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SELF Help: The Only Kind There Is

February 17, 2010

I get sick when I hear the phrase “Take care of yourself so that you can better help others!” It is such utter bunk and BS that my stomach turns. Excuse me while I down the ipecac. It’s not about helping or taking care of others. With the exception of your children, to whom you [...]

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Making It Look Easy

January 19, 2010

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about people who try to make it look easy. Whatever “it” is. Making difficult things look easy is a cultural obsession. The entire profession of advertising is built around it. And, depressingly, the trend continues online. There are so many info products out there promising “10 easy ways to [...]

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Vlog – How To Be More Successful Than Microsoft (hint: Make it easy for people to give you money.)

November 30, 2009

Our Black Friday Sale Ends December 1 at Midnight! There’s still time to get in on the love, and have us solve your technology problems! Get 20% off all of our technology coaching packages. Today’s Vlog is brought to you by two crappy buying experiences I had over this holiday weekend: Summary For The Video [...]

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Return on Investment (or: How love puts food on your table.)

November 9, 2009

I’m always in the pulpit on this blog about giving value without demanding a return – but sometimes it really is nice to get something back for all your efforts. And let’s face it – none of us would be in business if we didn’t want something. Figuring out what investments you’ve made and what [...]

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Why I’m Not Buying Any More Info Products. (or: How Merlin Mann changed my game.)

October 26, 2009

I’d been procrastinating over watching Merlin Mann’s latest video. Sure, everyone watched the little 5 minute Merlin Labs bit (“Giant Cock Paper” – heh!), but the other one? Man… 40 minutes of my time! Then I remembered how much time I spent dicking around on Regretsy last night. I watched Merlin’s thing. There are things [...]

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Brother-in-Law Syndrome: or, Why Your Technology Sucks

September 30, 2009

One of the things that irks me most about a lot of the technology systems I’ve seen or heard about is just how badly set up they are. I call this the “brother-in-law syndrome.” brother-in-law syndrome – n. – The belief that because your brother-in-law/husband/friend “knows a lot about technology,” he/she is qualified to set [...]

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You Need A Plan. Seriously.

August 14, 2009

A server went down today. One server out of 1,800 servers in a ginormous server farm belonging to the company I currently work for (the company I’m going to leave in order to join the IttyBiz 1000 any day now). This server is just like its 1,800 brethren – an oblong jobby with lots of [...]

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