Apr

16

In microbusiness versus Mother Nature, mom always wins

April 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment

It has always seemed odd to me that National Disaster Preparedness Month is set for September, which is the end of hurricane season.
Although, on a certain level, I suppose it doesn’t matter which month it’s set for, since a disaster can strike at pretty much any time of the year. It’s just that hurricane season […]

Mar

25

Web site update from hell

March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Okay, let’s see a show of hands …
How many of you do your own web site maintenance?
No doubt a lot of you have the wherewithal to avoid tormenting yourselves like that or, if you are of a different bent, maybe you actually enjoy coding.
I can’t lay claim to either of those points of view. […]

Dec

27

Small business blogging goes mainstream … sort of

December 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

You know it’s happened when the New York Times is writing about it, right?
I have to say, though, that what I found most interesting about that article is the fact that it totally skipped what is probably the primary and most successful set of small business bloggers: content producers.
That’s the folks for whom writing […]

Nov

20

History’s first GNU lawsuit

November 20, 2007 | 2 Comments

If you make use of any Open Source software, no doubt you are familiar with the GNU General Public License, Version 2. Lots of Open Source applications use it, including this one: Word Press.
But how many people actually read that license or have any real idea of what it says beyond, “You don’t have to […]

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