SEO is KILLING good writing…
At least for me. My last few gigs have been as a copywriter, and I have been feeling very much like I am only writing for search engines. It is a very difficult task to write a lot of copy that...
View ArticleThe Employer/Employee Facebook & Social Networking Situation…
I became involved in a discussion today in which I was (at the beginning) completely certain that I was “right”. Now keep in mind that there are two very separate issues here. 1) Should an employer be...
View ArticleI look good on paper, but…
In the last two days, I have twice heard people comment that they look good on paper, but they feel as if there is a disconnect between that and how they feel in reality. These individuals have amazing...
View ArticleMisconceptions in the Attic
In April, 2012, our plywood subflooring didn’t go all the way to the walls, the attic that was being turned into a new floor of our house yet unfinished, and the insulation where the walls and floor...
View ArticleLife in the Money Machine (a metaphor)
I have a problem. I’m an archiver. I’m kind of like the digital equivalent of a hoarder. I want to catalog every bit of information I can, everywhere I can. I get disappointed that if I read 50 books a...
View ArticleEvernote #2: The Organization of Evernote; Two easy steps to optimization
Once I started using notebook stacks, life became a whole lot easier. However, not all applications that interact with Evernote are able to read/recognize these stacks. I really like to be in control...
View ArticleIf you don’t care, I don’t care: The art of being.
Recently, I was at a conference and I heard a lecture. The who, what, when, where, and why don’t really matter. What matter is the how. One of the presenters simply read her paper as a presentation....
View ArticleHow could you not want the truth?: The head in the sand syndrome
By Korall (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)%5D, via Wikimedia CommonsMy current goal is to quit smoking cigarettes. Last...
View ArticleTraveling west Day 16, aka “Smells like butter”
Day 16 (June 16th) – Boise, ID to Cheyenne, WY (736 Miles) – If I had to pick one day where we were all cranky, travel-weary, and frustrated, this (Day 16) would be the day I pick. It was 98 degrees...
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