Archive for the ‘Business’ Category

The Lake Effect

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

They say that what distinguishes us from animals is our invention and use of tools. Exactly what is a tool? I suspect you can recognize a tool when you see one, but can you define it?

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I Could Use A Little Productivity501!

Sunday, March 11th, 2007

Productivity501 is a website run by Mark Shead. From his AboutMe page you learn that Mark is a technology consultant. I am reviewing this website because, if my review is picked, Mark will give me an iPod. Since I don’t have an iPod and, although I asked, my wife did not get me one for Christmas, I’m hoping this review will be well received ;)

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Free PDF Resources

Saturday, March 10th, 2007

So far with my How To Quit Smoking Book, I’ve written it, translated it into a .pdf file (so that anyone can read it on any machine–Windows, Mac, or Unix), and uploaded it to Payloadz and to Lulu.com. I’ve written a post about uploading it to Payloadz and trying to sell it during one seven day auction on eBay. I’ll write another post specifically about Lulu. But what I wanted to do here was alert you to a really great post by Ilker Yoldas on The Thinking Blog.

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eBook Part II: Getting The Book Ready To Sell

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

In the post just before last, eBook Part I: The Idea and Writing It, I described how and when I got the idea to write ebooks. I didn’t even know such a thing existed back in November. I read Joe Vitale’s book, The E-Code, liked it, then wondered what I could do. After some thought, I hit upon the idea of writing a book on how to quit smoking, using the system that my dad invented. I finished the book by the end of the year.

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