I have a client who sent me a .docx file the other night for a project that had a next day delivery deadline. I’m not a Microsoft Office user, I stick with OpenOffice. The file I needed only had an image in it that I needed to complete the project. Don’t ask why he [...]

It is surely fun having a large group of worker bees to do my mundane tasks for me.  At least that is what I am discovering since I started using Amazon’s Mechanical Turk.  I won’t bore you with the meaning behind turks, mturks, etc, as they are covered admirably by Andrew Wee and 45n5.  The [...]

So I just read the guest post over at ShoeMoney.com on Link Cloaking. And while the guest poster took some crap for what many felt was just an affiliate link post, he had some good things to say. However, one comment in particular in his post was serious mis-information. His comment, “A [...]

As I mentioned in my earlier post about buying “The 4-Hour work Week: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich“, I bought the book right before heading off to the Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester Virginia. It was a very intriguing read, and while I can’t say that I buy into all of [...]