Ben Yoskovitz has a group writing project under way over at the Instigator Blog asking the question, "What did you learn this year?" Whew! Talk about a big question! I mean I learned lots of things this year. Some of them were relatively insignificant yet very practical. For example I … Read more about Life Lessons From 2006
There’s a New Meme In Town
A while back, Joe over at Working at Home on the Internet included me in on a new meme that has been going round. It was started by Mack Collier of The Viral Garden as a means to get deserving bloggers up the Technorati charts . Of course, because of my recent server meltdown (and some other … Read more about There’s a New Meme In Town
Another Backup Tip
So I get to the office, fire up my laptop and wait for my morning emails to download. "Ah. There's a a couple from some mailing lists. A little spam that got by the filter. A few work items to attend to. Oh. And there's this morning's post from SuccessCREEations." The post. Dropping into the Post … Read more about Another Backup Tip
Backing Up – It’s Not Just For Cars
As you've probably heard, my web host had a catastrophic failure on one of their servers yesterday. And yes, it happened to be the very server SuccessCREEations was on. Then to compound the problem my host found that they had some bad CD-Rs in their backup storage so when they got things up and … Read more about Backing Up – It’s Not Just For Cars
Major Disaster
We've had a major data disaster here at SuccessCREEations. Our server crashed hard this afternoon and we are just now getting back up and running. Unfortunately there was a complete data loss when the server went down and my web host had to revert to their latest back up. Their most recent back … Read more about Major Disaster
What’s Your Business Fighting Style?
Conflict is a reality in business. Because it usually takes more than one person to keep an enterprise going, inevitably there will come a time when the people involved don’t see eye to eye on something. Even if you are self employed and don’t have any employees you probably still have to … Read more about What’s Your Business Fighting Style?
Comment Spam – The War is Raging
Last night I was wandering through MyBlogLog and I happened upon Jessica Doyle's blog. Now I have to tell you that I am one of those folks who has a defective art appreciation gene. (I explained that whole thing a while back on my personal blog when I talked about art.) And Jessica is an … Read more about Comment Spam – The War is Raging
Expanding Horizons – Writing for Successful-Blog
Last Wednesday evening at this time I was sitting across a table in a little neighborhood restaurant eating some of the best Mexican food I'd had in a long time. Outside there was a light snow falling, shimmering in the streetlights, just enough to make it look like one of those snow globes had just … Read more about Expanding Horizons – Writing for Successful-Blog
Why One PR Expert Doesn’t Understand Business Blogging
I got into a bit of a pissing contest last week while I was away. Personally I don't recommend doing that, and I usually avoid it myself as it can get a little messy. Not everyone has the same ability to aim.There are times when I find myself talking to folks that I realize have a vested interest in … Read more about Why One PR Expert Doesn’t Understand Business Blogging
Sweet Home Chicago
As I sat down at my computer this morning, my brain was a little foggy. I think I'm still working on getting past some serious sleep deprivation from the last two days of my trip.So I opened up iTunes to help clear my head. I keep it on shuffle most of the time because I have a wide variety of … Read more about Sweet Home Chicago
Free Web Based Feed Reader Comparison
So you are convinced about the value of RSS and Feeds but you aren't sure which feed reader might be a good fit for you.Well here is a little comparison of four of the free web based feed readers out there. I split my computer time between a couple different machines in a couple different places. … Read more about Free Web Based Feed Reader Comparison
Success Principle # 11 – Keeping Your Head In the Game
It's been an interesting ride on this trip to Chicago. I've had the TV on quite a bit here in the hotel room. And for the record television is a horrible companion.But yesterday I caught some snippets of a movie set in Australia. It centered on a couple of competitive swimmers working toward … Read more about Success Principle # 11 – Keeping Your Head In the Game
