What is Stronico Contact Management?
Numerous readers have pointed out to me that I have not written a description of Stronico on this blog. So, with no further ado… Stronico is a web application that helps you remember who you know, and how you know them. It connects the contact with the context. I came up with the idea to […]
How to fix the color shift in PhotoShop CS 4 Save for Web
The Problem: You have a lovely graphic, you save it for the web in the standard way, and the colors are way, way off. Usually there is extra purple. You scour the web and alter setting after setting in PhotoShop, all to no avail. The Cause: It’s not Photoshop problem. For whatever reason the default […]
Stalin on the road to Barbarossa
I just finished reading L.A. Noir by John Buntin, a history of the Los Angeles Police Department, and was struck by the similarity of Stalin’s reaction to the German invasion of 1941 and the Police Chief Thomas Parker’s reaction to Watts riots in the 1960s. First some history – in 1941 Nazi Germany launched Operation […]
How to set up the CheckBoxList control in Asp.net
I recently came up with the need to have a validated CheckBoxList in and Asp.net page. Over the years I’ve come up with a standard way of setting up validated CheckBoxLists, so I thought I would share the method and start the brand new “Code Samples” section.. The aspx code is as follows <strong>Section Name</strong> […]
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 […]
Flying Car Syndrome
This is will most likely be included in some form in my upcoming e-book. Flying Car Syndrome Imagine the following exchange one week after a car sale: Salesman: So, how do you like the new Prius? Prius Buyer: It’s a piece of crap, I’m never buying a hybrid again. You lied to me! Salesman: What […]
What should I title my new book?
Last night I decided to package up some of my insights I've gathered in my seven and and a half years as an introverted small business person into a convenient e-book. Being a self-diagnosed Aspie, I've categorized most of my feelings into Jungian Archetypes with descriptive names and stories behind the names.
On the whole, I’m quite happy with WordPress
It’s been an unexpectedly large amount of work, but I am quite happy with the blog on WordPress. All of the tweaks should be done in the next week. WordPress did go out of it’s way to please with their lovely “Blogger to WordPress” plugin. I originally tried to hosting on Windows 2003 and IIS6. […]
The Stronico blog moves to WordPress
So, after a reasonable amount of work, we have moved the blog to a different server and blogging platform. On the whole, I’m liking WordPress far more than Blogger. This post originally appeared on the Stronico blog – with the absorption of Stronico into Digital Tool Factory this post has been moved to the […]
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 […]