Software reviews coming soon
As the entire city and all of my consulting clients are snowed in today, I’m experimenting with small business financial software InDinero, proposal writing software BidSketch, and project planning software Tom’s Planner. Reviews coming soon. This post originally appeared on the Stronico blog – with the absorption of Stronico into Digital Tool Factory this […]
Adventures with PayPal Website Payments Pro and Authorize.net
Several days ago I decided to use PayPal’s Website Payments Pro system for the Stronico credit card processing system. At the time, I thought PayPal was the obvious choice. It had relatively low fees (about $60 per month), no setup fee, and it seemed to be the 800 pound gorilla in the space, so how […]
Everyone should read Brain Rules by John Medina
Several months ago I finished reading Brain Rules by John Medina and I’ve been raving about it ever since. Medina is a noted brain researcher and the book contains the 12 things he wishes the lay public knew. The 12 things (with my notes in bold and italic) EXERCISE | Rule #1: Exercise boosts brain power. […]
Ten great books for American business
After writing yesterday’s post on lessons learned from eight years in business, I thought I would come up with my listing of great books that have helped me starting out. I follow Tyler Cowen’s notion that if you you finish every book you start you’re wasting time on crap. On average I finish less than […]
Top 10 things I would change about QuickBooks Pro 2010
For some reason the blog posts about QuickBooks Pro 2010 are the most popular ones on the entire blog. As I’m doing accounting this morning, here are what I would change. Remove the advertisements written directly into the program. Click on “Learn about Payroll options” to see what I mean Allow better sorting of invoices […]
Thoughts on the Apple iPad and the Kindle
photo credit: Rego – twitter.com/w3bdesign First things first, I have not seen the Apple iPad. I am an enthusiastic owner of an Amazon Kindle. I honestly don’t see what the hype is about. Granted, I never do with Apple products, but I can’t even see it from Apple’s point of view this time. The Kindle […]
Review of The Power of Less by Leo Babauta
Overall Grade: 6/10 I recently picked up a copy of The Power of Less by Leo Babauta (I was using a gift certificate and that was the only interesting thing Barnes and Noble had in stock). Babauta blogs as www.zenhabits.net and I imagine most of the content originally appeared there. It is an easy, fast […]
Review of Ignore Everybody by Hugh MacLeod
Overall Ranking: 8/10 The first book I purchased on my new Kindle was Ignore Everybody by Hugh MacLeod. I bought it based on this review by Derek Sivers. On the whole, I liked it very much. In fact, I read it in one sitting. Here are my thoughts: What the book is not: A step […]
Review of the Amazon Kindle
Overall Ranking: 10/10 This Christmas I succumb to pressure and purchase a Kindle. First thoughts The Good The clarity is superb The Kindle screen increases readability slightly compared to the printed page The Kindle page is slightly smaller than an ordinary paperback page. This was nice actually. The software is intuitive It arrives pre-setup for […]
Thoughts on Create Your Own Economy by Tyler Cowen
I recently finished Create Your Own Economy by Tyler Cowen and loved it. I found it to be an insightful treatise on the Autistic Spectrum and it raised many thoughts which are still bouncing around my head. As a self-diagnosed Aspie – I was particularly fascinated by the part about degrees of difference, mainly that […]