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What is it with people who request a read receipt on every email they send? It’s annoying. It strikes me as untrusting (even though it probably isn’t). Imagine if every single letter you got in the mail came certified? It’s almost the same except a signature in real life takes even more time. Anyways, there’s…

Sales teams for years have had sales competitions. If a certain sales goal was met, or a salesperson sold the most they would win that months contest. Often prizes are involved but more than anything the idea fosters a competitive spirit among the team that’s fun because it makes goals worth achieving. Car dealerships have…

It’s impossible. My friends must think I am nuts. Pretty much every time I eat a meal with someone, we come up with a good half dozen ideas for web sites, whether they be web applications or hubs where data and people concentrate. It’s so bad, that we have to pick between good ideas, and…

A few weeks back when I posted the two “I hate email” and I love email” rants I was really having a difficult time with interruptions. In my world I have somehow become the “answer man” for countless projects, clients, and web sites. Jason at 37signals finally broke the silence on their blog and posted…

Would you describe yourself as a workahaulic? Is someone who works a lot a workahaulic or are they just dedicated to their job?

I wrote this article and decided to publish it while I’m in Brazil. Enjoy! It’s fascinating to read about the purchase of Alaska. It happened 139 years ago. The story about how we came to purchase Alaska is almost laughable. Despite the fact that the entire history of the world has been filled with wars…