Archive for August, 2008

Well, if it’s big enough that is. Coming from Nigeria, I thought it was to enable 10 million notifications hourly that someone in the US had inherited money from somebody they are only related to through Shem, Ham or Japheth, but apparently there are legitimate business uses for data servers in Nigeria.
Seriously though, it’s a [...]

I’ve been getting lots of Twitter Spam.
That’s when people sign up for Twitter with a phony name, put some posts about how to get rich quick and a link to their recruiting site and then start following 10,000 people so the people get their email, fall over half dead at their luck in finding out [...]

OK. Since we’re talking about Voip, Magic Jack, Skype, etc. here’s a book on Skype.
It’s Skype Me!: From Single User to Small Enterprise and Beyond
Based on my own experience, I think there are people in my audience right now who hear about people working with contractors overseas to find products to sell here, to subcontract [...]

I was whinging yesterday about Squidoo’s Work In Progress algorithm on a new lens I was playing around with.
I guess all your visits and rave reviews (not really! Maybe some of you clicked through to help me in my hour of need but no rave reviews… it’s just a new lens after all) shot it [...]

Who’d have thought microblogging would be so big?
Twitter has 140 related tools and applications to let you make use of that platform.
You can check them out here.
I like how larger user interfaces network with twitter so a blast there lets you update a variety of other services as well.
With TinyURL and Twitpics, you can get [...]

I love seeing how Squidoo relates to online marketing. I am also fascinated by a new little gadget called The MagicJack.
So I decided to build a lens for it that you can see at the previous link.
I didn’t write a Wikipedia entry, but I did at least try to put some significant content there and [...]

A lone accountant has won over the IRS regarding how they tax the cash that results when a mutual life insurance company becomes a stock company.
If you’ve ever had a life insurance policy that – because the company demutualized created a taxable event for you – you may be owed a refund.

If you want a place to do some networking in your Home Business, try Home Biz Space on Facebook
I’d love to see you there some time.
Basically you can come, post your link, get known, and meet other people to advance your home business efforts.

It’s true! The Dilbert comic strip is telling people today how to turn $1 into $1 Million Dollars.
It has eerie similarities to conversations I’ve had in the past!

ABC News has a report speculating on the changes at Ebay. Basically the take by a former ebay consultant is that the firm is moving at break neck speed to “Buy It Now” listings and giving such cheap listing fees to major sellers that it is becoming a sales platform designed to do in Amazon.com [...]