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Everybody wants to be rich I got a bit upset in my morning rounds of browsing. A site I read regularly seemed to be promoting a huckster Internet Marketer. I got upset because I've seen other sites cross over to the dark side: what used to be a nice place to visit turns into a slick "Internet Marketing Machine". I didn't want to see that happen here, so I emailed the guy who wrote the article and expressed my misgivings.


Title Date Comments
Support is not an annoyance   2012 05 
- Kerio's recent support changes have caused some customer backlash. I am sypathetic to some of these complaints, but I also see the necessity of the change and think it actually can be good for everyone. -
It was a good run   2011 12  2012/04/25 TonyLawrence
- It was a good run - expect far less activity here -
Let's NOT have an email discussion about this!   2011 08 
- This is a less than ideal way to truly have a discussion. If Bill replies to me and I reply to him and then we have to get Stephanie's input and she and Bill l have a little side conversation, things get messy, confused and hard to follow very quickly. There are better ways to handle this. -
How should you price an e-book?   2011 08 
- I originally priced my books at $14.95 with discounts for multiple purchases. The sales were fair - I sold a little less than 300 copies at those prices. -
Working on weekends   2011 07 
- For me, working on weekends is about being able to choose when I work, not how much I work. I honestly could not say with any confidence how much I work, but I do know that I almost always work when I want to and (more importantly) do NOT work when I don't want to. -
Business reasons for using Kerio Connect   2011 07 
- I thought that I would take the discussion away from the technical aspects of the software and focus on the business side of things. -
Google Plus One Buttons   2011 07  2011/08/20 videoproduction
- I've recently added Google Plus One Buttons to pages here. I used to have other buttons - Twitter, Facebook "like" and even some others if we go back far enough. -
Helping my sister-in-law with Gmail   2011 06  2011/06/02 TonyLawrence
- I'd rather send pictures or a move than take control of their computer. They can refer back to what I sent over and over again. -
401K for sole proprietors   2005 12 
- In the U.S., many employers offer 401K plans, but until recently, a sole proprietor could not set up their own tax deferred plan without a fair amount of complication and paperwork. That's changed, but there are still many resources on the web that will tell you that you can't have a 401K without incorporating. -
SpamCheetah as it stands today   2011 03 
- SpamCheetah is a greylisting spam control technique and it is more of a spam blocker rather than a spam filter since it really does not filter anything. -
Snarling Panda (Google Big Panda update)   2011 03  2011/03/25 TonyLawrence
- Google 'Big Panda' algorithm change disrupts many web sites, causes bitterness and confusion -
Three Computer Repair Books   2011 03 
- This is 162 pages, well written, with good humor and full of practical advice for the person starting out on a shoestring. -
 
 
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Working at home: Vipdesk   2009 05  2012/05/03 TonyLawrence
- I was researching "Work at Home" opportunities for a possible upcoming article when I came across VipDesk. Unlike so many work at home solicitations, this is actually a legitimate outfit with a pay scale well above minimum wage ($14/hour and up plus benefits). The work could actually be very interesting for the right sort of person: Vipdesk offers a "concierge service" to well heeled clients. That is, the person working at home is a general resource for the client - they might make dinner reservations, travel arrangements, track down hard to find items and so on. -
Job Satisfaction and Self-esteem   2006 07 
- A Literature Review of the Relationship Between Job Satisfaction and Self-Esteem -
Product Review: Staples One Touch Stapler   2005 12  2011/08/26 anonymous
- Staples One Touch is junk -
Preventing Discrimination   2006 04  2011/06/17 BigDumbDinosaur
- America is a nation of immigrants. The cultural diversity of America is what makes this country so unique. Recognized worldwide as being the land of opportunities, the United States continues to attract many people from all over the globe. Immigrants come to the United States searching for the American dream. People believe that America is the place that allows them freedom and opportunity for all. In order to prevent discrimination against legal immigrants, the government of the United States created some specific laws. The purpose of this paper is to define laws protecting against national origin discrimination, explain actual court cases, and educate Human Resources managers on how to avoid national origin discrimination. -
Psst - Wanna Work For Yourself?   2008 12 
- Practical e-book for self-employment 44% of 2500 unemployed The only true job security you can have today is from working for yourself -
Using Free Google Gmail with your Domain   2009 01  2011/10/13 TonyLawrence
- shifting your hosted email domain to the hands of Gmail -
Rolling over Quickbooks to New Year   2011 01  2011/01/06 TonyLawrence
- Quickbooks has no rollover feature, so data files keep getting larger -
Life is not Fair   2005 12 
- From a secular point of view, it would be surprising if life were fair: fairness is a human concept and a human invention. -
Keurig B-60 for the Home Office   2009 07  2010/05/31 TonyLawrence
- I have been eying Keurig Single Cup coffee makers for some time now. -
Retainers   2005 12 
- I suggest setting the retainer amount approximately equal to a third of what you'd ordinarily expect to bill in a year. So, if your typical client uses twenty hours of service, set the retainer to be equal to six or seven hours, and discount their hourly rate approximately 33%. -
Make money by answering questions? Probably not!   2011 02  2011/03/07 TonyLawrence
- These are sites where people post questions and others post answers. The resulting pages carry Adsense advertising and there is some method of sharing revenue with either those who provide the questions, the answers, or both. -
Setting hourly rates for Consultants and service providers   2005 12 
- If you are doing anything that includes an hourly or daily rate, you may be unsure of where to set your price. -
Setting Project Exit Criteria   2005 07 
- Ever notice how easy it is to get INTO a project, and how hard it is to get OUT of one? -
Tired and stressed   2006 01 
- Greedy employers demand more and more while offering less, and even those who would like to offer reasonable working conditions are themselves stressed. -
Motivation Through Job Recognition   2004 12 
- One of the most important requirements of a leader is the need to motivate employees to be more productive and help them achieve their goals. -
Was this the impression you wanted?   2010 05  2010/07/14 ResearchAnalyst
- Was this the desired impression? -
Simple humanity   2010 05  2010/05/13 MikeHostetler
- Customers are human -
Good luck, Rupert   2010 03  2010/03/26 AndrewSmallshaw
- Website pay walls -
Off we go into the wide blue yonder   2010 03 
- Questions to ask about cloud computing -
Bad Attitude   2010 03  2010/03/14 Joe
- What you do matters. Work that is unpleasant affects your attitudes toward everything and it really isn't 'just money'. It matters. -
Questions about the new MA data security law   2010 03  2010/03/03 TonyLawrence
- More about new MA data security regulations -
New Mass. Data Security Laws   2010 02  2010/03/02 TonyLawrence
- what to do about new data security regulations -
Hard Times   2010 02  2010/02/24 BigDumbDinosaur
- Hard Times: I know times are really tough for many people. Here in America, we have incredible opportunities to succeed, but our social safety net has a lot of big holes in it - you can fall right through to complete disaster. If you do fall, it can be very hard to move back up, but I fully believe that the best way upward for many of us is self employment. -
Budgeting with Mint.com   2009 12  2010/02/25 TonyLawrence
- Mint is a financial tracking and monitoring tool. I used it for a few months and was both surprised and disappointed by my spending. -
Friends with Benefits   2009 11 
- Excellent book on social media marketing: Aaargh! OK, I'll read the damn thing, I thought. Maybe there's enough fodder here for a scathing review - tear the skin right off the authors and roast them on a spit! That'll teach that publisher not to send me junk when I don't want it. I sat myself down on the couch and started reading. -
Answer the bleeping email   2009 10 
- Yeah, I know - I should not hold my breath. -
Small is the new big   2009 10 
- There are over six and a half million -
Wicked Smaht   2009 10  2010/04/10 anonymous
- I did end up happy, but that had nothing to do with being smart. -
Fear of public speaking   2009 10 
- I invited other local computer business owners to come visit us. Not one of the others even responded, never mind accepted. -
You ask too much   2009 10 
- Second, no, you don't really have any right to that information. -
A little help with an RSS experiment?   2009 10  2010/05/10 TonyLawrence
- A little help with an RSS experiment? -
I am always right - aren't you?   2009 09 
- I've read a lot of your stuff and it exudes an I'm always right and I know more than you feel to it. -
Weave your spider web   2009 09 
- If you weave a web of your own it can act as a very effective safety net during the times you experience your blues. -
We can get bad service for a lot less, can't we?   2009 09  2010/01/20 TonyLawrence
- His problem is that people he had recommended have let him down. Missed appointments, unreturned calls and even worse: incorrect setup of system software. -
Get some rest - be a winner!   2009 09 
- Some people (even some of the people I play with) think poker is mostly luck. It definitely is not. -
The fish basket and the flower seller   2009 09 
- There is an old Indian story about a poor woman selling fish and how she got asphyxiated by the smell of jasmine flowers -
How to become a hacker   2009 08 
- Not only in programming, be it any activity. Unless one loves -
Thinking about retirement   2009 08  2011/02/03 BigDumbDinosaur
- What I do like is the state of being PMR - Pretty much retired -
 
 
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Know your Balance Sheet   2009 08 
- If you are new to running a business, you might think that the most important report is -
Don't screw up the owner's computer!   2009 07 
- She complained that she had almost no free disk space -
Google Voice   2009 07 
- I got my Google Voice number today. -
Integrity - do we really have anything else?   2009 07 
- What else do any of us really have that's more important? -
The Looting of America   2009 07 
- This book attempts to explain our economic problems primarily by using the analogy of fantasy baseball -
Why aren't you doing that?   2009 07 
- why aren't you making oodles of money from the Internet? -
FTC and Affiliate Links   2009 06 
- The FTC recently announced concerns about affilate links -
I'm a lousy sales person   2009 06 
- I really am a bad salesperson. I don't follow through, close, or do any of the stuff good salespeople are supposed to do. -
Tough Times   2009 05 
- I've had a few support contract cancellations this week -


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