Help Their Eyes Find It
Every one of your visitors is barraged daily with massive quantities of information. So are you. So am I. How do we cope? We become remarkably selective in our consumption of the stuff. Some folks say this is a function of impatience – I figure it’s a basic survival skill.
Catch More Clients Using Strategic Networking
Is networking helping you bring in the new clients you want? If you are like most independent professionals and small business owners, you put hard work into getting your name out there and distribute your business card wherever you go. You may even attend a weekly or monthly networking group or occasional business conference where people share leads. And like most people, your time and effort isn’t generating a steady stream of new business.
Through The Swamp And Around The Forests: Keep Going
Last Sunday night I had a moment of queasy disdain, and almost sent all three chapters of my current novel into oblivion. In my black mood, I hated the book’s central idea, hated the characters, hated the setting, and thought that euthanasing the project would be a kindness.
Administer Linux on the fly
The /proc filesystem is one of Linux’s great features, and this article gives you a thorough grounding in some of its most useful aspects. With it, you can administer many details of the operating system without ever having to shut down and reboot the machine, which is a boon for those who need to keep their systems as available as possible.
Search Engine Options: Getting Your Site Listed by the Search Engines
Many of my web design clients are initially surprised to learn that, even though they now have a website and can view it on the Internet, their site cannot be found via the search engines-even if they search on the domain name itself! If you have decided to invest in a website for your business it is important that you have some understanding of the terrain.
Computer Certifications
Not so many years ago, almost nobody in or out of the computer field had heard of computer certifications for computer careers. They actually did exist, given by a few specialized associations, but they didn’t count for much. You got a computer job by convincing the boss you knew what you were doing. Most used a degree in computer science, some used blarney. Now computer certifications are widely recognized as valid for qualifying techies in highly particular technology skills.
Use Your Emotional Intelligence When Traveling Abroad
It was a 12 hour flight just from Los Angeles to Frankfurt. That was preceded by a flight from San Antonio to Los Angeles, and it was followed by the 3-hour flight from Frankfurt to Moscow.
Most of what people had told me wasn’t useful, but using my EQ was. Here are some tips if you’re traveling abroad that I gathered on my recent trip to Russia.
Images for the Web
I’ve talked a lot about the need for speed. Specifically, the importance of your web pages loading quickly. Images are the number one culprit. Like a vampire, they are seductive and at the same time suck the life out of your site. (By the way, since this article deals with images, I will be using some as examples and this will cause the pages to take a while to load.)
The Best Tool to Discover User Needs
The most valuable asset of a successful design team is the information they have about their users. When teams have the right information, the job of designing a powerful, intuitive, easy-to-use interface becomes tremendously easier. When they don’t, every little design decision becomes a struggle.
Some Facts About On-line Riches
A recent discussion on an on-line discussion forum reminded me of when I was involved in mail-order in the early 1970s. My introduction to “income opp-ortunities” was when I answered an ad offering a plan for making $100 a day stuffing envelopes. The ad offered a plan for $1 and a self-addressed, stamped envelope. In exchange for my dollar and envelope I received an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet telling me to run the same ad and when I got responses, send them the same sheet. I kept searching for something better 🙂