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Advice for freelancers. Web design freelancer Cameron Moll has posted some great tips and lessons learned about freelancing. A few of the tips are industry specific, but most will apply to almost any freelance gig. If you're a freelancer now, or are considering making the leap, it's well worth checking out. Full-time freelancing: 10 things… Continue reading Advice for freelancers

10 Questions to ask yourself when you are small. Rajesh Setty from Life Beyond Code has posted 10 Questions to ask yourself when you are small. Rajesh’s list of questions are something that every microISV should give a lot of thought to as they are progressing with their business. His post is definitely one to… Continue reading 10 Questions to ask yourself when you are small

How to think clearly In I can think clearly now , Luda Kopeikina points out that the path to clarity lies in improving your physical and mental state; you think better and make better decisions when you are: – Physically relaxed; – Emotionally positive, happy, and released from fear and anxiety; – Charged with power,… Continue reading How to think clearly

Windows Live Safety Center. Yesterday on the Microsoft Security Response Center blog, Stephen Toulouse announced in passing that the Windows Live Safety Center could now clean up against issues in regards to Microsoft Security Advisory 911302. Now the link in the blog post is busted, but I was able to ferret around and find what… Continue reading Windows Live Safety Center

Nick Denton's Startup kit. Nick shares the tools he uses to run his company. You’ll see a trend here: cheap, free, and flexible. And when you’re starting up those are important words. Keep your utility and flexibility as high as possible while keeping your costs as low as possible. It’s all part of having less… Continue reading Nick Denton's Startup kit

Tasks From E-mails. I’m surprised at how useful I’m finding the new “create task from e-mail” feature in the upcoming release of Tasks Pro™ and Tasks. This was a frequently requested feature, but not one that I thought I’d use that much myself. Turns out, I was wrong. I haven’t yet set up any automatic… Continue reading Tasks From E-mails

Authority Control in Library Thing. I love this.  Library Thing is offering authority control at the user level–users can combine multiple listings for the same author, basically putting this aspect of cataloging into the users' hands.  In fact, the computer guesses pretty well, presenting a list of likely aliases for in the “Also known as…”… Continue reading Authority Control in Library Thing

How many IT staff does your library need?. Do you feel like your library is under-IT-staffed?  Probably.  Most of the rest of us do too, so you're not alone.  If you're writing a technology plan or want to advocate for more IT staff, check out Lori Bowen Ayre's IT Staff Calculator.  It considers factors like… Continue reading How many IT staff does your library need?

Using BI to Improve Leverage. Yesterday I suggested that improving the process of assigning associates could improve partner profits. In fact, Bryan Cave, with its deep commitment to business intelligence, appears to have done so. I asked John Alber, the firm’s technology partner and author of several recent excellent articles on BI, to comment on… Continue reading Using BI to Improve Leverage

Easily Increase PPP by $27k?. Is there an easy way to increase per partner profits by $27,000? I previously reported that IBM’s global consulting business built a system to match consultants with the right job. Business Week (11/21/05) reports that using it, IBM “with 36,000 consultants in its system… saved $500 million in the first… Continue reading Easily Increase PPP by $27k?