9 Tips for Managing a Virtual Team

9 Tips for Managing a Virtual Team

Filed Under: Business

I have an office with my name on the door just like my father used to have. My office is 2,700 miles from my house or the length of the longest non-stop [...]

The Building that Almost Killed a Company

The Building that Almost Killed a Company

Filed Under: Business

Accomplishment I remember how proud we were the day we moved into our new offices. I walked around with Peter the CEO of Talk City and there was a sense of accomplishment. [...]

TypeIt4Me – Don’t Waste Time Typing Things Twice

TypeIt4Me – Don’t Waste Time Typing Things Twice

Filed Under: Lifehacking, Macintosh

I get asked all the time how I can get so many things done. One of my favorite tools to help get things done is a text macro program on the Mac [...]

Increase WordPress Website Speed for Free (using .htaccess and robots.txt)

Increase WordPress Website Speed for Free (using .htaccess and robots.txt)

Filed Under: Blogging, WordPress

I run this websites and a few others, including my more popular Amateur Traveler website on a bluehost.com account. I started to run into problems with performance as my site started to [...]

Organized is the not the same as Productive

Organized is the not the same as Productive

Filed Under: Lifehacking

I had a number of things that I needed to get done today. I had 2-3 podcasts to produce and a few blog posts I wanted to write. It was not my [...]

Improve Your Writing – Tell A Story

Improve Your Writing – Tell A Story

Filed Under: Blogging

I had a non-profit pitch a story for the Amateur Traveler recently and in the process of getting that story ready for publication I think there is a valuable lesson. What the [...]

The Internet Is Like Your TV – Explaining the Internet to My Father

The Internet Is Like Your TV – Explaining the Internet to My Father

Filed Under: Internet

My father is 84 years old and grew up, for obvious reasons, without computers and the internet. So I sometimes get requests from him that I can’t accomplish because he does not [...]

Looking for a PHP/Java Wizard for TripAdvisor in Boston

Looking for a PHP/Java Wizard for TripAdvisor in Boston

Filed Under: Uncategorized

For my new position as the Director of Engineer for TripAdvisor Flights I am looking for a great engineer. I am looking for someone senior who other people describe as a code [...]

For the Want of a Salesman

For the Want of a Salesman

Filed Under: Uncategorized

As an engineer by training I have had a love / hate relationship with sales people. “Why can’t they just sell the product we have instead of some product we don’t yet [...]

Blogging for Profit – Short Course – November 20th

Blogging for Profit – Short Course – November 20th

Filed Under: Blogging

On November 20th  I will be teaching a one day short course at DeAnza College called “Blogging for Profit”. COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course will look at How to pick a topic for [...]