Business Strategy, Personal Development, Marketing
I have made the switch to LED bulbs. This didn’t happen out of any concern for the environment or out of any desire to save electricity, although those are both nice side benefits. It turns out there are great reasons to switch to LED bulbs that have nothing to do with either of those things. … Read more
I did some research for an article recently that was kind of interesting. The definition of a three-alarm fire, or the definition of a 3-alarm fire, is not set thing across all fire departments. The term three-alarm fire simply means that 3 different sets of units were requested to handle a particular fire. In fact, … Read more
A growing trend in blogging as well as informational website production is the video blog post. It’s cousin, the video tutorial, has been around a little longer and with much better justification. When it comes to explaining things, sometimes it is much easier to show than to tell. For example, I can show someone in … Read more
Troubleshooting a problem with the ceiling fan only working when the speed was set to Low (slow) delivers a life lesson in how to deal with problems.
I am frequently looking into various medications, technologies, and research with an eye on self-improvement. Frankly, there isn’t much wrong with me, so generally, I go looking for something that might be a little extra bonus. There isn’t much out there for that. Recently I came across something called binaural beats which are two different … Read more
I couldn’t decide if this was really sad, or really funny. I’ve decided to be the optomistic glass half-full type this morning, so I’m going with funny. From DealNews.com: Amazon.com offers its 5 Hours of Classical Favorites, an assortment of 49 DRM-free classical music MP3 tracks, for $3.99. That’s easily the best total price we … Read more
The guys over at the Blog Herald have a nice big headline saying that Top Tech Brand’s Don’t Get Twitter. Then, they say nothing, and point to a “study” at Pingdom which notes that 67 of the top tech companies don’t have a “main” Twitter account registered in their name. Shocking! Or is it? Sometimes, … Read more
Recently, I helped a small business owner interview job candidates. As I sat there listening to the answers we got for standard interview questions, I couldn’t help but be dumbfounded. These were the basic, every job interview has them, questions and people obviously had no idea how to answer them. I made a comment to … Read more
If I’m 100% honest, I have to admit that not a single one of my “real” friends is on Twitter, at least not that I know of. Quite frankly, we all keep our personal lives and our Internet lives pretty much separate. Occasionally, I’ll stumble upon someone I know in an online capacity, but for … Read more
I have jury duty. Random thoughts from the waiting room.
I’ve started to come across more and more people on the Internet who also have their own sites. A lot of times they will ask me to check out their site and tell them what I think. Then, before I say (type) anything, they throw in, “I’m still building it though, so I haven’t put … Read more
Like many people who find themselves driven toward a goal, I find myself short of sleep. My problem is a late bed time and an early alarm. The question I keep asking myself is how much is too little? There are varying answers depending upon whether you are asking how much do you need to … Read more