I still use a key in the ignition to start my car; but I’m wasting my strength: there’s an app for that! There are loads of articles out there on the subject of unique uses for smartphones. Here I’d to draw on one I saw recently in the online version (of course) of Readers Digest. [...]
Increasingly, our data is being directly saved in or backed up to the cloud. More and more applications are cloud-based. Arguments concerning cloud-computing, pro and con, abound. But one thing is for certain: it’s convenient. There’s a long list of what cloud-computing offers right now. For the purposes of this article, we’ll focus on a [...]
With the advent of modern tablet and Smartphone computing, it’s more important than ever to employ responsive web design. In a nutshell, the term means website and blogsite pages that are designed to be viewed on different platforms, and using different hardware. The old fashioned way (this doesn’t mean a long time ago in this [...]
Facebook: a love/hate relationship! At times, we’re preoccupied by it. Other times, we swear off it. Most of the time, we visit it regularly. Well, the good folks at Facebook just announced a major change to … the Timeline. It first happened in New Zealand. Now it’s ‘time’ for the rest of us! Rethinking the [...]
If you have a business, there’s the expectation that you’ll have a Web presence. If you have a Web presence, and a healthy social media presence to go with it, there’s every chance you already blog. If you blog, the old adage that “a picture is worth a thousand words” applies here. There are numerous [...]
Why are we so obsessed with love? And yet… it seems so elusive. One person’s love is not another’s. This is a universal wisdom; no two love’s should be the same. It seems we have to work hard to find the perfect match and yet… we really don’t. So many of us don’t know how [...]
Last week I had the honor of joining Carmen Carrozza of Carrozza Associates on his Forward Motion podcast. Carmen and I talked about the Virtual Assistance industry, how I got into the business, what CyberCletch does, most importantly, how a virtual assistant can benefit you. You can download Carmen’s podcasts straight from his @MyForwardMotion twitter [...]
Ever been to a website where the bells & whistles, graphics, or ‘special effects’ actually added to—rather than detracted from—the whole user experience (UX)? How about one where the colors just didn’t mix, or where you ended up with a dead link? Sometimes websites offer far too much glitz, and far too little substance, or [...]
Have you wondered how to move your business from where you are now to where you’d like it to be in the future? For many business owners that means more income or more free time, most of the time we want both. Carmen Carrozza helps his clients gain peak performance & success through Executive, Business, [...]
The phrase “park it” has taken on a whole new meaning in the realm of technology! Take the following scenario, which I think will explain what this process entails… You have decided to start a business, and have done your homework. The business name is available in your local state or province, and the Top-Level [...]
View Part 1 Stephen Clark is well known in Michigan as the evening news anchor at Detroit’s channel 7, WXYZ Action News. He’s also a singer and songwriter and dedicated family man. He’s a master in his profession, and is one of the limited media personalities offered the opportunity to interview a sitting President, and [...]
Stephen Clark is well known in Michigan as the evening news anchor at Detroit’s channel 7, WXYZ Action News. He’s also a singer and songwriter and dedicated family man. He’s a master in his profession, and is one of the limited media personalities offered the opportunity to interview a sitting President, and yet his “down [...]
Jim Carr has been a long time teacher of the Radio Production program at Seneca College in Toronto Ontario. He began his career working for a video road show, then as a young entrepreneur purchased and operated his own mobile recording studio. He worked as a DJ and voice over talent before settling into his [...]
In last week’s post, we introduced you to QR codes, and pointed the way so you can create your own. Very recently, another very promising piece of technology has been making the rounds: it’s called Near Field Communication (NFC), and in short, it allows data to be exchanged by touching two devices together or placing [...]
Marketing surveys have shown an increasing awareness in the use of QR codes; this is the truest among Smartphone users. One such survey, courtesy of comScore, Inc., shows the following statistics: “European smartphone users scanning QR codes via their devices grew by 96 percent in the past year to 17.4 million users for the three [...]
Since the advent of the modern Web, with the credit for that almost solely attributable to Sir Tim Burners-Lee, there have been five versions of HTML, one of the core languages that continues to power most websites. The most recent version, HTML5, is the new standard for this markup language. It allows for a new [...]
Did you see our piece on Top-Level Domains (TLDs)? If you were unsure of whether to register your domain name as a .com, .net or .org, well, that article may help demystify the issue for you. This brief tip is intended to point out the differences between subdomains and Internet pages. A subdomain is like [...]
I’m generally a .com (DOT com) kind of business person. The last few letters in a domain name—take www.mycompanysite.com for example—represent the “top-level” domain. In this example, the .com is the TLD. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) coordinates the Domain Name System (DNS), and other quite relevant and core Internet functionality. [...]
There are numerous techniques you can use to minimize the damage, should your computer or files fall into the wrong hands. Did you know that Microsoft Office allows you to save documents, workbooks, databases, and so forth with passwords? This feature has been available for years. It’s not 100% safe—nothing is. But if you use [...]
I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve had to say to a classroom full of students something like “listen up”, or “pay attention”, or “you won’t want to miss this next point”. It’s downright tiresome. Or how about something almost everyone can relate to: you’re trying to speak to someone who is doing [...]
Hello there 2013! Aren’t you all shiny and beautiful. Uncluttered, unmarked, filled with the potential for hope and enthusiasm. This is why we love resolutions… and babies. They represent new beginnings, a change from the old. Unfortunately, we’re not wired that way. Once we’ve learned something, it’s difficult to unlearn, particularly when it involves intermittent [...]
Can you believe another year has passed? Time sure flies when you’re a busy entrepreneur! I gear down my business between Christmas and the New Year in order to have time to reflect on the past 12 months while considering the future. I contemplate: “Was I successful in meeting my personal and business objectives?” “How will [...]
The holiday season is upon us. The time when friends and family come sharply into focus and we have time to consider the gifts in our life. Love Kindness Friendship Family Amazing clients Brilliant team members A reliable business So as we take the next day(s) off, invest some time in being thankful since gratitude [...]
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