Archive for May 2007
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Palm Announces Go-between Product
May 31st, 2007 |Palm has introduced the Palm Foleo, the first mobile device companion. Smaller than a laptop and larger than a Treo, the mobile companion comes with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth built-in. This lets the Foleo connect to Treos and other compatible smartphones and handheld devices and available Wi-Fi connections. The Foleo also marks Palm’s first product that uses [...]
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Usability in Everyday Life
May 30th, 2007 |Usability goes beyond making Web sites easier to use. It’s also about making appliances, day-to-day activities and other things easy to use. When I use my blender, I can’t figure out why there are labels for puree, chop, frappe, crush, and so on. It’s a blender! The blades just spin around and around. The blender [...]
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Support for Small Businesses
May 29th, 2007 |The Small Business Administration (SBA) provides excellent resources and support for small businesses as does SCORE, an organization made up of retired volunteers who advise small business owners. This Escape from Cubicle Nation blog entry suggests that every entrepreneur needs the following four professionals: Lawyer Banker Accountant Insurance specialist The entry also provides suggestions on where to find these four professionals. [...]
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Nanny Mania PC Game Review
May 29th, 2007 |Having a nanny would be nice in terms of getting help to chauffeur my kids, help when I’m run down and make meals. The nanny in Nanny Mania does it all except the chauffeuring. Then again, the family’s head of household is the Mayor of Suburbia, so he probably has a chauffeur too. The game takes [...]
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The Perfect Thing Book Review
May 25th, 2007 |The iPod has that certain something that leads its users to adore it like nothing before. People want nothing but an iPod. No substitutes even when the non-iPod has more memory, comes in your favorite color and costs over $100 less than an iPod. So how did the iPod earn this special treatment and the [...]
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The Power of a Positive No Book Review
May 24th, 2007 |The book guides the reader through the three-part process to prepare, deliver and follow through in getting to a positive No. No doesn’t come easy especially when trying to please a client who asks to move up the delivery date. You’re afraid to say No because it means losing future business, respect and perhaps, your [...]
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Understanding Sales with a Metaphor
May 24th, 2007 |I love the Metaphor Minute newsletter from Anne Miller, author of Metaphorically Selling. Each issue comes with a short example of how to use metaphors in business and presentations. The latest issue shows how someone finally got her point across using fishing as the metaphor: Corporate executives who cling to the old “dialing for dollars paradigm [...]
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How to Handle Criticism
May 23rd, 2007 |Lifehack had me thinking about handling criticism. As a one-person business with no manager to meet with me to discuss performance goals and progress, I must rely on my clients for feedback. They’re essentially my managers. On occasion, I e-mail a client requesting feedback. I explain that I want to serve him or her better in [...]
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Escape from Paradise PC Game Review
May 22nd, 2007 |Escape from Paradise with an island adventure includes five games to take a break from the beach grind. Beach and grind in the same sentences? When your people spend most of their time cutting trees (sorry, Al Gore and environmental activists — these aren’t real trees, y’know?), building huts and catching food, you’d call it [...]
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Using Video on the Web
May 21st, 2007 |YouTube, Google Video and other related video sites aren’t just for hobbyists anymore. Businesses post their videos on these sites, too. BtoB Magazine looks at how video has grown and whether it has a place in B2B marketing. I admit I’m no pro at video nor do I follow it much since I’ve taken the [...]
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