Back in the mid 1990s, it was quite common to hear people say “I just have no need for e-mail” and “I believe in doing everything face to face.” The verbal emphasis on the “e” in “e-mail” was one of rolling the eyes or sometimes derision. A bit later, it was common to hear the [...]
Want to write punchy, pithy, savvy sounding posts for your blog (or your client)? Don’t have all the expertise in a certain area (who does?), but want to sling it right up there with the insiders? Want posts that people can read with the same psychological effect that rap songs have on fans? A good [...]
I do project work and consulting, and my office is one of the largest rooms in my home. Like a lot of home office workers (I prefer “home office professional”), I always have multiple projects at once. So working all the time is just part of the deal. If I’m not working on a client’s [...]
“I’m a landscaper or plumber – how do I start a business blog? Who would want to read it?” Exactly. Or maybe. I hear that a lot. It’s a reasonable question. “And if I write it, and I don’t know what I’m doing, won’t it suck.” Probably not. It could, if you don’t keep an [...]
I’m deliriously happy. Happy to be wrong, that is. The other day I said Google didn’t know how to do “to do” lists properly. They don’t. But that’s beside the point – it seems google has figured out that I don’t yet know how to do “to do” lists. In the same way, I used [...]
Daniel writes prolifically about subjects ranging from work to social justice, does literary writing, and is Marketing Director of Free Agent Source. Daniel founded JobHacker (formerly the Rules of Work) blog when the bottom fell out of the mortgage market, and the US economy started its death rattle.
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