Management by Manual

This week I saw something that almost made my heart stop. 69% of managers are afraid to talk to their employees. The survey is almost two years old. The results aren’t a knee-jerk reaction to the current “sexual harassment is everywhere” environment....

The End of Pirated Music

It’s the end of the year. Courtesy of Amazon.com, our end-of-year story is about the end of pirated music. It’s no wonder that a business change of this magnitude would come from Amazon. Dr. Evil’s company just keeps changing the way we buy...

Why Consider Changing Browsers ?

Last week, a new browser hit the market. And most of the reviews so far have been effusive: it might be time to think about changing browsers. But give it some thought and you’ll very likely reconsider changing browsers. Because as great as Firefox Quantum might...

What IS Cloud Hosting?

Earlier this year, we changed hosting companies for the first time in thirteen years. I wrote about that change here, and pointed out how boring a topic web hosting is. But it’s important. So much so, we’re getting ready to launch a whole new kind of web...

It’s Not What You Say, It’s How You Say It

If I brought up the old axiom “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know”, most of my readers would understand the line instantly. Sure (and I’m not minimizing this one bit!), what you know matters; without an expertise in …...