If you use Google Apps, or if you simply use Google’s Products for business, you need to read this. This is not a rant about Google’s policy of disabling accounts without a human review process. These are steps that saved … Continue reading
Here’s a video I made a few years ago for a financial seminar at my church. During that time, my wife and I were finishing a 14 month and $41,000 debt-crushing sprint. For much of that time, most of our … Continue reading
I’ve been co-hosting a podcast called The Google Juice with Chris Enns at ssktn.com for a few months. This last episode was about a topic I’ve been wanting to discuss for years. Listen To The Google Juice – Episode 005 … Continue reading
Managers with daddy issues can ruin a company. From the tender age of 12 to the slightly less tender age of 32, I worked at jobs where I answered to bosses. For the past two years, I’ve been my own … Continue reading
Several years ago, Seagate had a big problem with its Barracuda 1TB drives. The firmware would cause the drive to lock up, and the drive became undetectable by the system. Data intact, drive invisible.
SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is a favorite punching bag of people who run successful websites that don’t rely on search traffic, myself included. My default argument is that time spent on SEO would be better spent on quality content. Tonight, … Continue reading
We were at a park with a lake, it was a warm, sunny, summer day. My youth group leaders had their boat in tow, and we were ready for an afternoon of fun. Who knew anything about boat permits? Certainly not us.
The park ranger discovered our little party and had a stern talk with the couple who had brought us there. Several of us waited on the other side of the pavilion. Most people were quiet, but I, I had jokes.
Merlin Mann and John Gruber proposed that success is the result of Obsession Times Voice in this talk at SXSW. Take a listen and see if it resonates with you like it did for me. Obsession is usually easy to … Continue reading
Classy, or pushy. Refined, or loud. Stylish, or cheap. On one hand you’ve got companies like Lexus and Mercedes doing refined, subtle advertising that is both stylish and beautiful, in the middle, car companies like Ford and Chevy use a … Continue reading