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BaseCamp: Don’t Get Overwhelmed, Get Organized!
Sep 3rd
First, what is Basecamp? No, I’m not talking about a military term…I’m talking about the “Project Management Program,” (PMP). What does this PMP do for you? It makes discussing ideas, project proposals, and monitoring project progress with colleagues, clients, and project team-members, EASY! How, you might ask. Well, keep reading this guide for Novices, and you’ll be on your way to project organization faster than you can say “Basecamp!”
Wikipedia describes Basecamp as follows:
“Basecamp offers to-do lists, wiki-style web-based text documents, milestone management, file sharing, time tracking, and a messaging system. It also offers integration with its own Campfire product.
Basecamp is proprietary software available in the English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Finnish, Portuguese, Danish, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, Greek, Russian, Hungarian, and Japanese. Translations into additional languages are planned.” More >
The TweetDeck: How to Use it as an Information Hub.
Aug 24th
Twitter seems like the type of thing that turns people off to it pretty quickly. It’s difficult to understand, it takes effort to use, and it’s hard to get new people to follow you. I am here to discuss an application for Twitter, called the TweetDeck that makes Twitter a breeze to understand, and to use. More >
WordPress.com for Beginners
Aug 11th
Before you start a blog, you must take a look at yourself and ask, “can I make this commitment?” This is important, because if you wish to take on a role where you have a constant flow of readers, you need to make the commitment to your audience. If you have the ability to stay loyal to your readers, and post constantly, there’s a good chance you’re ratings will go through the roof; this is the first step to having a successful, popular, blog. More >
Time Tracking : Freckle
Jun 25th
In the working world, there are several ways to make money. Many of us trade our time in order to get paid. In the service industry, billable time comes at a premium price. During our billable time, we get our work done for our clients and try to keep them happy. The rest of the time, we are either finding work, or trying get paid for that work.
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IdeaEncore Network : Nonprofit Collaboration
Jun 25th
IdeaEncore was referred to me by Gavin, who is a CTO/CIO of a “large private Foundation”. I would tell you which foundation he works for, but then I’d be violating a client privacy agreement which I signed while working for my last employer. What intrigued me about IdeaEncore was it’s “Certified B Corporation” Status. As a Certified B Corporation, they were vetted through an extensive process to enter into a network of social benefit corporations which share resources and collaborate together to create a better world. More >
Social Media : Facebook & Twitter
Jun 25th
Understand one thing about social media. It is the new way to spread the word and the paradigms of “word of mouth” still apply. In the modern world, one has to be a hermit not to understand the ubiquity of social media and its effect on people. In business, if you have a product or service, you must have a social media strategy. There are several resources to help you define what your strategy can be. These lessons can be applied to any type of organization because the usage of social media results in brand awareness. More >
Start a Site, a Microenterprise
Jun 23rd
Define your Niche & Brand
For starters think about what your niche is and define a business plan. You do not have to be perfect; just get down some ideas on what your vision at least. You’ll never realize what writing down your thoughts will do to give breath to your ideas. These recorded ideas will professionalize your venture (because what venture starts without a business plan?) and lead to brand creation. Your brand should be a small subset slogan of your niche combined with an image. Try to use an image that elevates your brand and is not copyrighted. The worse thing would be for you to push your brand and then be told to stop using it. More >
Executive Summary : Inmates are Running the Asylum
Dec 14th
One of the first books that Charles told me to read was a book written by the inventor of Visual Basic. Visual Basic is one of the most popular programming languages thanks to Microsoft and Alan Cooper. Alan apparently wanted to redo it but Gates pushed him to release it. Thanks to their work ( and thousands of others), we now have things like Visual Studio .NET 2005. More >
