I’ve noticed that often people will say something like “I’d like to meet with you about X”. Unfortunately, if will often not happen. When you are requesting a meeting, or responding to a meeting request, there are a few things to be sure to do to make sure it happens. Read More…
You are asked to get information from someone, where do you start? If you know the person and have worked with them, then it is easy – you know how to communicate with them. If you don’t know the person, you have to figure out what forms of communication they use to be able to get an answer to the question you are needing to ask. How do you go about doing that? Read More…
There’s a tool that is installed by default on all Macs called Apache Benchmark. It’s a very nice app that you can use to benchmark your sites. If you have ever considered running a test against Google… We can now tell you what you will get! Read More…
I usually don’t buy things right when they come out, but I’ve decided to go for the Motorola Droid. Since I use primarily Google offerings for mail and calendar, having a Google OS just makes sense. Since the iPhone is the standard, here’s a video I found interesting. Read More…
There have been a few “ground floor” opportunities that I’ve experienced in my life, and there seems to be a window of opportunity that you have to act in order to be able to “cash in”. At the same time, there are things that get over-used and get old. I think that, if we aren’t careful, some of our favorite things in life may end up being too overused. This is purely theory, and random guesses – I don’t have data to back this up! Read More…
You’ve heard the saying, right? People say, “that’s apples to oranges”. When comparing things, you have to compare “apples to apples” to get a true comparison. I have noticed that it isn’t necessarily what you are comparing, but it is whether you are comparing like things. If you come to a conclusion or make a decision based on comparing “apples to oranges”, that will inherently be a bad decision. Comparing “apples to apples” will get you much farther. Read More…
I was looking at statistics for websites tonight, and found something that was rather surprising to me. It appears that, out of the sites that I maintain, the most popular time of the day on these sites appears to be between 11AM and 1PM. I was intrigued, my mind wandered, and , I wonder what time of the day would be the most effective time to send an email. Read More…