Life of E's

Recently a professor of art history sent me this question: I came to one of your workshops when I was a visiting professor and found your suggestions very helpful. Now, I’ve moved into a tenure-track position and I have a BIG problem. I have lots and lots of computer-generated data. Some of the files I [...]

Tags: computers, files, filing, organization, organizing, productive, Productivity

Question: I am in the process of looking for a shopping cart and I heard mentioned that you use KickStartCart (one of the carts I was looking at). I was wondering if you like the cart, find it easy to use, etc. I am especially wondering about the affiliate program (for your products that you [...]

Tags: affiliate programs, business products, business tools, kickstartcart, shopping carts

A colleague just sent this great link: http://vue.tufts.edu/index.cfm All kinds of resources and places to view and share your own mindmaps and other graphic representations.

Tags: MindMapping, Tufts University, visual thinking

Just heard about this cool resource for when you can’t find the manual for your equipment, appliances, technological device (thanks Jeff Davidson of Breathing Space(r) Institute): http://www.manualsonline.com/

  I just answered a question this morning from a Life of E’s member (today is one of our *E*mail *E*xtravaganzas) and she had written in about my recent recommendation I’d sent her about Tom Antion’s ecourse on WordPress wanting to know more about what she would learn and why I had bought it.  Here’s [...]

I receive design tips from Pamela Wilson (who provides GREAT information).  This morning, after receiving her tips, I asked if she would allow me to post part of it on the blog and she said, yes!  Note the link to the special report:  Ten Design Mistakes at the bottom of the post.  It’s VERY helpful [...]

Here’s my response to this Life of E’s question: I need to contract with a website team.  What are the interviewing questions I need to consider? Karyn Greenstreet had a great article recently…and here’s a link: http://www.passionforbusiness.com/blog/who-owns-your-website/ Here is an excellent article about 10 Questions to Ask: http://ezinearticles.com/?10-Questions-To-Ask-Your-Prospective-Web-Designer&id=548109 I agree with every single one of [...]

Tags: interview, Karyn Greenstreet, website, website designers, website management

Meggin recommends: Become a Blogging Maniac with Bea Fields.  This course begins on August 10th.   I have taken this and other educational programs from Bea Fields and she provides useful information, presented in an easily digestible manner!  I highly recommend this to anyone who wants to learn more about blogging (and other internet-related topics; [...]

Tags: Bea Fields, blog, blogging, blogs, WordPress

Holy Moly…you have to check this out: www.RackandWrite.com I learned about this in the WordPress class I’m taking from Bea Fields (Become a Blogging Maniac).  And that was only on the first day.  She has a wealth of information on her site.  

I recently heard Rich Brooks speak at the NAPO Conference and he was EXCELLENT.  I subscribed to his newsletters and now have access to a number of his special free reports.  I suggest you also go to http://www.flyte.biz/ where you can sign up and access free articles, reports, etc. – including one on “10 Questions to [...]

Tags: Rich Brooks, social media, time, website