“Tuned in” explains the difference between Apple Newton’s failure and iPod’s success. Apple wasn’t tuned in when it created Newton, but when it promoted “1000 songs in your pocket,” Apple solved several problems: giving people a way to carry their songs in something small, making it easy to get songs from computer to iPod and … Read more
Just the other day while walking the dog, I noticed a clay-colored workman’s boot print on the sidewalk in front of my house. Now, I knew it wasn’t there before. I set foot in this house when it was built in 1996. The first time the footprint caught my eye, I thought it was recent … Read more
In Get in the Mood for Love, I mentioned that a book could explain how I managed to get my book love groove back. That book is One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way by Robert Maurer. This was the fourth book I read since reuniting with my books (I read five … Read more
Photo credit Katie Tegtmeyer Married couples often hit a dry spell especially after children come along. They find less time to spend together alone and in the bedroom. I ran into problems of my own in the bedroom. Between my hand injury and doing many game reviews, I had a dry reading spell. How I … Read more
Well, my dear, they come from many places. If you go to the library known as Freelance Folder, you’ll see people sharing how they find their clients. When a freelancer and a client meet, they check out each other to ensure they are a fit. It may take some bio and web site reading to … Read more
Something strange happened that caused all of my blog entries (or most of them) to lose paragraph formatting and it looks atrocious. I am trying to get the problem solved. However, if I have to fix them manually, it’ll take a while since this contains over 3000 entries. Thanks for bearing with me. I’d rather … Read more
We won’t debate the changing PR landscape and how PR folks need to reach out to journalists. Instead, let’s talk about how companies can better serve journalists. Jakob Nielsen provides five reasons journalists visit a company’s web site: Locate a PR contact (name and telephone number). Find basic facts about the company (spelling of an … Read more
Whether you like twitter or not, it can be a valuable tool if you make the most out of it. Standing by and watching conversations go by won’t work. Anyway, plenty of other posts about twitter use exist on this blog and elsewhere — this focuses on what it can do for writers. Thanks to … Read more
Why do we “get a feeling or craving” for something at a certain time of year? It’s Pavlov at work. These become habits and with habits come expectations. Not everyone can succeed in working in a home office. The temptation to procrastinate and do non-work stuff is too great. Lone workers don’t have to worry … Read more
I’m hooked on As Time Goes By, a British TV show starring the Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer. I’m also getting into British-based Prime Suspect with Helen Mirrin. Not only do I enjoy the repartee between Dench and Palmer, but also hearing the British accents. While I may not have good hearing, I can see … Read more