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• Blood Donors Make a Difference

  January 19th, 2008 | Tags: blood transfusion, donate blood, hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), Madalyn White, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)
  

  My dad influenced me to become a regular blood donor. He donated as regularly as he could until health issues deemed him ineligible. Some of you may already donate regularly, but don’t designate your donation to anyone because — thankfully — you don’t know anyone in need of donations … until now. If you had to [...]

• Links: 2008-01-18

  January 18th, 2008 | Tags: ambigrams, Olan Mills, Sesame Street, Wordplay
  

  Why You Should Outsource Content Creation: As a web content writer, I don’t write much about why companies should hire content writers since people will take my response as biased… but here’s input from someone else. [Link: Freelance Folder] List of Sites That Teach You How to Do [...]

• Freelancing Tip: Dealing with “Want to Do” Projects

  January 14th, 2008 | Tags: creativity, organization, time management
  

  It’s easy to overwhelm yourself with so many things and ideas that nothing materializes. For example, a writer might think about article ideas for different magazines, project ideas, and Web site / networking pages content ideas. Thinking about all of these will likely produce nothing except one overwhelmed freelancer. This became a problem when I drafted [...]

• Links: 2008-01-11

  January 11th, 2008 | Tags: dining, organization, presentation, restaurant
  

  The Best Kept Secret of Great Business Presentations: No PowerPoint templates allowed here. 100+ ways to organize your life. Step one: Read the article and pick one or two things to start with so you don’t feel overwhelmed. 70+ Lifehacks of 2007. I regularly visit [...]

• 70+ PowerPoint and Presentation Resources and Great Examples

  January 10th, 2008 | Tags: PowerPoint, presentations, videos
  

  It’s not PowerPoint’s fault that presentations have become boring and useless. After all, it just supplies the tools and it’s what we do with it that matters. Found this Hugh MacLeod PowerPuke cartoon that captures my thought perfectly. Sure, PowerPoint comes with templates. Again, people don’t customize the presentation for their audience’s needs. They just fill [...]

• Links: 2008-01-04

  January 4th, 2008 | Tags: city, confessions, labels, social networks
  

  Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles Top 100 Social Media Sites English Pronouncing Dictionary with sound How to Write a Thank You Note: This is a wonderful article from the late Leslie Harpold tat’s right on target. Already break a [...]

• Five Ways to Keep Your Online Reputation Clean

  December 18th, 2007 | Tags: complaints, online reputation management
  

  The previous post looks at companies that help those that already have stuff on the Internet they want to go away, be deleted, be erased from the memories of man and machine. Being proactive is always better than being reactive, so keep your name free of mud with these tips in mind whenever posting anything online [...]

• Looking up People Online and Defending Reputation

  December 17th, 2007 | Tags: complaints, online reputation management
  

  I can’t imagine what kind of information I might have posted on the Internet had it become mainstream when I was a teen. Kids do stupid things. They don’t necessarily regret them since it’s a part of childhoold and growing up. But when if a prospective college or employer finds such things online? Pew Internet and [...]

• 10 Ways to Stay Positive

  November 7th, 2007 | Tags: motivation, positive
  

  2007 has been a roller coaster of a year for my family with very high points and very low points. To avoid falling into the woe is me trap, I try to reflect on the positive and what’s gone right. Here are ten approaches I take in staying positive. Why ten? Because I believe [...]

• E-mail Tip: Delete, File, Action

  November 6th, 2007 | Tags: e-mail, organize
  

  I’m an organized person and don’t operate well with clutter. That includes a cluttered room, cluttered desk, and a cluttered inbox. I believe that for as long as I’ve used e-mail, I’ve made an effort to keep my inbox as small as possible. My process is similar to what experts say to do in keeping your [...]

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