Monthly Archives: April 2008

Monthly Archives: April 2008

Etiquette on LinkedIn

LinkedIn has gained broad acceptance as a social network for business professionals. Here are my LinkedIn rules to live by: (Your mileage may vary.) 1. Keep it professional. The goal is to make you look good in a professional networking environment. So don’t be a troll. No one likes trolls. (Except, perhaps other trolls.) 2. Do not add [...]
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Bouncing Clicks

Let’s say you just searched for “Bounce Rate” in Google. Perhaps you had been reviewing your site statistics with Google Analytics and wondered, perhaps out loud… “Why are so many people that click on the link to my site, bouncing?” But first, A little definition is in order. What is bounce rate? According to Google’s definition in [...]
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Save the Date – Using LinkedIn to Promote Your Business

For those of you that happen to be female and live in the Greater Philadelphia Area, I will be speaking at the event for the Women of Wit and Wisdom on June 26th, 2008 at 6:30pm at the Pyramid Club in Philadelphia. The details for the event have not yet been posted to their website. Using [...]
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Alas, GoLive, I knew thee well

Once Adobe took ownership of Dreamweaver, I knew that this day would come. Adobe Discontinues GoLive I’ve known you since you were called GoLive CyberStudio. I remember when Adobe bought you and GoLive 4.0 was released. You were such a special application and I officially moved away from NetObjects Fusion to author all of my sites with you. [...]
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From @pprlisa – Echolocation to Navigate

Here’s a post from my Twitter network @pprlisa about a boy who uses echolocation to overcome blindness. It is amazing and inspiring. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video
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iPod Touch as PDA?

So, what if you don’t want the phone contract from a smartphone but still want a killer PDA? If you are typically at a desk in an office or home, a pre-paid cell phone for emergencies or infrequent calls is a very inexpensive way to go. (My wife’s pre-paid phone service for a year costs [...]
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One Gift – Two Books

When I gave my presentation at my local BNI chapter two weeks ago, my speaker gift was a little different. I purchased two copies of “The Dip” by Seth Godin. I instructed the winner that one was him to read and the other copy was for his best client. (I got some strange looks at first, [...]
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Temporary Headline

For those of you who have ever put in temporary text when doing page layout, check out the bottom of the first page of the sports section from the Philadelphia Inquirer. All I have to say is, “Refer hereh ag hag ha hga hga hgh ag hag hag ha hga hga hg ahg.” Now please turn [...]
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Anyone for Local Courier Services?

Thanks to the explosion in online commerce over the last 10 years, FedEx and UPS have grown nicely. But what about local courier services? To me, it seems that with local businesses trying to compete with the likes of Wal-Mart and Amazon, shouldn’t local courier services see some benefit for this? Probably, but I really haven’t [...]
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WorldWide Telescope

As a kid, I wanted to be an astrophysicist. Watching this demonstration was pure joy. And for good measure, more information is available from the WorldWide Telescope website.
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