Month: October 2010
Awesome Links #20: Evil Apps, Halloween Playlists, DIY House Decoration
Welcome to the special Halloween edition of awesome links. Happy Halloween!
Free and Online Photo Editing Software
While Adobe Photoshop is pretty much the standard software for the photo industry, you don’t need to go out and buy it for yourself if you want to manipulate your own images—especially if you’re not a professional photographer. There are handfuls of free and online photo editing software out thereRead More
Stepcase Lifehack on Spending More Time with Kids
If you usually find yourself too busy to play that game of Scrabble with your kid that he has been wanting to play with you forever, or you’ve missed more parent-teacher meetings in the school than you can count, then it’s obvious that your kids are not getting the timeRead More
The Netsetter: SEO Writing Tip #3: Rock Your On-Page SEO
In the first installment in this series on SEO writing, we talked two things: why you need to be conscious of the keywords implicit in the topic of your article, and why you need to target that topic’s main keyword in your title tag. In the second installment, we talkedRead More
Favorite Quotes on Productivity: Ben Franklin, Paul J. Meyer and More
I’m a collector of funny or inspirational quotes. They’re great for tweeting or motivating, and as a writer, I appreciate other people’s ability to sum up key messages in as few words as possible. For a long time, I had the following quote by James Thurber scribbled on my whiteboard:Read More
How to Get Motivated in the Morning
Do you find hard to motivate yourself at the start of your day? Ever want to start the day awesomely productive, but starting that first task seems daunting…so you procrastinate? Of course – we all have that problem at one point or another. Well, you’re in luck, because you canRead More
Go to Meetings Prepared: 4 Survival Tips
The best way to go to meetings is to be prepared. No, I’m not talking about reading the agenda, doing “homework” or writing reports. I’m talking about some simple steps that will keep you in the game and save your sanity if the meeting goes bad. I call these practicesRead More
Does Multitasking Really Work?
Picture it: It’s Tuesday morning. You’re at your desk reading and replying to emails, participating in a conference call and looking over the report you need for that afternoon’s department meeting. While you’re focused on those tasks, your boss stops by and says he needs a summary of the newRead More