• Who’s Ya Daddy?

    by  • February 3, 2012 • 0 Comments

    Customer. Consumer. Colleague. What’s the difference? The Customer is the person or entity paying. They may or may not use the service or product for which they are paying, but the money comes out of their account. the Consumer is the person or entity using the goods or services. They may not pay. A Colleague [...]

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    Team players vs autonomous thinking

    by  • January 30, 2012 • 0 Comments

    My friend Doug over at asknice.com sent me this link: http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/000932.html I went out and bought the book. It’s a good read. Not exactly life changing, but potentially habit changing or perception affirming, depending on how you do/look at things to begin with. Here’s one of the key ideas that I thought was relevant to [...]

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    Virus Removal

    by  • January 26, 2012 • 0 Comments

    Again, a question from a friend caused me to write this up. And since I give out this information relatively frequently, I thought I would just post it here for all to see. As with any of my stuff, Caveate Emptor, YMMV, Objects may be closer than they appear, draco nuncum titilandus. *************** The overall [...]

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    Write! Sing! Draw! Dance! NOW. You can do it!

    by  • January 23, 2012 • 0 Comments

    There are so many reasons why I like Indexed. This post is just another example.    Robert Fulgham wrote a great piece (OK, I happen to think he’s written *a lot* of great pieces) on creativity and how limited we believe we are as we get older. You can find it here (not Mr. Fulgham’s [...]

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    Required Reading if you ever want to email me

    by  • January 19, 2012 • 0 Comments

    Seriously. Read this. Come to think of it, I should probably print this and hand it out to certain members of my family, and stand over them to make sure they read it. And then show them the clue-by-four I’ll smack them with if they violate the rules set therein. http://lifehacker.com/#!5798413/how-to-identify-and-avoid-spreading-misinformation-myths-and-urban-legends-on-the-internet How to Identify and [...]

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    Web site setup

    by  • January 14, 2012 • 0 Comments

    A friend recently asked if I would help him set up a website (I get that a lot). He is unable to participate in a traditional work environment, but has some wonderful knowledge and skills that he wants to share online, hopefully for profit. Here’s the email I sent him, which I thought you might [...]

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    All roads lead to…

    by  • January 11, 2012 • 0 Comments

    Your web site. FWIW, IMHO, Caveate Emptor, YMMV, Objects may be closer than they appear, etc etc etc. I’ve been building web sites as an amature for over 14 years now. Being a new member here, I wanted to share some of my thoughts and observations about blogs and websites in general . Based on [...]

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    The (Human) Cost of Our Crap

    by  • January 9, 2012 • 0 Comments

    Over the weekend, on my way from point A to point B I caught an episode of “This American Life“. I always enjoy the program but this week it caught my ear because (as you might be able to guess, given this is me we’re talking about) it was about computer stuff. I didn’t tune [...]

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    SEO, Lies and Video Tape (part 5)

    by  • December 28, 2011 • 0 Comments

    In the first first post of this series, I pointed out that SEO companies sell features that can be done easily by most people, thus avoiding cost. As a reminder, those 4 simple, easy-to-accomplish techniques are: Having a descriptive domain name Creating and submitting a sitemap Descriptive titles and meaningful content Getting other websites to [...]

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    SEO, Lies and Video Tape (part 4)

    by  • December 21, 2011 • 0 Comments

    In the first first post of this series, I pointed out that SEO companies sell features that can be done easily by most people, thus avoiding cost. As a reminder, those 4 simple, easy-to-accomplish techniques are: Having a descriptive domain name Creating and submitting a sitemap Descriptive titles and meaningful content Getting other websites to [...]

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    SEO, Lies and Video Tape (part 3)

    by  • December 14, 2011 • 0 Comments

    In the first first post of this series, I pointed out that SEO companies sell features that can be done easily by most people, thus avoiding cost. As a reminder, those 4 simple, easy-to-accomplish techniques are: Having a descriptive domain name Creating and submitting a sitemap Descriptive titles and meaningful content Getting other websites to [...]

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