Category: Everything Else

This week I got an invitation, from someone I respect—who I’ll call Gene—to attend a telesummit where she was speaking on a topic of interest to me. I clicked through using the link in her email. The first time I clicked it, the link was just wrong. It went to the website of the woman … Continue reading “How not to have a free event”

I have been following a conversation about hate mail: what to do with it, how to mentally process it and how to get over it. When I started making and selling art work—way back in the freakin’ 70s! (Yes, I am that old), at my very first show, I heard a little girl who was … Continue reading “What did I do wrong? Does my website suck?”

This story has nothing to do with websites or website design. It’s family tradition that I can’t really identify as anything more than a mystery. But I think it’s a good story and one that should be shared so that maybe, just maybe, the right person might know how much we are tickled by it. … Continue reading “Mystery Christmas Music”

The way you do anything is the way you do everything In the last couple of months I had the windows in my house washed by professionals and I had some landscaping done by … UMM….how to say this and not be accused of slander… a crappy company? First the window washers I live in … Continue reading “What do window washers have to do with websites?”

After 20 years of selling stuff out of a full sized 10×10 display, table top trade show displays just bug the crap out of me. Church bazaars (no offense meant) set out tables for people to set out the stuff they made and are trying to sell. Professional craftsmen (and professionals in business) spend time … Continue reading “All about the trade show display… or 10 easy steps to a better one”

I feel like I must be a hundred.. but back in MY day, the Boy Scouts sold light bulbs!  THAT was useful.  My dad would keep a big list all year and then get them from a neighborhood kid. Now, at least here in Baltimore, they’re selling popcorn. A friend of mine has a 6 … Continue reading “6-year-old’s Marketing Video… Beautiful!”

Here’s how it’s all laid out I’ve divided my thoughts on all things related to my work on websites and what I think other people should be paying attention to on their websites and in their relationship with their technology into these categories. About Computers Designers vs. Developers What Pages Do You Need Who Reads … Continue reading “Here’s what I’m thinking about”