Two posts ago I talked about all of the nag screens and balloon tips that bothered me when I started Windows Vista. I’m happy to say that I was able to get rid of a lot of them.
While I still have a ways to go to get rid of some other stuff I don’t like, [...]
Once upon a time (no, this isn’t a fairy tale) there was a company that had a great concept: create a document format that could be read on almost any computing platform. You create the document once and platform dependent software would open the documents on computers, whether it be running Windows, Unix, Mac…
And it [...]
Friday, February 29, 2008
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Several password protected posts will appear on this blog over the next few weeks. But instead of emailing the password to subscribers of my blog announcement list, I’m going to give it out a bit differently.
I want you to sign up for somebody else’s mailing list, and by doing so, you’ll get the password for [...]
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Right now I have twelve “active” blogs that I like to post to at least once a week.
Of those, I’m embarking on a project to make at least one post per day to at least six of those blogs.
How in the world do I do it?
First, as I mentioned a few posts ago, I’m starting [...]
Monday, February 18, 2008
I have mixed emotions about forums. I love helping people and forums are a great way to do so; however, the level of bad advice given on most forums is atrocious. As a result, I strictly limit my participation in most forums. Keep reading, though, if you want to know my “exceptions” — and to [...]
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
I’d like to take a moment today to talk about two systems I use to make product sales and support easier. The first one makes management of the entire sales process extremely easy. The second makes sure that I don’t miss critical support requests. Both are indispensable to me as a “one man show”!
First, the [...]
Saturday, February 2, 2008
The previous post, which was password protected, offered my newest product at an extremely low price. The time period for that special ended about 25 minutes ago.
For the next 168 hours or so, I’m going to be offering the recording and transcript of a 90 minute call that Willie Crawford and I did on computer [...]
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Ever hear of Parkinson’s Law? According to Wikipedia, (yeah, I know it’s not a good place to do factual research, but it will suffice for this), it basically says that “work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.”
There’s just one problem: I’m not a bureaucracy; I’m a one-person business at this [...]