I often hear from clients who are unhappy with negative reviews or missing reviews on Yelp. More often I hear small businesses that rave about what a boon Yelp has been to their bottom line. Here’s some advice for small business owners on what to do with those pesky negative reviews: The site removes reviews […]
I have lots of ESL (English as a Second Language) clients and family who might find this service really helpful. i have not used it yet but it seems very well organized and the interface is slick. and with wordpress plugins it’s all integrated into your blog publishing workflow: Wordy gets it…It’s on-demand copy-editing, and […]
Amazing article about the decline of world fisheries. Hear the NPR interview also. Beginning in the 1950s, as their operations became increasingly industrialized–with onboard refrigeration, acoustic fish-finders, and, later, GPS–they first depleted stocks of cod, hake, flounder, sole, and halibut in the Northern Hemisphere. As those stocks disappeared, the fleets moved southward, to the coasts […]
Interesting group of inventions by Scott Amron. 1. newsoap: brand new liquid soap packaged in old plastic soda bottles 2. TheEndo: magnetic clip 3. Brush & Rinse Toothbrush 4. Split Ring Key Blank “Keybrid” (today their paypal account is ‘unable to receive income’ so not sure what’ sup with that.) Amron Experimental.
Interesting article with more innovative ways of using dropbox 1 Sync iCal calendars on two Macs 2 Sync your Address Book on two Macs via Sync Your Life With Dropbox – Wired How-To Wiki.
I recently launched a Ning site for the Oakland Museum of California: http://diasdelosmuertos.ning.com It is a community for celebrating Dias de los muertos (Day of the Dead). Overall it was a good experience for a project with a tiny budget and very fast schedule. There are lots of features on Ning but very limited ways […]
World’s Largest Chocolate Fountain in Las Vegas and other weird and wonderful destinations. Well they say that chocolate is an aphrodisiac and well who doesn’t love chocolate? At the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas is the world’s largest chocolate fountain. World renown pastry chef Jean Philippe Maury spent a year and a half in design […]
Dropbox has been really useful for me. check it out – available for iPhone now. Access your Dropbox on the go. Download files for offline viewing. Sync photos and videos to your Dropbox. Share links to files in your Dropbox via Dropbox – Get the Dropbox iPhone app – Secure backup, sync and sharing made easy..
Recommendations for Self-Publishing from Dr. Javier Vera: clickbank.com: sell your product through their affiliate system kunaki.com: CDs DVDs on demand eFulfillmentService.com: offers a complete package of online order processing, storage and shipping vervante.com: Vervante provides a produce-on-demand solution for books, DVDs/CDs and kits –they ship orders worldwide. For Art/Photo books I recommend San-Francisco based Blurb. I’ve […]
Why is multi-tasking a myth? Why even the best task chair in the world not as effective as standing? I also relate to how meditation plays into sleep and stress-related rules. This site has some great videos that demonstrate these simple principles… THE 12 RULES EXERCISE | Rule #1: Exercise boosts brain power. SURVIVAL | Rule […]
