Monthly Archives: June 2008
Quote from Alice Kahn
“For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three.” — Alice Kahn
Declaring Email Bankruptcy
How deep is your email inbox? Seriously, how deep. I’ve been there from time to time, but I’ve been proactively working to keep my inbox as close to empty as possible. If your inbox is over 2000 messages deep, you might need to do something radical. Perhaps you should declare email bankruptcy. Here is how: [...]
Not a Two-Way Street
Social networks can be strange. Especially Twitter. Networks like Facebook or LinkedIn require that connections be mutual. That is to say if I want to connect to you, you have to accept and then connect to me. So when I “friend” someone or “connect” it is a two-way street. Twitter is different. On Twitter, you [...]
BMW GINA Concept
If you like cars and technology, this is very cool.
Event Reminder: Using LinkedIn to Promote Your Business
For those of you that happen to be female and live in the Greater Philadelphia Area, I will be speaking at the event for the Women of Wit and Wisdom this Thursday, June 26th, 2008 at 5:30pm at the Pyramid Club in Philadelphia. Using LinkedIn to Promote Your Business Is it 12 or 73 invitations [...]
Take Fridays off from Email
On Friday, NPR’s Morning Edition ran the following segment: Can you go a day at the office without e-mail? Employees at U.S. Cellular try to do that every Friday. A policy implemented a few years ago gives workers a respite from the e-mail avalanche. Click to read and listen… Interesting story considering the topic of [...]
Quote: John Cleese
“I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.” — John Cleese
What do you mean Derrie-Air wasn't real?!?
The Inquirer ran a one-day campaign to prove a point: print advertising still works. The piece was seriously hysterical and I had fun sharing it. But you wouldn’t believe the letters to the editor in the Inquirer. People really need to lighten up. (Sorry, I couldn’t resist.)
Do you feel dirty?