January 30, 2007 in Learn
Do you know if you can achieve your financial goals?
I found an amazing tool that will help you determine if you can achieve your lifetime financial goals. It’s called Retirement Savings Planner 2006, and at $89, it’s a fricken steal. Do you have financial goals? I’m a big believer…
January 24, 2007 in Learn
How to improve your email productivity
If you find yourself typing the same thing over and over again when answering emails, I’ve got a real time-saving tip for you. I’ve found an amazing tool called Text Expander and it absolutely rocks. Watch the video below to…
January 22, 2007 in Learn
Tell us what you really think
Is Vitamin the best it can be? We want to make sure we’re serving up the stuff you really want to see, so to help us do that we’d like to enlist your help with making some improvements. All you…
January 21, 2007 in Learn
One tip for making life more fun
The other day my wife Gill and I were out shopping over lunch. The town center was packed and it was starting to get a little hectic. I’m a pretty chilled out guy and I rarely get angry at folks….
January 18, 2007 in Learn
New event for Web Designers
We’ve just launched a brand new event! THE FUTURE OF WEB DESIGN The aim of the event is really put the ‘design’ back into web design, and get people creatively fired up, as well as talking about all sorts of…
January 16, 2007 in Learn
Built a web app? I need you for an article on TechCrunch.
I’m going to be writing a five-part series for TechCrunch called “Web Apps 101”. I’ve got lots to share, based on our experience building DropSend and Amigo. However, I’d be a fool if I thought I knew it all. This…
January 10, 2007 in Learn
How to make your customers love you even more
We just bought a Dyson vacuum. For those of you who don’t know, Dyson makes the world’s best vacuum cleaners (or “hoovers” as my British wife would say :D). Why did we choose Dyson? Because we knew that their vacuums…
January 10, 2007 in Learn
Why Apple's iPhone is going to rock the web app industry
Before the announcement of iPhone, building web apps for mobile devices was very hard to justify financially. We would never consider it because the market is too fractured with different devices with different standards. It was a complete nightmare. Not…
January 9, 2007 in Learn
I will give my right arm for an iPhone
I don’t think I’ve ever been as excited about a piece of hardware, as I am about the new Apple iPhone. Unfortunately I can’t find a video of Steve Jobs’ keynote at MacWorld, but Engadget has a great blow-by-blow blog…
January 9, 2007 in Learn
Simple strategy for getting things done
I’ve been trying a new strategy and holy biscuits, am I getting a lot done. Every day, I grab about 10 things off my “This Week” list and put them on my “Today” list. Then (and this is the key)…
January 7, 2007 in Learn
Small Biz 101: Know your balance sheet
When your business is small, you should focus 100% on your cash flow. However, when you start to grow and cash isn’t as tight, it’s really important to get to know your balance sheet. For those who don’t know, a…
January 4, 2007 in Learn
How to win an argument
I used to hate the book How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. The whole concept sounded really selfish and almost a little “dirty”. Then my mom (who is the antithesis of selfish) mentioned that she had…