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Archive for November 2005

Boostaroo Revolution
November 7th, 2005 |

The Boostaroo Revolution from UpBeat Audio is a pocket-sized portable headphone amplifier and splitter that boosts sound. Before I plugged in to my iPod, I had the iPod volume at about 75%. With Revolution, the volume is at 30% leaving me with plenty of room to make it louder if needed. Also, due to the [...]
Get Clients Now!
November 4th, 2005 | Tags: Books

Get Clients Now! is an excellent and highly recommended book. Easy to read. Short. Clearly outlined steps. Flexible. Can’t beat that. The book is ideal for small businesses or people who are the sole proprietor of their own business. It also makes a great tool for coaches.
Get Clients Now! A 28-Day Marketing Program for Professionals and Consultants
November 3rd, 2005 | Tags: Books, Business, Reviews

Until recent years, I never thought seriously about starting my own business because I didn’t want to deal with the bookkeeping and the marketing. After all, no marketing equals no clients. I’m no sales person. But I love the work and believe it’s worth doing the “I’d rather not do” activities. It’s easy to get overwhelmed [...]
World Usability Day
November 3rd, 2005 | Tags: web design

The Accessibility Channel is keeping busy for the first World Usability Day. The channel says, “it’s going to be a 24-hour, round-the-world webcast featuring dozens of accessibility experts, policy developers, and advocates for universal design. “You will be able to see and hear these presenters on any Windows PC with a broadband connection, and communicate with [...]
Stories of Strength
November 2nd, 2005 | Tags: Books

As a result of Hurricane Katrina (this started before Rita and Wilma), the writers of AbsoluteWrite.com banded together and decided to write a book full of stories of strength. 100% of proceeds go to charity. I never claimed to be a good storyteller, yet I lucked out as my story is in the book. Wil Wheaton, Orson Scott Card [...]
World Usability Day — Fixing What’s Broken
November 2nd, 2005 | Tags: web design

We have a day or holiday for everything now including usability. November 3 is World Usability Day, which is about to start as it’s Thursday in New Zealand. Its purpose is to promote the importance of making things easy to use. If my toaster oven breaks today and I buy another one, I won’t likely [...]
Interview, Registration and Books
November 2nd, 2005 | Tags: Books, Marketing, web design

Here’s a mixed bag entry as these aren’t long enough to warrant their own entries. Marko Mihelcic has a growing list of interviews and asked me to join the list. Thanks, Marko. It’s an honor to be among a pool of talented folks. Maybe he needed a black sheep. When I read a great article that [...]
Book Resources
November 1st, 2005 | Tags: Books

I love books. Wave a book sale in my face and I’m there. Sometimes I wish I had a book-related blog / resource like these folks have. Why not do it now? Because these are great places to go and no sense in getting the game this late. I have enough going on with meryl’s [...]
Accessibility Update at InformIT
November 1st, 2005 | Tags: web design

Web sites want to reach as wide an audience as possible, right? Who doesn’t? Having an accessible site makes good business sense and avoids bad publicity. Imagine the cost that comes with bad public relations or getting sued. I offer more reasons on why designing accessible sites is good for your business in addition to [...]