This will be handy hopefully. Better to know now then trying to figure it all out myself on April 14th.
Friday, June 29, 2007
How to pick an accountant for your online business | fortuitous
How to pick an accountant for your online business | fortuitous: "Finding an accountant that understands the internet isn't easy and after going through half a dozen myself, I came up with some tips and approaches for finding the right one." via 43folders
Thursday, June 28, 2007
For employers, office redesigns can pay off big - Apr. 10, 2007
For employers, office redesigns can pay off big - Apr. 10, 2007: "Consider this insight, which came from the General Services Administration decades ago: Of the total cost to a company for running an office building over a 30-year life span, the initial construction represents just 2 percent; operating expenses come to about 6 percent.
The remainder? It all goes to paying the workers inside. The point should be obvious: People are the biggest cost inside a work environment, so leveraging your human capital ought to be near the top of your priority list."
I'll have to remember this. I've known for a long time that bad design is bad for you and bad workplaces are not productive. Peopleware or Mythical Man-month talked about that.
The remainder? It all goes to paying the workers inside. The point should be obvious: People are the biggest cost inside a work environment, so leveraging your human capital ought to be near the top of your priority list."
I'll have to remember this. I've known for a long time that bad design is bad for you and bad workplaces are not productive. Peopleware or Mythical Man-month talked about that.
Actually this is close enough to the Pareto 80/20 split that I am not surprised and can believe it.
The Simple Dollar: How To Get Off The Treadmill: A Detailed Guide To Becoming Self-Employed
Trent has a great article about getting started on looking at self-employment. I'll be doing that true purpose exercise sometime soon, it sounds interesting. It has a different focus that what we did at the self-employment workshop but that is great. You can't talk about everything in two days that you need to.
Why Spellbook?
I ran across David's site via 43folders because he has some great organizational forms called Printable CEO.
He just had a post that resonated with me. He is starting to learn MySQL, a database, and realized he needed to keep notes someplace handy, like he did in school. And what better way to name them then to call them a spellbook as they are a record of all the secrets, tricks and workarounds you've discovered over time and this gives them a place to be found again. It's rather cool.
When I was in engineering school I spend a lot of time taking notes and just the very process of writing down what you learn is very powerful at helping you remember those things. Now I am keeping a lot of that material in virtual form, but there is a certain goodness to having a physical notebook for those times when a laptop isn't appropriate. I found a nice little bookmark/pen that will keep a pen handy at all times.
The lab books I used in school are just too big and hard to find and the composition books at the local office stores are too flimsy, so I ended up at Barnes & Nobles and got a pack of quadrille Moleskines. They were cheaper anyway.
I've also been carrying around a Hipster for a while to jot down notes on and it works pretty well.
He just had a post that resonated with me. He is starting to learn MySQL, a database, and realized he needed to keep notes someplace handy, like he did in school. And what better way to name them then to call them a spellbook as they are a record of all the secrets, tricks and workarounds you've discovered over time and this gives them a place to be found again. It's rather cool.
When I was in engineering school I spend a lot of time taking notes and just the very process of writing down what you learn is very powerful at helping you remember those things. Now I am keeping a lot of that material in virtual form, but there is a certain goodness to having a physical notebook for those times when a laptop isn't appropriate. I found a nice little bookmark/pen that will keep a pen handy at all times.
The lab books I used in school are just too big and hard to find and the composition books at the local office stores are too flimsy, so I ended up at Barnes & Nobles and got a pack of quadrille Moleskines. They were cheaper anyway.
I've also been carrying around a Hipster for a while to jot down notes on and it works pretty well.
How I am Keeping My Family Fed or Not
A couple of weeks ago I took a self-employment workshop and I need a place to put some of my notes and ideas. I've been looking at going self-employed for some time. The inherent risk of single sourcing my income has hit me a number of times and I have got to start doing something more focused about it.
The primary goal of this blog is to keep me notes and ideas about starting and running a business. I've read a few books and listened to some audiobooks, but I need to be more focused on turning that knowledge into something I can use having this blog should help.
I've made this a separate blog just to keep things organized.
My business goal is to create a writing / publishing business that helps parents and children not let school get in the way of their education. More information on that can be found on my other blog PassionateMath.
The primary goal of this blog is to keep me notes and ideas about starting and running a business. I've read a few books and listened to some audiobooks, but I need to be more focused on turning that knowledge into something I can use having this blog should help.
I've made this a separate blog just to keep things organized.
My business goal is to create a writing / publishing business that helps parents and children not let school get in the way of their education. More information on that can be found on my other blog PassionateMath.
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