So since Kyle from one red paperclip was sent to me by several different sources and made ABC’s Good Morning America this morning, I figured I’d make a few observations. Part of why this interests me is that one of my “sidejobs” happens to be real estate investing. Kyle’s ultimate goal is to “trade-up” from …
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bingbit
The “coming soon” banner has been placed at bingbit.com and I’m working on getting the catalog digitized and forming a plan for the e-commerce side of things. bingbit’s first official offering will actually be available from CDBaby in a week or so. Bedtime on Mars by Uncle Widget has been out for a few months …
Web Work and Hypnosis
I’ve been doing some web freelancing lately. Most recently, Jonathan and I designed and developed a site for our friends at Watermark Hypnosis. I’ve actually lost 15 pounds in 5 weeks through their program and would highly recommend them. Let me know what you think of the site design.
New Podcast
Cindy (my wife) and I decided last week that we’d really benefit from spending the time together organizing, recording, producing and distributing a podcast. So, we did it. We talk about parenting, culture, life, family, faith, music and whatever else comes to our attention during the production process. “justbc” should be has been listed on …
Who does Yahoo! think they are? (or How To Turn Away Your Biggest Fans)
Flickr: Really cool. Yahoo!: Really big. I decided to use a Flickr account for the youth group that I work with at church. In order to do so, I needed to create a Yahoo! account (yes, I got in after the acquisition). I created one, uploaded some pictures and then went a few weeks without …
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What Happened?
Last Friday I celebrated my last day of work in a job I wasn’t suited for. On Monday evening, I flew to New Jersey to teach a 3-day class on a technical certification. Right before I boarded my plane home, my worst short-term fear was realized. The project: cancelled. I return home from my first …
New Opportunities
On Tuesday, I promised you news soon. When I first did my ‘passion intersections‘ months ago, I listed technology instructor as one. About 3 weeks ago, my sister made me aware of a teaching opportunity with the company she works for. I followed the appropriate process, and went to a 3-day training session in Philadelphia, …
Use Your Experts Wisely
Congratulations on your new company. I hope you’ve found some experts that you expect to make your job as CEO easier. Hire a graphic artist to do your graphics, give him direction, but don’t hold his hand. That’s his thing. Hire an accountant to take care of payroll and taxes. Don’t ask him to cook …
Meetings: Good Idea, Bad Idea
It seems that the one carryover from brick-and-mortar, manual, old school business to the new knowledge-based economy is that upper management likes to have meetings. Meetings are necessary. Meetings suck. Here’s my meeting school: Meetings are good: Task assignments are best identified by the team, rather than just direct orders by a superior. Resource allocations …
The Lazy Way to Success: The Apprentice Sends a Bad Signal
The Lazy Way to Success: The Apprentice Sends a Bad Signal A good, quick read on how The Apprentice discourages teamwork.