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.
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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 …
The King of Side-Jobs: Bad Dad
…I don’t want to become the bad dad. It seems like I read a lot of “don’t be defined by your job” or “unfortunately, the first question asked upon meeting someone new is ‘so what do you do for a living?’” “But Bryan, the work I do doesn’t really define me.” Well, maybe you’re doing …
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, …
Recruiting. Experts. Wise. Yes.
After last night’s post, I ran across this article by Guy Kawasaki in my inbox. Go read it, and then read mine.
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 …
Motivation
Happy New Year! I think. Hopefully your endeavors for the year are off to a good start. If you’re a leader working to motivate people, I have some ideas for you. Compensation alone can only motivate temporarily. Substantially higher pay for mundane work may get Samuel motivated to work on a project for a very …