Archive for March, 2008

I have really taken a hit from the flu bug… my second bout in 6 months!
This time I’ve been down with it for about 2 weeks.
It is taking quite a bit of time to get over it and just because you can work “online” doesn’t mean you even FEEL like doing anything when you have […]

If you liked the “Tipping Point” book… you might like this article too.
Is The Tipping Point Toast? over at Fast Company.
Basically if you’ve got a million bazillion buck and you read “Tipping Point” you wanted to target “super influential” opinion leaders.
According to this article, it’s all baloney.
If you were one of those influential people that […]

Cricket Lee Takes On The Fashion Industry is about how one intrepid entrepreneur can have an impact on an entire messed up problem that resists change in an established industry.
For entrepreneurs with a big ambition, Ms. Lee’s story holds lots of lessons. For one thing, raw persistence can open doors. Even without name recognition, Ms. […]

The author of 7 strategic tips for small-business start-ups notes this:
Ironically, a tough economy can provide rich opportunities for entrepreneurs to innovate and thrive. And there’s never been a better time for women in particular to take the leap: There’s more support via the Internet, micro funding and networking groups than ever before. But even […]

Writing For Peanuts and Loving It is about all us netizens who have a writing disorder and like to get paid to indulge it.
It has an interesting lead though for aspiring writers. I’ve never much cared for writing at Helium, but as the article notes, some authors are landing up to $40 per article there […]

Here’s the Top 50 list.
The US is #22 in part because the criteria used to determine the list considers our 2nd Amendment freedoms to cause “instability”.
Not to mention all the drugs coming over the Mexican border the article says.
Here is the full list:
1 Vatican
2 Sweden
3 Luxembourg
4 Monaco
5 Gibraltar
6 San Marino
7 Liechtenstein
8 UK
9 Netherlands
10 […]

Though we fear the word “recession” for many good reasons, Advertising Age reminds us Recession Can Be A Marketer’s Friend
Why? Slumps spawn innovation. Here were some examples I found interesting.
Previous recessions have provided big opportunities — spawning the brand-management system, soap operas, modern cable networks, airline loyalty programs, the IBM personal computer, the iPod, Crest […]

The kind, loving people who make Craigslist such a friendly place to visit online (NOT!) have now ransacked a man’s house in Oregon.
Oregon man’s property ransacked after Craigslist hoax
The ads popped up Saturday afternoon, saying the owner of a Jacksonville home was forced to leave the area suddenly and his belongings, including a horse, […]

From Ronald Kessler
If you’ve been on the internet for long… it should be old hat.
“Don’t open email from strangers and don’t download the attachments!”
That’s in addition to “have a firewall”, updated antivirus and antispyware programs,etc.
The FBI is concerned because these “zombie networks” could be used in denial of service attacks on businesses and government agencies… […]

Since gas prices seem to remain high, even when ordinary consumers are using less defying free market theory (which only holds if the market is free by the way, that increasingly leaves ours out) consumers are at the end of their rope. Using less hasn’t worked.
The price of gas has been spread through the entire […]