When I submitted the final, final edits for the second edition of WordPress For Dummies today – I breathed a tremendously huge sigh of relief. There is nothing like that feeling of accomplishment to carry you through to the next day. This was a big project – – just as it was the first time around, and having it finished, finally not only lifts a great big weight off the ol’ shoulders…but it made me …
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Computers..sometimes, they suck
I couldn’t describe the last 24 hours of my life without getting a homicidal twinge. It all started with a hard reboot coupled with a battery backup failure during an electrical storm (one of many we’ve had here in the past few days). After the reboot, I got the dreaded blue screen of death on my PC. I’m not usually a reactionary type. I stay pretty pulled together during times of stress and crisis…normally. Blue …
Designers, do you pursue local business?
It’s no big surprise that the majority of my design business thrives on national and international clients. Having a presence on the web will do that for you – your business is found by people from all over the world. If you run a design shop – your experience is probably much the same as mine, in that regard. But when is the last time you turned your focus locally to build business relationships? There …
Saturation Reaching Critical Mass
Twitter. WordPress. Google Blog Reader. Bookmark. Social Media. Podcasting. MySpace. SEO. Facebook. Plurk. Movable Type. VBlogging. StumbleUpon. Monetization. Premium. ShareThis. Avatar. Social Networking. Building Relationships. Blogging. Typepad. Lastfm. Blog Wars. Buzz. Hype. Digg. Ping. Trackbacks. Feed Count. Stats. Pownce. FriendFeed. RSS. Flickr. Multitasking. PayPal. Favicon. Instant Messenger. Sociable. Ad Space. SERP. White space. Vanity Search. Instalaunch. Followers. Friends. iEverything. Bloglines. Mobile Web. YouTube. Technorati. FreshBooks. Tutorials. Relevent. Irrelevant. Favorites. Blogspot. A, B, C, D List, …
I had to Google you, Lisa. Google.
Me: “So, where did we leave off?? I think the last time we talked, your mother died, you lost your job and a good friend of yours stabbed you in the back without remorse …. my father had a heart attack, I left my nursing career for self-employment in a completely unrelated field and I got married… so how what’s new???” Her: “No. My mother died, I lost my job and my friend stabbed me …
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