Month: May 2005

Interesting new feature has appeared in Google Ads. There are now links to swap the ads to a slightly different set. The ads are turning into content. In one sense, it’s a promising evolution. Advertisers (or Google on the advertiser’s behalf) are starting to see their message as something people will want to read. At…

Bill Seitz on Issue Trackers. I’m not very happy how my online wiki is turning out for “issue tracking” in SdiDesk. I’m wondering if this is a “tool problem” or simply a “culture problem”. Needs some experiment …

Why ‘Enterprise’ Development is Hard is also why small scale, independents, ocassionally and temporarily teaming up, ought to be able to out-compete “enterprises” any day of the week.

Ah … AdSense came up with an ad for Eastgate’s Tinderbox Now that’s an improvement. A product I’m glad to be seen in the company of. Also I note they’re getting into the real, paper notebook side of things.

I advertised! Although only in a blog comment. Free from 9 to 5 � Everyone wants to be free from 9 to 5 Nevertheless, I feel kind of embarrassed. Thanks “Eric” for making it easy. This is what’s hard about entrepreneurialism for people like me. I don’t like asking for stuff. And “ask for the…

Getting Things Done: “Official” Definition David Allen has a go at pinning it down. Now, in one sense, since he wrote the classic book, he has every right to try to control the definition. On the other hand, GTD is beloved of the disorganized and creative. Often these people are fairly relaxed about allowing terminology…

Vaspers the Grate : Keep Blogging!

Ross Mayfield points out that small companies can outsource the employing of their employees. Ross Mayfield’s Weblog: How to fire your team and make them happy Questions : Is there a catch? Is this different from an employment agency?

Vaspers the Grate follows the Hugh Train’s advice … with added deconstruction.

On second thoughts, I’m not very convinced at all that Google’s AdSense is any sort of business model for this blog. Ads needs loads of people. Whereas self-describing Smart Disorganized Individuals are probably rare as hen’s teeth. Not only that, but after casually glancing at some of the ads so far, I don’t think they’re…