Category Archives: Industry

Screw Your Hack, I’m Trying To Work Here!!

Yesterday I wasted 4 hours trying to optimize my online business. It was supposed to be a simple upgrade. I wanted to customize my desktop, background and create a custom start menu on my Firefox browser. What happened next was a disaster. First my Firefox froze, so I CTRL-ALT-DEL it. Then it refused to open,Continue reading “Screw Your Hack, I’m Trying To Work Here!!”

On Writing Online for a Living

Yesterday I received congratulations on LinkedIn from a classmate from middle school. “Happy 6 year work anniversary!” What? Has it seriously been 6 years? In Internet years, that’s almost a lifetime. I thought about my work anniversary the entire day. I was surprised to discover that freelance writing had been my longest running gig, beatingContinue reading “On Writing Online for a Living”

Is Your Business Self Absorbed?

Hold on; let me take a selfie….. We all know them- the over obsessed teens and adults who must always take a picture of themselves. It defines the latest generation, one I’ve nicknamed the selfie generation. They are the groups of people who are desperately searching for someone that cares about their lives. They areContinue reading “Is Your Business Self Absorbed?”

#twitter: Too much of a good thing

I’ve posted before about the weird environment that is Twitter, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that there are a ridiculous amount of tools to help you sort through the platform. There are tools to help you find people to follow, there are tools to help you find people to tweet to, and thereContinue reading “#twitter: Too much of a good thing”