same way, I used to think documents were slow-moving, local objects that you protect on a hard drive, and now I think … [Read more...]
