I’m not ignoring this milestone. Many people have said what needs to be said and far better than I could say it. I like what Rodent wrote. We unfortunately have many other dates to remember. Here was my story of “Where were you when it happened?”
Smart bloggers know they need to read other blogs if they expect visitors to their own. Businesses with and without blogs that don’t visit other blogs live in a world like Rapunzel… isolating themselves (by choice unlike Rapunzel) and missing opportunities. Furthermore, businesses with blogs send the message they’re “too good” for other blogs. “We … Read more
Seth Godin hasn’t been relying on job interview for a long time. Before I read the part about one of the worst employees he ever had — I immediately recalled a time when my team interviewed candidates (after the manager conducted the interview). One of the strongest candidates gave a fabulous interview… and turned out … Read more
This won’t do for me, but Design Observer offers a fascinating insight into arranging books by color. One book arranger by color says it helps him discover new connections between books. I love the organization. After reading this, I glanced at my three bookshelves … now they look messy because the colors clash with each … Read more
David Strom talks about online networking and living in a virtual world. I feel the same way he does. In fact, I met all of my clients through online resources and networking. I just got my first local client, but she found me online and we have no plans to meet face-to-face (f2f). Thank goodness … Read more
Back online at my main PC. Still shaky from the whole experience. What we had to do (Paul is my hero) is repair Windows. In doing so (thanks to Scotty), we learned that Netscape and Firefox hijacked some of the DLL files. Why is this happening? We also learned that SyncToy and Carbonite don’t like … Read more
Looks like the hard drive died. I don’t know what happened as when I got on the computer, the login screen appeared in low-resolution. After fiddling with it and watching the PC freeze — I had no choice but to turn it off. What’s really annoying is that my network hard drive was off for … Read more
Starbucks originally served whole milk and didn’t offer other milk options until after receiving customer feedback rather than making the decision without customer influence due to dietary trends. Paul of Idea Sandbox patronized a local coffee shop that serves only whole milk and won’t change. But that local coffee shop doesn’t have the disadvantage of … Read more
I like the new look over at Dictionary.com. It loads faster and works smoothly. One complaint — click the Thesaurus tab. Now is that ugly mustard yellow or what? It bothers my eyes. I like the blue and green under the Dictionary and Reference tabs just fine. And an added bonus: no tables! Usually I … Read more
This Is Broken looks at KFC’s ad for its “NEW! KFC famous bowls.” The submitter correctly points out that you can’t be “new” and “famous” at the same time. One reader says games can become famous before they ever hit the market. True. Look at Nintendo’s Brain Age and Big Brain Academy. My mom was … Read more