Time Matters
Michelle McBride is one of Blogs.Salon's newest members. In her second post, Michelle hits the nail on the head about the age old question, “What is my time worth?”
Microsoft Money PayoutRemember all those emails that said if you forward to 10 friends you getmoney from Microsoft? Go to this website and find your name on this listwith the dollar amount coming to you.Click on the following:http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~kinho/youare.swf
Tax Reminders
January 15th: Payroll Tax
January 21st: Sales Tax
January 21st: Texas Workforce Commission
January 31st: Property Tax & School Tax
If I missed any, please “letme”
HUMOR: Our Lesser Educated NeighborsOne day my housework-challenged husband decided to wash his sweatshirt.Seconds after he stepped into the laundry room, he shouted to me, “Whatsetting do I use on the washing machine?””It depends,” I replied. “What does it say on your shirt?”He yelled back, “The University of Oklahoma.”
Humor: Cardiologist A well-known cardiologist died and was given an elaborate funeral.A huge heart covered in flowers stood behind the casket during theservice. Following the eulogy, the heart opened, and the casketwas rolled inside. The heart then closed, sealing the doctor in thebeautiful heart forever.At that point one of the mourners burst into laughter. Whenconfronted, he said “I'm sorry, I was just thinking of my ownfuneral — I'm a gynecologist.”At that point, the proctologist fainted.
Humor: A Texas SalesmanA young guy from Texas moves to California and goes to a big departmentstore looking for a job. The manager says, “Do you have any salesexperience?” The kid says, “Yeah, I was a salesman back home in Texas.”Well, the boss liked the kid so he gave him the job. “You start tomorrow.I'll come down after we close and see how you did.”His first day on the job was rough but he got through it.After the store was locked up, the boss came down.”How many sales did you make today?”Kid says, “One.”The boss says, “Just one? Our sales people average 20 or 30 sales a day. Howmuch was the sale for?”Kid says, “$101,237.64.”Boss says, “$101,237.64? What the hell did you sell?”Kid says, “First I sold him a small fish hook. Then I sold him a medium fishhook. Then I sold him a larger fish hook. Then I sold him a new fishing rod.Then I asked him where he was going fishing and he said down at the coast,so I told him he was gonna need a boat, so we went down to the boatdepartment and I sold him that twin engine Chris Craft. Then he said hedidn't think his Honda Civic would pull it, so I took him down to theautomotive department and sold him that 4X4 Blazer.”The boss said, “A guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold him aboat and truck?”Kid says, “No, he came in here to buy a box of tampons for his wife and Isaid, 'Well, your weekend's shot, you might as well go fishing.”
My First “Keynote” Presentation
Last night I gave a presentation to the Entrepreneuse Austin group on some strategies for sales, marketing, operations, and web technology. This was my first presentation using Apple's new Keynote presentation software.
I was VERY impressed with the graphics and text scaling, however it does have a ways to go before it will beat out PowerPoint completely. It was slighly difficult to learn and there are some new gadgets that I'll have to get used to. The transitions are cool, but the slide masters are quite a bit different.
Anyway, I'll post more as I learn more about the program. In the meantime, I have uploaded a few versions of the presentation for your perusal. The title is “Making a New Start in 2003 – Getting the most out of modern sales, marketing, and technology strategies.”
Keynote (.sit)
Keynote (.zip)
QuickTime
PDF
I would provide a PowerPoint, but after several attempts, it just wouldn't work!
InkJet Printer Recommendation
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Someone Asked, “I was wondering if you have any suggestions for a photo printer that ranges in cost from $100 – $200 that would print decent quality photos? I'm really wanting to make my own photo albums at home with borders and text, etc.”
I highly recommend the HP 5550. If I was going to buy an inkjet printer for printing pictures, this would be it. The price is right, I love HP for printers, and the specs look like a bargain for the price.
Note: I do not personally own this model printer, but if I had $150 to spend on an inkjet printer, my money would go to HP.
A good, lazy-Sunday quote: Bertrand Russell. “The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” [Quotes of the Day] [[ t e c h n o \ c u l t u r e ]]