I wanted to talk for a moment about something that’s been keeping me sane over the last few years, especially in high-stress times. But first of all, I’d like to tell you a tale to illustrate how much of a muppet I am. I had the fantastic experience of travelling to Seattle a few months…
Author Archives: Kevin Powe
Doing more with less
New readers probably don’t know about Kevin: the smart and super-techy dude who started this shiny website with me just under a year ago. Unfortunately, his Day Job promptly ate him and he’s not been around too much. But magic! here he is. photo credit: LoopZilla I’m finally starting to get some traction behind this…
Review: Tweetymail
photo credit: Glenn Batuyong The Problem: Twitter Rations I loves me some Twitter, I do. But herein lies a problem: I’m finding that having Twitter open while grinding away at the day job isn’t really viable. Y’all are just too distracting. The conversation is bad enough, but then there’s the fascinating links you fine people…
Website heresy: Make yourself obsolete
As part of the website heresy month, I wanted to talk about a heresy that’s related to the workplace, and to how you help your customers. It’s the principle that you should never make the job you do obsolete. I suspect (and hope) I’m not alone in thinking that making yourself obsolete – working yourself…
An Open Question: Where’s Your Tech Pain?
A brief interruption to the Website Heresies… So, I was having a conversation with Catherine on the weekend about my Bold Plans to put together a new product for Be Awesome Online, with a tech focus. In the midst of discussing three possible plans, Catherine dropped the following question, leaden with purpose. “Have you asked…
Tips On Dealing With Techies: Part Two
photo credit: donakeannadoanek3n4an Here’s the second half of some tips on personality traits to keep a look out for with techies that you’re considering either hiring or working with over time. You can find the first half here. It is bad to carry even a good thing too far. Even concerning things such as Buddhism,…
Tips On Dealing With Techies: Part One
photo credit: donakeannadoanek3n4an The following is the fruits of seven years or so of having been involved in interviewing and hiring techies, and over ten years of working amongst my own kind and observing. And to clarify, by techies I mean people with specialised computer skills, whether it’s administering servers, developing code for your website,…
Twitter bonus round: extra Twitter tips
Want a few extra tips on being a good Twitter citizen? (note, I refuse to say Twitizen) and getting more out of Twitter? Here’s some quick tips to mull over while you’re waiting for the next batch of Five Minute Missions. How to leave a trail when replying Now, you might have picked up this…
Making WordPress painless: Automatic Upgrade
Want a stress-free way to upgrade to the latest version of WordPress? WordPress Automatic Upgrade is a wordpress plugin that deals with the hassles and finicky steps involved in upgrading from an older version of WordPress to the latest and greatest. The video is on the longish side – 20 minutes, broken down into three…
Test-drive a Twitter client
So by now you’ve signed up to Twitter, followed ten people, had conversations on Twitter, and updated your bio. You might have noticed that Twitter is flowing stream of information, and the more people you follow, the faster the current. Each Tweet is a little seed-pod boat flying along, and keeping track of them can…