I read these two tidbits in a productivity email newsletter from David Allen (originator/author of Getting Things Done): A couple of courtesy reminders that (based on my current experience) deserve repeating: (1) When you leave your number on someoneâ??s voicemail or answering machine, speak it slowly, and then slowly REPEAT it. Put yourself in the […]
Never Underestimate the Power of a Quick Fix
I’m always interested in learning more about successful customer service implementations. This is probably one of the most important areas for any business to focus on, but it always seems that’s there is room for improvement in any company. Keeping customers happy has to be your top priority. On that note, I read an interesting […]
Today's links for 1-23-06
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Tom Markiewicz on 2006-01-23 Feed Icons – Help establish the new standard: standardized RSS feed icon Keywords: feed, icons, rss Micro Persuasion: Future Proof Your Blog with the New RSS Icon: Keywords: RSS, icons
Apology for the multiple links posts
Just an apology for the accidental multiple del.icio.us posts the past two days. There should only be the daily links posts and not the repetitive weekly links posts that showed up this weekend. Sometimes you can outsmart yourself by trying to make things easier. I have a WordPress plugin that automatically takes links posted to […]
Today's links for 1-22-06
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Tom Markiewicz on 2006-01-22 FeedLounge: web-based feed reader Keywords: aggregator, reader, rss The death of enterprise software: Keywords: enterprise, software
Managing content with RSS
Seth Godin had some nice words about our FeedCraft product yesterday in his post, “If you have more than 100 pages of content…” But what if you don’t have a blog? What if you have a catalog? Or thousands of pages of web content? What if it’s Picasso’s birthday and you want to ping your […]
Today's links for 1-21-06
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Tom Markiewicz on 2006-01-21 PBwiki: create free, password-protected wikis Keywords: free, software, web, wiki SiteKreator.com – online web site builder: create, maintain and host web sites via browser; looks good for small business Keywords: cms, webdesign, webhosting
Today's links for 1-20-06
Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Tom Markiewicz on 2006-01-20 Presentation Zen: Where can you find good images?: Keywords: free, images, photos, stock What Tech Skills Are Hot for 2006? – Computerworld: article reports that developers, security experts and project managers will be in demand Keywords: jobs, programming, technology
RSS as a trend for 2006
RSS is getting a lot of press recently as being the big thing for 2006 and well it should. We’re still only scratching the surface of what can and is being done with RSS feeds. I mentioned today in a speech that I really feel like a good analogy is that RSS is where email […]
Speaking at NCTC Technology & Toast
I’ll be speaking about RSS and EvolvePoint tomorrow morning at the NCTC Technology & Toast along with Jim Flowers (VT KnowledgeWorks) and Jim Barney (Click & Pledge). If you’re located in Southwest Virginia, come on out for some breakfast in Blacksburg. Details are available at the NCTC site.