I saw a post on Twitter today that detailed the Top 50 Worst Inventions of All Time. One of these inventions was Clippy.  You remember Clippy… the paper clip that popped up at inopportune times in early versions of Microsoft Office? Well, several years ago, when Microsoft released Microsoft Office XP, they retired Clippy.  And

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I have been asked many times about the tools I use to efficiently run my small business. Since I don’t have an accounting team, project managers, PR staff… or really ANYONE else, I have to do it all myself. The tools listed below are great, for the most part free, and usually upgradable to scale

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Well, Mark Zuckerberg over at Facebook finally caved in and had to make some changes to the privacy settings. If you’ve been following the news at all lately, you know that Mark has been under suppressing fire lately.   He’s kept his head low waiting for everyone to quit firing, and now he’s ready to come

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Do you want to make an impact in Twitter? Well, you can do it one of two ways… either be famous and have people think you have something clever or intelligent to say, or build your network through hard work and providing useful content. If you’re reading this blog post, you’re probably not Ashton Kutcher

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I was asked by Scott Wild and Shelle Michaels to give a short presentation at the first NDTweetup meeting on May 13th. Though the live presentation was absolutely dazzling, we were unable to capture it in all its glory, and I was asked to record it offsite. I decided to present on the day I

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How much does Google know about what you do online? More than you think.  All your searches, clicks, images, gmail chats, emails if you use gmail, google voice texts, contacts… just about everything. But Google’s motto is “Don’t be evil,” right? We can only hope. But while we’re hoping, check out this humorous video on

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Many of you know about Twitter‘s Follow Friday (#FF, #FollowFriday).  For those of you who don’t, here’s a quick explanation and some guidance on how I am using my blog, Twitter lists and Follow Friday together. So, this week’s theme is my recent attendance and presentation of the innaugural NDTweetup meeting. I met some wonderful

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I love Skype for my business phone system.  I can make unlimited calls to any phone (minus a couple of toll-free systems) for one yearly low price. Some businesses are using it on a much larger scale, almost as a PBX or other phone system.  And now you can add voice mails, call forwarding, and

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