Goodbye Delicious, hello Pinboard: why we'll pay for internet plumbing | Technology | guardian.co.uk
december 2011 by epersonae
"Guardian Technology is switching its bookmarking system over from the ex-Yahoo Delicious service (now owned by the YouTube founders) to Pinboard, a paid-for service." (of course, I'm saving this on Pinboard.)
webdev
business
december 2011 by epersonae
Don't Be A Free User (Pinboard Blog)
december 2011 by epersonae
"free web services are not like free software"
webdev
business
december 2011 by epersonae
The Income Disparity of Women in the Creative Class - Jobs & Economy - The Atlantic Cities
november 2011 by epersonae
"Even when we control for hours worked and education in a regression analysis, creative class men out-earn creative class women by a sizable $23,700, or 49.2 percent."
gender
business
society
finance
webdev
november 2011 by epersonae
Shopping for a Web Developer is like Shopping for an Auto Mechanic | Metal Toad Media
october 2011 by epersonae
A useful metaphor, honestly, both for the shopper and the developer.
webdev
philosophizing
business
october 2011 by epersonae
danah boyd | apophenia » A Customer Service Nightmare: Resolving Trademark and Personal Reputation in a Limited Name Space
april 2011 by epersonae
"In a neoliberal environment, individuals have become corporatized just as corporations have become people. The lines are getting increasingly fuzzy."
society
misctech
facebook
socialmedia
business
april 2011 by epersonae
Felt Tip blog - Slow Company
march 2011 by epersonae
interestingly enough, after reading this I was most of all reminded of Pinboard.
business
march 2011 by epersonae
Why Neuroscience SHOULD Change the Way We Manage People
march 2011 by epersonae
about being real people at work, and recognizing actual psychological processes and needs.
psychology
business
march 2011 by epersonae
Mom and Pop, At Web Scale - Anil Dash
march 2011 by epersonae
Scaling, community, and business w/out VC.
webdev
business
march 2011 by epersonae
PolicyTool for Social Media
february 2011 by epersonae
I tried walking through it and was pleased with the results. very clear and straightforward.
socialmedia
business
february 2011 by epersonae
The Day Apple Became Nathan Myhrvold « Mike Cane's xBlog
february 2011 by epersonae
"for this continued vandalism they expect a 30% — in Myhrvold’s delightful turn of phrase — vig?"
mac
business
writing
misctech
february 2011 by epersonae
Starbucks Wants Baristas to Slow Down, Can Caffeine-Craving Customers Wait? | Fast Company
october 2010 by epersonae
"They say they already have ceramic cups and plates available in nearly every store, yet approximately zero people I know have ever gotten a real cup or plate in a Starbucks" I have, a few times, in the one near the office.
coffee
business
october 2010 by epersonae
Health care relief for Washington state's self-employed -- Nine to Thrive | NWjobs
september 2010 by epersonae
"one-person businesses will be able to qualify for group health insurance coverage, with no health screening required"
business
health
politics
september 2010 by epersonae
My challenge to you: only speak like a human at work - Telegraph
august 2010 by epersonae
"“We apologise for any inconvenience this might have caused.” Would you say that to your daughter when you were late picking her up from football practice?"
psychology
business
marketing
august 2010 by epersonae
Introverts Make Better Networkers
april 2010 by epersonae
"Simply put they are more deliberate. Introverts are more likely to look for relationships that are mutually beneficial."
psychology
business
productivity
april 2010 by epersonae
Five Destructive Company HR Policies - BusinessWeek
april 2010 by epersonae
which all basically boil down to: we don't trust you.
society
business
april 2010 by epersonae
NDAs | alexking.org
march 2010 by epersonae
"I thought about writing a post on NDAs, but luckily the internets have already done it for me."
business
march 2010 by epersonae
Closet offices | Unclutterer
march 2010 by epersonae
the last one in the cnn piece is in Oly! :)
home
business
march 2010 by epersonae
Blacks, Latinos and women lose ground at Silicon Valley tech companies - San Jose Mercury News
march 2010 by epersonae
silicon valley even suckier than the rest of the tech industry. ::sigh:: (plus more graphs.)
business
society
gender
misctech
march 2010 by epersonae
Silicon Valley: You and Some of Your VC's have a Gender Problem
march 2010 by epersonae
complete with charts
society
business
gender
misctech
march 2010 by epersonae
'Good' Beats 'Innovative' Nearly Every Time - BusinessWeek
february 2010 by epersonae
"If your competitors are mediocre, the merely good can seem exceptional."
business
philosophizing
february 2010 by epersonae
The Secret To Being A Great Manager « Marketing Tea Party by Ron Shevlin
february 2010 by epersonae
"Leveraging people’s strengths instead of obsessing over trying to get them to overcome their weaknesses." (I've learned this in managing myself as a volunteer, too.)
psychology
business
personal
february 2010 by epersonae
Say hello to the Open Source Decade | rare pattern
december 2009 by epersonae
"business does not require secrets" - I actually think this plain statement is the most important part of the whole post.
opensource
business
december 2009 by epersonae
How To Explain To Clients That They Are Wrong - Smashing Magazine
december 2009 by epersonae
I like that it starts with, first: they might not be wrong, before going into tactics. And I LOVE the inclusion of giving in w/an option for testing. Data trumps most everything else, honestly.
usability
business
webdev
december 2009 by epersonae
Work Less, Get More Done: Analytics For Maximizing Productivity: MicroISV on a Shoestring
october 2009 by epersonae
"Then again, programmers at most companies work on a schedule designed to maximize the productivity of illiterate 18th century water loom operators, so expecting rationality might be excessively optimistic." suggests three opportunities for improvement, too.
psychology
personal
business
october 2009 by epersonae
Clocking IT
october 2009 by epersonae
am very impressed so far. seems full featured w/out being hideous.
business
personal
reference
webdev
october 2009 by epersonae
OpenGoo: An Open Source Web Office
july 2009 by epersonae
be your own google apps, basically.
opensource
webdev
google
business
july 2009 by epersonae
FreshBooks Pricing
december 2008 by epersonae
(moped ought to be sufficient)
business
productivity
time-tracking
december 2008 by epersonae
SitePoint » 4 Unique Apps for Tracking Time
december 2008 by epersonae
harvest, rescuetime, freckle & bubbletimer
business
productivity
time-tracking
december 2008 by epersonae
Haley Tricycles
july 2008 by epersonae
cute! (and reasonably priced, too. basic model started at under $1k!) via jessamyn.
bicycling
business
urbanstudies
july 2008 by epersonae
A List Apart: Articles: Walking the Line When You Work from Home
july 2008 by epersonae
includes one of the more thoughtful comment sections of any recent ALA article.
productivity
business
july 2008 by epersonae
The weird science of stock photography. - By Seth Stevenson - Slate Magazine
july 2008 by epersonae
At the college, we were actually forbidden from using stock peeps after (IIRC) a dean's daughter asked to get introduced to the "student" she saw on a bus ad.
business
photography
design
weird
july 2008 by epersonae
Freelancing, finance, self-employment | Salon Life
april 2008 by epersonae
"What every freelancer should know" - I dabble just enough to have to fill out Schedule C. Oddly enough, it doesn't bother me all that much. I have a "gift" for forms. ::shrug::
business
reference
april 2008 by epersonae
Finding Health Insurance if You Are Self-Employed - New York Times
april 2008 by epersonae
"Many of these people abandon dreams of entrepreneurship altogether because they need jobs that come with a health plan and they cannot find a way to self-insure." - gah.
health
society
politics
business
april 2008 by epersonae
scottberkun.com » Lessons from 4 independent years
april 2008 by epersonae
interesting, and surprisingly inspiring.
business
productivity
april 2008 by epersonae
Printing: Create Business Cards Online with Deyey
january 2008 by epersonae
scary story at the bottom of the comments, which are also quite rich in other ideas.
business
january 2008 by epersonae
A Woman on a Rampage Shakes up Comcast
november 2007 by epersonae
horrible install experience, then "they waited for two hours on a bench outside before being told that the manager had left for the day", and then.....
funny
business
november 2007 by epersonae
Web Worker 101: Estimating Basics « Web Worker Daily
october 2007 by epersonae
I suck at estimating. There, I said it.
business
reference
productivity
webdev
october 2007 by epersonae
Less Accounting
september 2007 by epersonae
another interesting use of Wesabi, among other things.
business
to-do
money
september 2007 by epersonae
How To: Design a Memorable Business Card - Lifehacker
august 2007 by epersonae
for Dylan, among others.
business
august 2007 by epersonae
What Excessive Pay Package?
august 2007 by epersonae
It seems to me that there's a steady upward trend, with variations depending on the overall economy. (Note, though, that this is the ratio, not the absolute amount!)
history
politics
business
august 2007 by epersonae
» Balancing Employment and Freelance Work
august 2007 by epersonae
the lunch tip is worth noting. I've been using an afternoon breaking to do tiny bits of fiction writing.
writing
business
august 2007 by epersonae
Office 2.0 Database
august 2007 by epersonae
big list of web-based versions of various business/productivity software
business
productivity
opensource
reference
august 2007 by epersonae
Timmy on time » Time Management meets Instant Messaging
june 2007 by epersonae
what a trippy idea. actually, it might work better for me for side work than slimtimer, which I'm always forgetting to start. I *always* have gtalk open.
business
to-do
productivity
june 2007 by epersonae
Effective Project Management for Web Geeks [Work Smarter]
june 2007 by epersonae
good stuff from Meri, including sample tools.
business
productivity
reference
june 2007 by epersonae
One Page Proposal
may 2007 by epersonae
kind of a cornball video, but not a bad reminder anyway.
marketing
business
may 2007 by epersonae
Web Standards Documentary Project
april 2007 by epersonae
Fascinating. I want to take some time to listen, and maybe submit something.
standards
academia
business
to-listen
to-do
april 2007 by epersonae
Pricing a Project | Blue Flavor
april 2007 by epersonae
fascinating. and he gives advice to *clients* at the end.
business
to-read
april 2007 by epersonae
Vacation policy at Netflix: Take as much as you want
march 2007 by epersonae
"American workers get a median of 10 vacation days after one year on the job and 15 days after five years of work" -- the one thing I'm really missing about my old job is how much vacation time I got. ::sigh::
business
society
personal
march 2007 by epersonae
Why Are Business Blogs So Dang Hard To Write?
february 2007 by epersonae
"If the professional voice is like ice skating, and casual voice is like roller skating, I’d say biz blogging is like roller blading." (in the comments)
business
blogosphere
writing
february 2007 by epersonae
AYE Conference articles - Chinese Contracts by James Bullock
february 2007 by epersonae
"Handy calls these “Chinese contracts” referring to the culture where he learned them." -- just for reference. Interesting use of Aesop's fable as a framing device.
psychology
society
business
february 2007 by epersonae
The Stickiness Aptitude Test (SAT) and Ten Questions with Chip and Dan Heath
january 2007 by epersonae
fascinating. I just put the book on hold.
society
psychology
business
marketing
january 2007 by epersonae
Digital Web Magazine - Web Design Contracts: Why Bother
january 2007 by epersonae
someday I'll have time for this sort of thing again....
business
reference
to-read
webdev
january 2007 by epersonae
SlimTimer - Time Tracking without the Timesheet
january 2007 by epersonae
I keep forgetting the name of this one!
productivity
business
january 2007 by epersonae
Happy Hour is 9 to 5
december 2006 by epersonae
I read some of a draft version. Some is corny, some is obvious, but worth reading anyway
business
productivity
psychology
depression
to-read
december 2006 by epersonae
FreshBooks - The Fastest Way to Invoice Your Clients
november 2006 by epersonae
by way of UIE brainsparks, oddly enough
business
money
checkback
november 2006 by epersonae
JeffCroft.com: Bring me problems, not solutions
november 2006 by epersonae
"See, 'make the logo bigger' is a solution. 'The brand isn’t prominent enough' is a problem."
business
design
webdev
november 2006 by epersonae
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