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This free service has been around for a while, but there’s so much new stuff out there, that it’s impossible to keep up, and it’s inevitable that you miss some things along the way. Pinger is one of those.
What does it do?
First, go to http://pinger.com and sign up. Then you can start adding contacts. All [...]

MySpace, bebo, Facebook, Seesmic, Twitter… now Plurk, and Brightkite. That’s just to name a few that I’ve messed around with.
A few days ago, I started Plurking, which is like a cross between a graphical IRC, Twitter, and micro-blogging.  The day before yesterday, I signed up with Brightkite, which allows you to tell (or not tell [...]

It always makes me smile when some folks think that working for yourself must be so wonderful. To a large extent it is, but on the other side of the fence, you have, at least in a small business, the tasks of being the boss, with the responsibilities that it brings, and also the worker, [...]

I’m not usually one for posting much on here about the cogs and gears behind the blog, but I did post a little about the new Wordpress 2.5 and some issues that I found, because I know many of you also use Wordpress yourself.
Of course, like anything in life, there is always stuff to do [...]

The boss wondered why one of his most valued employee had not phoned in sick one day. Having an urgent problem with one of the main computers, he dialed the employee’s home phone number and was greeted with a child’s whisper. ‘ Hello ? ‘
‘Is your daddy home?’ he asked.
‘ Yes ,’ whispered the small [...]