I find myself printing out PDFs frequently. Call me old fashioned, but I prefer the comfort of a recliner while I read, and my idea of portability is something printed. Maybe this is why I spend all my money on real books. But that has got to stop! I’ve noticed a trend that most of [...]
I’ve been spending way too much time trying out WordPress themes. Most have needed some tweaking, and very few meet my needs. I expect that my needs are not unique, but a lot of themes are really lacking in some important areas. This list tries to capture the accommodations my ideal theme would satisfy. Picture [...]
Over the years I’ve gotten a lot of value out of reading Amazon reviews. But only recently have I actually become a contributor to their sophisticated social system (a different S3 . Now I’m discovering some great benefits to writing reviews — let me share them with you. Here are the reasons it might be [...]
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As I mentioned in my last post, Eventbrite has kindly provided a list of all 50 SWPDX attendees, including their blogs. I also noticed an “OPML Feed” link there. Sweet! Unfortunately, that OPML is useless for Google Reader (lacking xmlUrls), and likely the same story for other readers. I had to manually load each one [...]
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While getting ready for Startup School, I was frantically trying to plow through the bulk of Paul Graham’s essays. He mentions that an important read for preparing to start your own business is How To Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie. I picked it up at the library (footnote: I bet most libraries [...]