Sorry for going AWOL. After Techshow and the LexThink Lounge, I’ve had to from California back to the Midwest. I’m driving from LA to St. Louis now. Today I am in Sedona, Arizona (one of the most beautiful places on earth, by the way). I’m back in business on Monday, and I’ll talk to you then.
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Monthly Archives: April 2006
links for 2006-04-12
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The costs of not improving your business – - quantified scientifically.
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Cool little color tool for web design.
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Great tips for using camera-phone with Flickr to remember things better.
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One way to recycle that old laptop.
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At least they didn’t sell them to Clorox. ;-)
Only Make Smart Mistakes
Steve Pavlina sets out 10 Stupid Mistakes Made by the Newly Self-Employed. They are a worthwhile read (go to the post for his explanation of each), even if you’ve been self-employed for a long time. I know I still make a few of these stupid mistakes. How about you?
1. Selling to the wrong people.
2. Spending too much money.
3. Spending too little money.
4. Putting on a fake front.
5. Assuming a signed contract will be honored.
6. Going against your intuition.
7. Being too formal.
8. Sacrificing your personality quirks.
9. Failing to focus on value creation.
10. Failing to optimize.
Writer’s Block?
From this 43 Folders Post:
[Writer Anne] Lamott also mentions how she keeps a one-inch square picture frame on her desk. And every time she feels stuck, she picks it up and remembers that all she has to do to get started is fill one square inch with words.
links for 2006-04-07
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Bevis and Butthead would be proud. Heh, Heh, Heh. The recently discovered outermost ring of gas giant Uranus is a bright blue, scientists said today.
links for 2006-04-06
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Wow!
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Songs for a dime, albums for a buck fifty. Legal … at least in Russia.
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I just signed up and Evoca is cool! More later.
A Ginormous Table PC
Eric Mack is evaluating an ultra-wide screen Tablet PC. Look at the size of the thing in his lap. Me gotta have one — if for no other reason than to make my MindManager maps rock.
UPDATE: All right, someone tells me this was an April Fool’s Joke. Had I read the post on April Fool’s day, I may have caught it. However, catching up on my blog reading four days after the fact, I didn’t even think it could be a joke. And I still want one!
Technorati Tags: tabletpc, productivity, mindmapping
The Lawyer Sticker Test
Over at 37 Signals, they have a simple test to determine if a company respects its customers:
Here’s a great way to find out if a company that makes physical products respects their products and their customers: if there’s a sticker on the product, and it peels off cleanly (and without tearing), then they’re a respectful company. If it tears or leaves sticky residue that you need to scrape off with a razor, then they don’t.
It’s that simple.
What’s the lawyer corollary: If a client leaves a phone message, does it get returned by someone at the firm within 24 hours?
Does More Time Equal More Money?
Here’s How to Have a 36 Hour Day. Now, for you lawyers out there, leave in the comments section your suggestions on How to Bill a 36 Hour Day.