Yep. It happened. I’ve been buying most of the stuff I own online for at least five years now. I am cautious about who I do business with and where I buy, but I buy something online every week and have never had any problems — until last week. It was an old, established account that got my money (so to speak) and it was my own fault that it happened. Click here to continue reading… »

I’ve been online for a long time — since 1996 when I first started my business. And I’ve seen a lot of changes. Some good, some not so good. But one thing I’ve never gotten used to was the “standard” sales page hype. It turns my stomach.

You know what I’m talking about:

THE BIG RED HEADLINES IN ALL CAPS
followed by tons of yellow highlighting
and a few testimonials (from the same people over and over!)

Spare me please! There is no faster way to get me to leave a website than this sales format. Do you feel the same way too? Click here to continue reading… »

For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been test driving the HP IPAQ Glisten smartphone. For those of you who follow me on Twitter, or who follow my updates here, you know I have been thrilled with this phone as a useful tool for small business owners. Click here to continue reading… »

I know you’ve heard of Amazon.com, but am not sure you’ve heard of their online — in the clouds — storage service called Amazon S3 (S3 = Simple Storage Service).

Originally built for those wonderful tech geeks and developers among us who create very cool programs and applications to make our life simpler, Amazon S3 is not just for geeks anymore. Click here to continue reading… »

I have HP products all over my office and have been a loyal customer for many years. But I was surprised when I found out that HP also makes a mobile phone. Did you know that?

Yep. Their phone is the HP IPAQ Glistenoffered by ATT. And it is really cool. I was given the opportunity to test one out for the next couple of weeks and I’m impressed.

But what is most cool about this phone is that you have a chance to win one — just follow the simple rules below to enter. Click here to continue reading… »