November 2007
48 posts
Run (Lap)"Topless" Meetings [How To] →
Blogger Todd Wilkens is waging a personal war against laptops and Blackberries in office meetings, and says you shouldn’t be afraid to lay down the law. Someone has to be the one to stand up to the…
How Does Bruce Schneier Protect His Laptop Data?... →
How to Set an Appointment With Yourself →
When you’re deep inside a jungle, your vision is blocked by the trees. In order to plan a route, you need to break out of the dense forest and see the entire landscape. Similarly, if you’re thick in the jungle of your own life, you might not be able to see much beyond next week. Setting an appointment with yourself can give you the broader perspective of what you’re doing to help make changes.
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How to Set an Appointment With Yourself →
When you’re deep inside a jungle, your vision is blocked by the trees. In order to plan a route, you need to break out of the dense forest and see the entire landscape. Similarly, if you’re thick in the jungle of your own life, you might not be able to see much beyond next week. Setting an appointment with yourself can give you the broader perspective of what you’re doing to help make changes.
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Survival Kit For Scoble’s Shared Items →
A huge amount of the items that flow through my news reader come from Robert Scoble’s shared items feed. Most I skip, but there’s enough good stuff in there that makes it well worth reading. It keeps me abreast of a much wider range of topics than I would normally read.
The trouble is, Robert doesn’t seem to have as low a tolerance level for crap in feeds that I do....
Tips for YouTube and Viral Videos →
Right after Thanksgiving, TechCrunch published a guest post called “The Secret Strategies Behind Many Viral Videos” which unleashed a record 491 comments because it described some unethical practices. There was also a follow up post here. This week there are two more articles with advice that isn’t sleezy, one from a for-profit perspective and the other an nonprofit...
Blogs Can Download and Use Copyrighted Images from... →
Stock photography website Corbis is allowing bloggers to download their pictures on blogs for free without having to worry about “copyright infringement” - in return Corbis will embed a banner ad beneath the photograph or image.
There exists dozens of stock photography websites offering royalty free pictures at no cost but the Corbis advantage is that they have tie ups with big news agencies...
Tips for YouTube and Viral Videos →
Right after Thanksgiving, TechCrunch published a guest post called “The Secret Strategies Behind Many Viral Videos” which unleashed a record 491 comments because it described some unethical practices. There was also a follow up post here. This week there are two more articles with advice that isn’t sleezy, one from a for-profit perspective and the other an nonprofit...
Ensure a Fast Internet Connection When You Need It... →
Your internet connection is an indispensable part of your life, but between BitTorrent, Xbox Live, web browsing, and VoIP, sometimes there’s not enough bandwidth to go around. But rather than running around the house shutting down all of your computers next time you’re experiencing a little lag on Xbox Live or Skype is breaking up on you, you can set up Quality of Service (QoS) rules...
Keep Your Browsing Private with Ten Firefox... →
Linux.com has put together a good overview of Firefox extensions that keep your browsing, searching and emailing secure and private. A few of these, including Privoxy and SafeHistory, have been cited here before, but this list includes a few new ideas, like using the PetName extension to leave “reminder” notes on trusted websites to defeat phishing attempts. For more secure browsing...
Ten Web Strategy Blog Posts I wish you’d read →
I’m answering a lot of questions and see myself referring to the same blog posts and concepts over and over. There’s a few posts that I recommend that you read, some of them were published a few months ago, but are starting to become very relevant. In fact, I’ll send this post to a few clients that need to get up to speed.
If you’re new to my blog, or need a quick review, please read these 10...
Juggling or Spinning? →
Even Happier: How to Command Respect →
@rexhammock so was I
Doug’s FB Status: Doug is waiting for the “is” to disappear. http://tinyurl.com/yv94qu
UK vs Tenn - could this be the year?
Doug is waiting for the "is" to disappear. →
WIshing you and yours a blessed and joyful day of thanksgiving.
Amazon Kindle Hands-On and Questions Answered... →
We got a unit, and just pulled it out of the box. Here’s how the thing looks all over, including the hidden SD card slot and the surprise “pleather” protective case.
Now here are answers to your most pressing questions:
• How long was initial powerup? 4 seconds (but our demo unit may have been booted up before). • How long does it take to turn pages? One second or less. • How...
How to mount a network volume on Leopard →
Good news — you can do everything you could do with a network drive on Leopard that you could do on previous versions of the Mac OS, and probably more, and it’s probably faster. I’ll have to let you know after a bit of time using it.
Here’s how you do it. 1. Locate the network drive you want to work with, starting in the SHARED sidebar section, clicking as needed to make...
From Where I Sit: My Current Workflow System →
@rexhammock - And Kentucky’s doing its level best to prove that its not as good a team as it looked to be early on this season
Stop Death by PowerPoint [Presentations] →
Presentation consultant Alexei Kapterev put together a must-see slideshow on creating great presentations. Hit the next button above to flip through it and see how to stop killing your audience with…
How to stop restaurant tip fraud →
If you pay your restaurant bills with with a credit card, there’s a small chance a crooked waiter will jack up the tip by scribbling the amount you added. If you don’t go over your receipts and compare them to your credit card statement each month, you’ll never know if you’ve been a victim of this form of fraud. I know for a fact this has happened to me at least once. I had...
What is Authority? →
You might have seen already that I encourage people to be Authority Bloggers. To demonstrate your expertise and knowledge, build profile, credibility, and trust. A question that comes up a lot is how do you know when you get there? What tells you that you have achieved Authority status?
I see authority as a journey, a continuous process. There is no end point. In fact, if you stop working towards...
Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 Quicksilver Plug-ins →
How to Email a Stranger →
Way back in July of this year, I suggested that one way to add kick to a research paper was to consult an expert. A lot of people disagree with this, imagining, I think, a flood of sloppy emails from students begging the experts to do their homework for them.
That was never my intention, of course — I’ve received far too many of those sorts of emails myself! Emailing an expert — or anyone you...
10 Places to Find Free Images Online and Make Your... →
… from the Search Engine Journal.
How to Email a Stranger →
Way back in July of this year, I suggested that one way to add kick to a research paper was to consult an expert. A lot of people disagree with this, imagining, I think, a flood of sloppy emails from students begging the experts to do their homework for them.
That was never my intention, of course — I’ve received far too many of those sorts of emails myself! Emailing an expert — or anyone you...
OpenSocial and Facebook Stats from Rapleaf →
Online reputation company Rapleaf sent us some interesting statistics about the most prominent OpenSocial companies, along with Facebook. Rapleaf gathered data on users of MySpace, LinkedIn, Friendster, Plaxo, and Hi5 – five social networks on the OpenSocial platform – and also gathered data on Facebook users. Some highlights, followed by full details below:
The greatest overlap between...
Facebook Business Users Perspective →
Business and Facebook: How do business professionals use Facebook?: A Facebook Business Users Perspective. While attending Barcamp in San Diego I presented a session on Facebook. I spoke with about 30 individual business people and asked them how they used facebook. The responses ranged from “I don’t have an account” to “I think it is OK but I don’t really get how Facebook can be used for...
Amazon’s S3: Almost free storage →
I remember awhile back coming across a post that Nick Carr did about someone who was using Amazon’s S3 remote storage service to do backups, and wound up getting a bill for a month’s worth of charges for hosting his data — and it was a single cent (the original post by Dave Gurnell is here, and Nick’s post is here). I thought at the time that it was pretty impressive, so I created an Amazon Web...
New Blog Layouts Increase Page Views and... →
Following yesterday’s article about the new trend in blog layout and design, I want to point out that these new layouts can bring two tangible benefits: increased page views and increased conversions.
Some of the blogs leading the way with these new layouts are the business blogs and blogs that are run as businesses. One of these blogs is SmallFuel.com. It is not your typical blog design. For...
Microsoft Outlook Running Slow with Gmail IMAP ?... →
Finding Old Web Pages →
…Search Engine Showdown lists the many places online old Web pages can be found.
Free Clip Art at the Open Clip Art Library [Free] →
Tired of pulling from the same sad-looking clip art files in Microsoft Word? Need a funny, cute, or weird image to liven up a presentation? The Open Clip Art Library has you covered. More than 10,000…
Featured Mac Download: Keep an Eye on Hard Drive... →
dougpetch: Oh, and the website’s back up and running. For now.
dougpetch: Registered for PodCamp Nashville at http://tinyurl.com/2fzldd. You?
dougpetch: Nothing like spending the day dealing with a broken website….
15 Tips to Restart the Exercise Habit (and How to... →
It’s okay, you can finally admit it. It’s been two months since you’ve seen the inside of the gym. Getting sick, family crisis, overtime at work and school papers that needed to get finished all kept you for exercising. Now, the question is: how do you start again?
Once you have an exercise habit, it becomes automatic. You just go to the gym, there is no force involved. But after a month, two...
15 Tips to Restart the Exercise Habit (and How to... →
It’s okay, you can finally admit it. It’s been two months since you’ve seen the inside of the gym. Getting sick, family crisis, overtime at work and school papers that needed to get finished all kept you for exercising. Now, the question is: how do you start again?
Once you have an exercise habit, it becomes automatic. You just go to the gym, there is no force involved. But after a month, two...
Observation: Facilities →
Many people kvetch about meetings, facilities, airlines, and other related travel and meeting topics. After kvetching, few seem to do more to ‘make it better.’ As a road warrior, meetings consultant, and frequent traveler, I thought we could get the…
Palimpsest: the guide to a (mostly) paperless life →
It seems that many of us otherwise computer-oriented geeks have a surprising and earth-unfriendly confession to make: we love paper. Notwithstanding the entirely digital nature of my own trade, for example, I’ll freely admit that there is really nothing quite like the smooth glide of a mechanical pencil over a big sheet of crisp, white office paper to facilitate good writing and thinking.
I...
10 Must Read Articles on Social Media →
Through my journeys this week I have come across some amazing social media articles. Here are my ten favorite.
1. Life After Digg: Interview with a Banned Top Digger - Nowsourcing has scooped a great interview with Greg Davies, a former top Digg user who went by the name cGT2099.
2. You Can’t Own the Community Without Understanding Them - Tamar from Techipedia has written a great post stressing...
A Minute of Audio Goodness →
It’s been a busy few weeks here in my neck of the woods, filled with practicing, presenting and assorted other projects. Of particular note was my presentation this past Saturday to an appreciative audience at the Toastmasters International District 40 Fall Conference. They enjoyed an action-packed 45 minutes while learning a number of tips and techniques for using visual aids...
Under-promise and Over-deliver →
Solidify Leopard's Menu Bar with OpaqueMenuBar... →
Mac OS X Leopard only: A week into using Leopard and the translucent menu bar driving you batty? Speaking of tiger-izing Leopard, tiny utility OpaqueMenuBar brings solidity back to your menu bar,…