Breathe Life Into Your Writing

The Internet is awash with boring content. It's like pulp fiction without the pulp. Whether it's email that reads like a novel, a narcissistic blog, or marketing copy that sounds like a 19th-century elixir sales pitch, the common denominator is boredom.

Intuition: Your 21st Century Career Strategy

In the first two-thirds of the twentieth century, you could plan a career and hope for security. People were advised, "If you choose Profession X, or learn Skill Y, you'll always have a job."

Using PayPal’s IPN with ColdFusion

If you've ever wanted to have a shopping cart solution that works in REAL time, but didn't want to (or couldn't) get a merchant account, your alternative is PayPal. PayPal is the leading money processing site on the web, with millions of transactions each day! A short time ago, PayPal introduced Instant Payment Notification ("IPN") which allowed vendors the ability to sell products from their…

Are You Suffering from Information Overload?

I have had several emails lately with people asking what to do about Information Overload. They spend all their time downloading fr^ee ebooks, subscribing and then deleting ezines, visiting websites and so on.