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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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IE6, Why It Must Die, and What You (Yes, you!) Can Do About It

November 18, 2009

IE6. Say that word to any computer geek, and you’re almost guaranteed to get a poisonous look. IE6 stands for Internet Explorer 6. Microsoft released it in 2001, shortly after the wide distribution of Windows XP. 8 years later, it’s still got a 15-25% market share, depending on which statistics you believe. What’s wrong with [...]

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Is Your Sales Funnel More Like a Sales Sieve?

November 2, 2009

I want to adopt a Golden Retriever. By all accounts, I’m a fantastically qualified candidate. I have extensive dog ownership experience, have trained several dogs (including greyhounds straight off the racetrack, who had never even seen a house before), and have volunteered for years at various breed rescues. I work from home all day, and [...]

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Doctors vs. Lawyers. Changing Incentives. (And a survey!)

October 6, 2009

“IT Guys” suffer from an image problem. We’ve all seen the stereotype of the sleazy, ambulance-chasing lawyer who combs hospital emergency rooms looking for accident victims. Finding someone in pain, he offers them the “solution” to all of their problems in return for a hefty fee. The lawyer isn’t invested in the victim’s long-term recovery [...]

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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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